April 2022 – Page 4 – 1st 3 MAGAZINE

Francesca Louise – Painting With No Outline

16th April 2022

Francesca Louise is an indie/folk singer-songwriter, who’s soulful, Carole King inspired vocals paired with songwriting influences from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Lucy Rose, Flyte and The Staves, makes this artist one to watch.

BBC Introducing stations across the U.K, independent radio stations alike and radio, magazine and podcasts in U.S.A have shown huge support towards Louise’s career, especially since her latest release. Louise’s songwriting ability is catching the attention of industry known producers and other established songwriters that are active in today’s industry.

Following the release of “For Michael”, Louise unveils “Second Time” a song which covers the emotions and life lessons that we all experience, through storytelling lyrics and a rooted narrative. “Second Time” is a song about not giving up, not losing faith and realising that an end doesn’t always mean the definition of the word, it can just mean not now. The songwriter shares, “The characters in this particular story are fictional, but the concept and the events that I’m talking about happen to us all. Of course I metaphorically describe this in love, but it could be portrayed as many other aspects of life, career, family, friends, personal life goals.”

Written during a period of angst in both the songwriter’s career and personal life, the stunning lyricism proves how her songwriting is her way of healing and creating rational reason for things happening in her life at the time. Doused with sincerity and painting with no outline, her music allows for further imagination and potential, as her thought-provoking words dance atop organic instrumentation, delivering an overall raw and unfiltered atmosphere.

The musician confides, “It lends itself to the security and privacy of your own safe space and encourages you to find comfort in the lyrics.”

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Rhett Arens – Check It Out

16th April 2022

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Photographer extraordinaire Rhett Arens, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1959.

The ‘Fencelines’ images were taken from Indian Reservations across the Midwestern United State including White Earth, Fort Berthold, Devils Lake, Standing Rock, Red Cliff, Sisseton, Red Lake, Leech Lake,Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Fond du Lac and more.

In an interview with Nueva Luz, a photographic journal, Rhett said this: “In the timespan of four generations, an entire nation has been assimilated, cataloged, displaced and handed the shaded areas on the state map known as Indian Reservations. This “created” boundary has been an abrupt adjustment; both men tally and physically imposed by a larger, more aggressive f

The fencelines in these images speak for what was lost, not gained (which is the traditional Eurocentric view point). The open expanse of horizon and the distant hills ask the viewer to move forward and explore. In most of the images, the juxtaposition of weathered and discarded man made ele ments placed under the open sky become evidence of this failed attempt to impose boundaries on the midwestern plains and a nations cultural heritage. I saw these elements as signposts,leading the eye back through the problems of our historical past: the decline of self-sufficiency farming, the crippling effects of alcoholism ana, finally, the meaningless contracts. All contributing to the division offamily and traditional values”.

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Tomberlin – From A Flower To A Garden

15th April 2022

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Tomberlin releases a video for “sunstruck,” an unconventional love song and the charming new single from her highly anticipated new album i don’t know who needs to hear this…, out April 29th via Saddle Creek. The video was directed by Ryan Schnackenberg.

Tomberlin is hitting the road this spring on US and EU tours. The solo EU tour kicks off next week in Paris with support from Maia Friedman and the full band US tour starts on May 13th in Somerville, MA with support from Jana Horn.

“This is an aerial view love song that is also not a love song. It is more a love song to forced distance, time alone with yourself, letting go, searching for yourself and the healing that takes place when you make those things an active focus in your life,” says Sarah Beth Tomberlin. “These things are choices, they don’t just happen on their own. You can choose to practice them or you can choose stagnancy. This is a love song to the growth that often can take place if you choose to tend to your own life’s garden.”

TOUR DATES

April

20 Paris – L’Archipel
21 Utrecht – Kromme Haring
22 Dortmund – Kino Im U
25 Berlin – Prachtwerk
26 Leipzig – Horns Erben
27 Brussels – Botanique
28 Margate – Caves
29 Nottingham – Rough Trade

May

1 Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
2 Manchester – Yes (Basement)
3 Edinburgh – Voodoo Rooms
4 Birmingham – Cuban Embassy
5 London – St Matthias Church
6 Cardiff – Clwb For Bach
7 Brighton – Kmedia Studio
8 Dublin – The Grand Social

ABOUT I DON’T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS… People are not doing well. People are struggling – with work, and with living together, and with loneliness. People keep calling and forgetting what they were going to say. People have a lot to grieve. People are going to love the new Tomberlin album, i don’t know who needs to hear this…, because it is all about their pain and yet is pleasant as well as interesting to listen to, resonant with the sense that in these times it’s best to be uncertain.

