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The Antlers – Carnage

Like many of the songs on The Antlers undeniable masterpiece Familiars, their new single Carnage starts as a whisper and ends with a roar, and is, according to the band’s Peter Silberman “a song about a kind of violence we rarely acknowledge—violence not born of cruelty, but of convenience. Innocent creatures are swept up in the path of destruction as their world collides with ours, and we barely notice.”

I fucking LOVE The Antlers, and really want to enjoy their forthcoming album Blight (10 October, Transgressive) in full, so won’t be listening to any more of the inevitable singles. But suffice to say, this is a very promising start.

https://theantlers.bandcamp.com/album/blight-2

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Kurt Vile – hit of the highlife

Kurt Vile’s new EP with Luke Roberts is loose, low-key, and quietly pretty. It doesn’t try too hard. The two have been friends for years, and you can hear that ease in the recordings: songs that feel more like sketches than statements. hit of the highlife is the standout,and sounds unlike anything else Vile has produced. Dreamy and soft-edged, it drifts along at its own pace, all hushed vocals and meandering guitar lines, with just enough structure to keep it moving.

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Bad Flamingo – Rolling Around In It

I absolutely love Bad Flamingo’s entire vibe. From having bascially no information out there about them, to putting random Oscar Wilde quotes out with their songs where a press release would usually go (in this case: “Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth”). Everything about them screams “we honestly don’t care if you listen to this – we love making it”, and that is brilliant. As is this new single, with its sleazy alternative-rock meets warped country stylings. More please.

https://www.badflamingomusic.com