“The theme of the record,” she explains, “is to examine, hold space, make an altar for the feelings.” Hold space: Tomberlin’s songs do it literally, making it heard space. Her full-length debut, At Weddings (2018, Saddle Creek), was widely praised for the sparsity and delicacy of its instrumentation, especially in contrast with the emotional heft of her lyrics.

Here, the space feels larger and holier, built to echo. Pedal steel. Old acoustic guitars, freshly plucked. A drifting synthesizer. Chill, brushy percussion. Ambient, expansive clarinet and saxophone. Aleatory piano trills, a lot of piddling with the occasional splash. The looseness and wideness of the arrangements conveys a tender regard for their parts, as though each arpeggio, loop, scratch is a found shell or feather in the hand. Then there is the instrument of her voice, which has the endearing quality of being perfectly tuned but reluctantly played. “I’m not a singer,” she sings on “idkwntht.” “I’m just someone who’s guilty.”

Tomberlin is Sarah Beth Tomberlin, a pastor’s kid born in Florida, raised in rural Illinois. She wrote the majority of her debut while living at home. For a while after leaving home and church, she lived in Louisville, Kentucky. She worked a day job and kept writing songs. She posted some of these songs to Bandcamp, which led to her signing a record deal with Saddle Creek, and her debut album, At Weddings. It all happened fast: Less than a year after her first live show, she performed on Jimmy Kimmel and she ended up moving to L.A. which is where she wrote Projections (2020), her EP followup to At Weddings, though she recorded it in Philadelphia.

During the pandemic, Sarah Beth was all over the place, physically and mentally. Louisville. Los Angeles. Back home in Illinois for a bit. Brooklyn, where she’s now settled, she says. Brooklyn is also where the album was recorded, at Figure 8 studios over the course of two weeks, with producer and engineer Phil Weinrobe (who played a variety of instruments on the collection), and later mastered by Josh Bonati, also in Brooklyn.

Her process of creating songs can feel like a conversation she’s having with herself: Often, she says, she will open a notebook to jot down a line or phrase only to find a whole song in her mouth, gleaming and intact like a triggered memory. Later she’ll decide what it means—or not. “Questions last forever,” she says. “A lot longer than answers do.”

Fittingly, much of i don’t know who needs to hear this… was recorded live. People laughed and cried and joked and dug deep into their emotional reservoirs. People followed Sarah Beth’s lead, and the crystalline songs she’d written, and they also improvised and brought themselves to the sessions. It felt more like a community gathering than a recording session—but it was efficient and specific, as the 50 ambitious minutes of i don’t know who needs to hear this… attest. And, while Stuart Bogie, Shahzad Ismaily, Cass McCombs, Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Felix Walworth, and Doug Wieselman, to name a few, each contributed a variety of sounds, even with such a large cast of players, Sarah Beth is so clearly at the center. And, importantly, it still sounds peripatetic, as are her influences: Joni Mitchell, Frank Ocean, Grouper.

“My first record, I made it without knowing I was making it,” she says. “I was writing songs to process stuff from my personal life as it was happening, and then suddenly everything was happening really fast. Record label, tour, press, all this momentum and a lot of advice about my career, which, you know, I never even expected to have. So I think when I started to write the second record, I felt a lot of pressure to make it sound collected and profound, almost like a book—chapters, a narrative, everything nicely wrapped up.” But arcs don’t really suit her. Loops do.

She is still asking what belief is worth. On “easy,” the bruised and swelling opener, she sings about the difficulty of being loved. But that’s as close to ironic as she plans to get. Sincerity, for Tomberlin, is a way of life. “I love the people / playing songs in the park / guitars for babies / instead of people in the bars,” she says on “tap.” When she made her debut, she was barely old enough to drink; four years later, she sounds like she’s been sober for a decade. California sober, anyway… The besotted, breathless, wordy appeal of “wasted,” the lead single from Projections, has given way to the measured remorse of “stoned,” a song about love’s expiration, on i don’t know… Sometimes the most meaningful thing you can say is just what happened. Like: “After the party I walked home / alone.”

The last, titular track on i don’t know who needs to hear this… is also the first song people got to hear from the album, a choice that affirms its author’s faith in the simultaneity of beginnings and endings. It sounds more like a children’s song, says Tomberlin, than like a hit. That too is intentional. Felix Walworth sings one step behind her, like they’re learning the song, not performing it. The melody is simple, irrepressible. The words—I don’t know who needs to hear this—start sounding hopeful. No advice to follow. Just vibrato. Might as well throw up your hands, think: Isn’t it funny how a gesture of resignation can be the same as a gesture of freedom? To let go is to find freedom.

TOMBERLIN
i don’t know who needs to hear this…
Out April 29th via Saddle Creek
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1. easy
2. born again runner
3. tap
4. memory
5. unsaid
6. sunstruck
7. collect caller
8. stoned
9. happy accident
10. possessed
11. idkwntht

Bleed From Within – This Song Is For You

15th April 2022

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Ascending above a multitude of challenges that the past few years have spewed up, last month, Bleed From Within officially launched the most extraordinary chapter of their career, revealing that new studio album ‘Shrine‘ will be released on June 3rd. Stunning first tracks ‘I Am Damnation‘ and ‘Levitate‘ have forcefully staked their intent, cementing their place as one of the most exciting prospects in modern metal.

The Scottish 5-piece have raised the stakes again, delivering a devastating third single, ‘Stand Down‘. Acerbic and indignant, the track lashes out at the injustice of the last few years, and those spreading lies. It’s a call to arms, and a groove-metal masterpiece.

Ali Richardson stated, “Stand Down addresses the conflict that we’ve seen so much of over the last 18 months. Being locked in the house and having to watch these tragedies unfold on the screen in front of me, I couldn’t help but feel hopeless and sickened by the actions of those responsible. We are battling with that rage throughout the start of the song then by the time we reach the end, we are reflecting upon the possibility of more violence and asking if society has really learnt anything from its past mistakes. I’m sure most people reading this have felt the same anger and frustration in recent history. This song is for you.”

Pre-order ‘Shrine‘ + stream ‘Stand Down‘: https://bleedfromwithin.bfan.link/new-single.ema

Vinyl will be released on October 14th 2022.

Bleed From Within have also announced the very first Shrine headline tour dates, set to take place across Europe in December. See all dates below – tickets are on sale now!

Shrine – EU Tour 2022
w/ Humanity’s Last Breath + Allt
01/12/22 – Cologne, DE – Club Volta
02/12/22 – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje
03/12/22 – Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo
04/12/22 – Hamburg, DE – Logo
05/12/22 – Copenhagen, DK – VEGA
06/12/22 – Berlin, DE – Hole 44
07/12/22 – Frankfurt, DE – Das Bett
08/12/22 – Stuttgart, DE – Kulturquartier
09/12/22 – Vienna, AT – Arena
10/12/22 – Warsaw, PL – Hydrozagadka
11/12/22 – Prague, CZ – Underdogs
12/12/22 – Munich, DE – Feierwerk
13/12/22 – Aarau, CH – Kiff
14/12/22 – Lyon, FR – Warmaudio
15/12/22 – Paris, FR – Le Backstage

Bleed From Within are: Scott Kennedy - Vocals Craig Gowans - Guitar Steven Jones - Guitar David Provan - Bass Ali Richardson - Drums

‘Shrine‘ was recorded at Real World Studios and at Bleed From Within‘s HQ, UK. The record was self-produced. Mixing was handled by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood and Sebastian Sendon, with engineering handled by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood and Bleed From Within. The ‘Shrine‘ artwork was created by David Provan, with layout by Simon Atkinson.

Shrine – tracklist:
01 I Am Damnation
02 Sovereign
03 Levitate
04 Flesh And Stone
05 Invisible Enemy
06 Skye
07 Stand Down
08 Death Defined
09 Shapeshifter
10 Temple Of Lunacy
11 Killing Time
12 Paradise

‘Shrine’ will be available in the following formats:

Double LP

Orange vinyl (Retail)

White vinyl (US exclusive)

Crystal Clear + Orange White Splatter vinyl (Nuclear Blast Mail-Order Exclusive)

Orange + Dark Green Marbled vinyl (Selected Retailers)

Silver + Orange Marbled vinyl (Bleed From Within Exclusive)

White + Orange Splatter vinyl (EMP Exclusive)

CD Digipack

Digital Album

Catch Bleed From Within live at the following summer festivals, where they will be debuting tracks from ‘Shrine‘ on stage. More dates to be announced soon!

Bleed From Within – Summer Festivals
02 Jun Gdnask, PL – Mystic Festival
10 Jun Castle Donnington, UK – Download Festival
24 Jun Gräfenhainichen, DE – Full Force Festival
29 Jun Viveiro, ES – Resurrection Fest
18 Aug Sulingen, DE – Reload Festival

Bleed From Within have been to hell and back, but they are no strangers to enduring hardship. When a global pandemic threatened to shut down their plans, the Glaswegians collectively raised five middle fingers and pressed on. It’s no surprise that this unstoppable riff machine continues to crush forward at such a frantic pace – there’s no putting the breaks on the heaviest band to ever emerge from Scotland.

The band’s reputation as one of the most formidable forces in modern metal has earned them tour slots with Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Testament and Heaven Shall Burn, to name just a few. 2021 saw them dominate the UK live scene; selling out their largest ever headline tour in November, capturing hearts on Bullet For My Valentine’s arena tour, slay a Lamb Of God livestream support slot, alongside (literally) blazing performances atDownload Festival and Bloodstock Festival.

‘Shrine’ has taken the most graft to put together of any record in their catalogue, challenging their self-perception on both personal and technical levels – the culmination of two years hard work that embodies their artistic might. Armed with the learnings of evolving their sound over the last decade without ever losing sight of their DIY roots, this is Bleed From Within at their very best. There’s no denying the band’s inevitable next steps are world domination, with ‘Shrine‘ a turning point moment.

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The Dollyrots – Rot And Roll Forever

14th April 2022

Music News

Currently raising hell in front of packed crowds as part of the Crowd Surf The UK Tour, Florida bubblegum punk specialists The Dollyrots have some new music to share while they are taking to stages all across the UK.

The Dollyrots recently released Down The Rabbit Hole, a 24 track double album which is a huge collection of B-sides, rarities, alternate versions of songs and other unreleased material.

Down The Rabbit Hole can be streamed, downloaded and purchased from a variety of platforms and outlets on this link

The featured single from Down The Rabbit Hole is the extremely catchy, upbeat “Just Like All The Rest“, for which The Dollyrots recently released a lyric video.

The Dollyrots are currently on the road supporting their good friends Bowling For Soup on the Crowd Surf The UK Tour. Lit and DJ Matt Stocks are also part of the line up for the tour. The first two nights of the tour in Blackpool and Glasgow have played to huge crowds, and there are another nine shows to go, culminating in a huge London show at the O2 Academy Brixton. The full list of remaining shows and the tour poster follow below.

The Dollyrots w/ Bowling For Soup Crowd Surf The UK – April 2022 Tour Dates

14th – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby – Low Ticket Warning
15th – Scarborough Spa, Scarborough – SOLD OUT
16th – O2 Academy, Birmingham*
17th – O2 Academy, Bournemouth – Low Ticket Warning
18th – O2 Academy, Bristol (New Show)
19th – Swansea Bragwyn Hall, Swansea – SOLD OUT
21st – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
22nd – Margate Winter Gardens, Margate
23rd – O2 Brixton Academy, London*

* Extra shows added due to huge demand

Tickets for all shows are on sale now from AEG – https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/events/detail/bowling-for-soup-3

The Dollyrots are:

Kelly Ogden – Bass / Vocals
Luis Cabezas – Guitar / Vocals

On the subject of Down The Rabbit Hole, Dollyrots’ frontwoman Kelly Ogden explains how releasing the album has been part of an anniversary celebration for the band:

“It’s so exciting to have all these tracks in one place! Sometimes a song just doesn’t fit on an album but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great song. Putting together this project also made me reflect on the career we’ve had so far and I’m so grateful for all of it. Our band turns 20 this year and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than a retrospective of all the rarities”

Down The Rabbit Hole track listing:

DISC 1

Too Fun for My Health
Cloud Ten
Just Like All the Rest
Vibration
Little Miss Impossible
Get Radical (Dark Version)
Be My Leia (Electric)
Rebel Angel
Super Mega Ultraviolet
Valentine’s Day
Penny (Alt Version)
Nobody Else (Alt Version)

DISC 2

Breed
Stay
Ruby Soho
High School Never Ends
Walking on Sunshine
Da Doo Ron Ron / I Wanna Be Sedated
Punk Rock Girls
American Girl
Earth Angel
Dancing With Myself
Teenage Kicks
Do You Love Me

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GHOSTATIC – A Haunted Offering

13th April 2022

Music News

Cleveland, Ohio industrial/electronic rock band GHOSTATIC has released a brand new single “Still Haunt My Dreams” to all major platforms via Imagen Records. The band released the official music video for it NOW!

From hobby to obsession, raw to mega production, here and the afterlife, Ghostatic is an ominous, all-encompassing presentation of sounds and experiences written, performed, and produced by Adamo Fiscella.

“After releasing my debut EP on Imagine Records, which was more electronic and bass heavy, I decided to stick to my roots and lean more on the heavy rock/metal style that grabbed my ears when I was an angsty teen. ‘Still Haunt My Dreams’ is a hit-you-in-the-face roller coaster, conveying the fear, damage, and emotional drain of never being able to escape your past,” says Adamo Fiscella, the band’s vocalist/guitarist.

The band released the official music video for “The New Revelation” late last year.

Live band members:
Adamo Fiscella – Vocals, Guitar
Gavin Kerr – Bass, Vocals
Bailee Neville – Drums
Todd Schwartz – Guitar

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SCALPING – An Adventurous Story

13th April 2022

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SCALPING share ‘Tether’, the latest single from their debut album ‘Void’. The track features Oakland-based vocalist and experimenter DÆMON, whose kinetic, aggressive, and demonic futurist emcee vocals take center stage and elevate the chugging industrial instrumental.

DÆMON aka Jahsiri Asabi-Shakir uses lyricism as a means to express a full spectrum of emotions, abstract ideas, and social commentary. DÆMON draws from his personal experience for inspiration in a dissociative, non-committal manner, illustrating vivid imagery through storytelling and an array of literary devices.

“Tether was the first song that came together for the album back before the first lockdown and really felt like the start of the next chapter of the band.

Almost immediately we knew we wanted to get vocals on this track and we were tearing our hair out trying to find vocalists who felt appropriate. Between hearing DÆMON’s ‘DXE’ EP on Infinite Machine and his lyrics often centered around technology it seemed like an obvious fit.

After months of back and forth across continents and various versions of demos being spliced together, we eventually landed on a version of the vocals which showcased so many of DÆMON’s vocal styles but still left space for the track to breathe. The final vocals were recorded remotely in a studio in Paris.

This was the first Scalping track with vocals to be finished and we’re really excited about doing more features again in the future.” SCALPING

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On ‘Void’, SCALPING are heavy metal in 4D; the sound is moody, distorted and rhythmic, but the use of electronic techniques gives the finer details room to breathe. Their early lust for “all loudness, no nuance” has cooled, too, making more space for experimentation. Tracks such as “Tether”, featuring Oakland rapper DÆMON, puts a modern, metal twist on Bristolian trip-hop.

Due out 29^th April via Houndstooth, the record comes on the heels of an extremely exciting 2021 for the band, which saw them play to sold-out crowds at the Roundhouse twice in two weeks – both on tour with Squarepusher and at Pitchfork Festival London – as well as selling out their own headline date at Peckham Audio, and releasing two widely acclaimed EPs titled “FLOOD” and “FLOOD Remixed”, the latter of which featured treatments from producers Hodge, Azu Tiwaline, object blue, AQXDM and Laurel Halo, and Scottish instrumental rock legends Mogwai.

Tracklisting:

1. Blood Club
2. Caller Unknown
3. Tether (feat. DÆMON)
4. Silhouettes
5. Cloak & Dagger
6. Flashforward
7. Desire
8. Over The Walls
9. Remain In Stasis (feat. Grove)

As SCALPING’s sound becomes more adventurous, so has their aesthetic, the technically impressive animation uses richly coloured and textured sequences to compliment the bands darker narratives: of paranoia and surrender, with cinematic elements of science fiction, body horror and technology’s dominance over man.

The band are due to perform at fabric on May 5th. As live shows return in 2022, SCALPING will continue to prove themselves as one of the UK’s most impressive, ambitious, and original new live bands.

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GUISE – Fumbling In The Nooks And Crannies

12th April 2022

Music News

London four-piece GUISE are joined by Emily Barker on sublime new single ‘I Know When You Leave’.

Ahead of the release of their debut album Youngest Daughter (due 29th April via Xtra Mile Recordings), the latest offering from London-based GUISE is a dazzling, vocal harmony led track that sees the foursome joined by singer-songwriter Emily Barker.

Grappling with the hardship that comes with being apart from someone you love, the track is as sublime as it is stirring with frontwoman Jessica Guise’s emotive lyricism brought to life with lush vocal harmonies and sparse instrumentals.

Discussing the story behind the heartfelt new track Jessica explains:

“I wrote the words to ‘I Know When You Leave’ on a bus in Italy, and the tune came to me later back in London, Separation from the person I love is a pretty normal part of my life, but that doesn’t make it easy all the time; things are generally just a bit worse when we’re apart, and that’s what this is about.”

Recorded almost completely a cappella, with a subtle measure of floaty keys tumbling in towards its crescendo, ‘I Know When You Leave’’s barren instrumental landscape adds to the sense of longing and isolation at the track’s core.

On this decision to strip things back for ‘I Know When You Leave’, Jessica adds:

“I always wanted it to be an a cappella track, it just arrived that way in my head. Laura and I spent some time working up harmony lines and the lovely Emily Barker lent her gorgeous vocals to make it a trio.”

Following on from the release of earlier single and country-pop hybrid track ‘Don’t Come Back’, ‘I Know When You Leave’ is a stunning second glimpse into GUISE’s debut studio album, set for release next month. After gaining praise with their 2020 EP The Fun Part — which saw the band tour with Jess’ husband and occasional collaborator Frank Turner — GUISE are set to enter a new chapter this year with Youngest Daughter, a record filled with affecting singer-songwriter tunes written from the heart, during a particularly poignant passage of personal reflection, self-love and more.

LATEST SINGLE ‘I KNOW WHEN YOU LEAVE’ OUT 25TH MARCH

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Due for release on 29 April 2022, the record comes two years after the band’s last project and reflects on the mania that has passed in the interim. Discussing the forthcoming album, Jessica says:

“Youngest Daughter is a (mostly) autobiographical, story-so-far record. It’s home to memories and moments spanning decades of my life; it includes some songs I’ve been carrying around safely in my back pocket for years, and others that I’ve recently finished and am throwing straight out into the world. It’s an honest, personal, and self-deprecating wander through the various ways I’ve tried to follow my heart over the years.”

GUISE WILL RELEASE – YOUNGEST DAUGHTER ON FRIDAY 29TH APRIL, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS

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GUISE are:

Jess Guise (singer)

Laura Hanna, (co-vocalist)

Titas Halder (bassist)

Keith Barry (drums)

Across its 13 tracks, Youngest Daughter takes the listener on a voyage of love, loss, hope and personal growth; offering tender reflections on music, friends, family and all the twists and turns life can throw at you.

Produced by Frank Turner and recorded, mixed and mastered in his and Jess’s garden studio, Youngest Daughter is an album that has spent years in the making. With some songs dating back nearly seven years, they have been given a fresh lease of life and contemporary feel for 2022. While taking inspiration from the likes of Dar Williams and Stevie Nicks, the various backgrounds of GUISE’s band members in funk, soul and jazz also give the record an eclectic feel that will endure repeated listens. As fiddles and flutes pipe up amongst songs centred around Jess’s cooing vocals and layered harmonies, its lush arrangements are married to a production that’s as sweet and soulful as the characters of the songs themselves.

Working on this project across the pandemic GUISE ran into unexpected complications due to the restrictions of lockdown. With bassist Titas seemingly stuck in Germany without his bass for just short of a year, and mixing households still forbidden, it wasn’t the easiest of processes for the group. Despite this, the band still managed to curate a perfectly translucent album with a unique origin story.

As Jess explains:

“It seems appropriate that a record about fumbling towards the good things was a bit of a fumble to make itself, and holds little pieces of our musical journey in its nooks and crannies.”

Youngest Daughter is a beautiful accumulation of GUISE’s work so far and the summation of Jess’ own personal journey to date. An ode to acknowledging past pain and using it in your stride to celebrate new beginnings and richer memories to make, their debut album finally arrives in 2022.

This Spring GUISE will be heading out a UK tour in support of Will Varley, with shows in London, Liverpool, Newcastle and more. Full dates listed below…

YOUNGEST DAUGHTER TOUR 2022

May 4th Derby // The Venue*

May 5th Leeds // Brudenell*

May 6th Liverpool // Arts Club (loft)*

May 11th Newcastle // The Cluny*

May 12th Edinburgh // Voodoo Rooms*

May 21st London // Lafyette(

*w/ WILL VARLEY

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Trashed – A State Of Flux

12th April 2022

Music News

Bristol-based emo punk-rock three-piece Trashed are set to release their upcoming single Decay on April 29th, taken from their debut full-length album Happy In Hindsight due later this year.

The trio take energetic punk rock and down-tune it to Slipknot depths, creating sludgy and visceral edges tied together with hooky melodies.

The band slammed onto the scene with their debut single Waste Away from their subsequent debut EP Yours Not Mine in 2019, which was met with critical acclaim and saw them play a handful of successful UK shows, making a name for themselves as ones to watch, before the release of their second EP Faceplant came in the Spring of 2020.

TRASHED ARE

Jimmy Embleton-Smith – Lead vocals, guitar

Sam Yesner – Vocals, bass

Ben Wood – Drums

With a 2020 full of potential ripped out from under them, the stresses of the pandemic were potent. That, mixed with a flurry of mental health issues for vocalist Jimmy, saw Trashed turn their isolation into a concept album of expression, writing eleven tracks about all aspects of their personal struggles with depression, anxiety, love, and loss.

Decay is due for release April 29th and will be available on all major platforms.

Decay, the first single from the band’s upcoming debut album Happy in Hindsight, recorded with Neil D. Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor, Milk Teeth), is a song about living alongside suicidal thoughts.

As vulnerable as the subject matter is, there’s self-assurance in the composition. This single is a shift into their own sound. It’s a track that eases you in with subtle differences, laying the foundation for what’s to come.

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Speaking about the single, the band state: “Decay was the first song written for the album. It’s like a journal entry about being trapped between existential apathy and a desire to overcome it. We wrote the lyrics to be deep and relatable without being overwhelming or uncomfortable. It’s also a transitional song for us. We’re ready to move on from what we’ve done before, which is symbolised in the artwork. This track lays the foundation for what’s to come, perfectly.”

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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST – Double Riff Power

12th April 2022

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Finland’s melodic death metal heavy weights, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, are celebrating the release of their new record release, Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, which is out now on AFM Records.

For Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, vocalist Ville Viljanan brought together the original line-up, guitar players and MORSPRINCIPIUM EST co-founders Jori Haukio and Jarko Kokkoo, as well as bass player Teemu Heinola rejoining the band. Together with new drummer Marko Tommila, the new old line-up radiates the power of a real band without compromises.

Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity features a finest collection of their first three albums “Inhumanity“ (2003), “The Unborn“ (2005) and “Liberation = Termination“ (2007) plus the second demo “Valley of Sacrifice“ (2001). The album was entirely re-recorded, mixed and mastered.

The direction of Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity is immediatly evident: No drum computer, no needless gimmicks and no experiments, just double riff power, anthemic melodies and full blast grandeur! The album was recorded by the band in the Ansa studios and Joris home studio. The mix was done by Thomas „Plec“ Johannsson (Mayhem, Sorcerer) in the Panic Room studio in Sweden.

Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity is out now, to order your copy visit the AFM Records store at THIS LOCATION!

Tracklist:
01. Cleansing Rain
02. Eternity’s Child
03. The Unborn
04. The Lust Called Knowledge
05. Valley Of Sacrifice, Part 1
06. Finality
07. Two Steps Away
08. Inhumanity
09. Pure
10. The Animal Within
11. Life In Black
12. Fragile
13. Valley Of Sacrifice, Part 2

Album Line-Up:
Ville Viljanan (Vocals)
Jori Haukio (Guitars, Programming)
Jarkko Kokko (Guitars)
Teemu Heinola (Bass)
Marko Tommila (Drums)

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Finland’s melodic death metal heavy weights, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, are celebrating the release of their new record release, Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, which is out now on AFM Records.

Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity is out now, to order your copy visit the AFM Records store at THIS LOCATION!

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