Copenhagen’s The New Investors are at it again, fueled by the natural force of compound interest. In preparation for their third album comes this fine piece of pandemic recordings: Don’t Be Yourself is out today, a dreamy track about going the extra mile, of leaving your own fears and prejudices behind sometimes and break out onto new paths, outgrowing yourself. And growth and return surely are more than bullet points on this group’s slide deck.
Give the track a spin and enjoy nothing but smooth sailing along the curvy coastlines of Denmark with this Poule d’Or premiere. The new album is set for release in October, in the meantime check your local programmings for live shows – it may happen sooner than you think.
Naturally you can find this track on our ever updated Spotify playlist at pouledor.com/spotify
As we quickly approach the longest days of the northerns hemisphere, Los Angeles’ own Always You serve their enlightening Black City Nights on a floral platter. The track nicely wraps a 1970s ease of being and hazy feel of possibilities, paths and avenues to take in a melodic drive of riffs and a healthy dose of reverb.
The set of twin brothers are a true allstar pairing having previous shared their skills in The Pain Of Being Pure At Heart and Beach Fossils, true vintage stuff. This fine track is off their upcoming album Bloom Off The Rose, out July 16 via Shelflife and Discos de Kirlian. Naturally you can find this track as part of our ever updated Spotify playlist at pouledor.com/spotify.
Vienna’s royal ensemble Wallners have been slowly climbing the stairs of success, rising and pushing the boundaries for a while now – strudel’ing their way up if you will. The charming group just released their debut EP, auspiciously titled Prolog I. The family quartet creates a lovely dreamy melange of mellow riffs, carefully orchestrated drums and badly needed reassuring vocals at this phase of the pandemic. The EP features five really rather brilliant tracks, smoothly produced and flawlessly recorded. Kind of makes you wish for those live shows again. Attached below is the skillfully shot video to All Again.
Now, while all this is very intriguing, Team Poule wanted to know more as we do, and asked the four of them to share a few personal insights into their inner workings and methods in another edition of the photo-interview. So, here you go, take away.
This one comes flying in on effortless pace and mild riffs, calling for less social distance in certain situations – a wish that is all too relevant for the old continent these days. Vain Pursuit out of Long Island doesn’t discount on the good stuff. While Be With You is his latest gem, the track forms part of a larger discography that is rich in tasteful melodies, lush vocals, and just right amount of reverb – pure bliss.
You can find the track on our weekly updated Spotify playlist over here: www.pouledor.com/spotify – and while you’re at it, find a fair download of most of Vain Pursuits collected works over at Bandcamp, too.
Sydney’s own Kingsman Khan just pushed out this royal track of a single. On The Way comes rocking about as mellow as an orange summer sunset and extends itself nicely across the great plains of pandemic routines.
Further info is rather sparse, but this one has the feel of a proper mastermind behind the steering wheel, nothing shy of the greats that had you walking on dreams and the île de France burning more than a decade ago. Find this track and many more on our regularly updated Spotify playlist Poule d’Or Journal: www.pouledor.com/spotify
It’s no secret that independent musicians’ income streams are volatile in normal times to say the least. With the pandemic canceling out basically all live shows, musicians are forced to step onto new paths, some with cold feet. Berlin’s fine artist agency Better Things could not see this anymore and last week launched their new merch shop and Artist Collection. For the latter they will team up with rising artists to create individually and lovingly designed socks, all limited editions at a fair price, with naturally all profits going 100% to the band.
First on the floor for the Artist Collection is Austria’s charming band Friedberg, celebrating the release of their upcoming EP Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah on March 19th, with a limited edition sock for just 12,90 euros. The socks come in a timeless white-creme colourway that is being framed elegantly by the trademark blue of Better Things and dotted by supportive little cog wheels. They come in two sizes because not all feet are equal. Order yours now and put the financial equivalent of 3.830 Spotify streams right into Friedberg’s pocket.
In the meantime, catch their new single Lizzy alongside pleasing visuals right here. Their new EP (eight Yeahs) will be out this week via the brilliant Marathon Artists.
As we quickly approach the longest days of the northerns hemisphere, Los Angeles’ own 
Vienna’s royal ensemble 
This one comes flying in on effortless pace and mild riffs, calling for less social distance in certain situations – a wish that is all too relevant for the old continent these days. 
Sydney’s own 
It’s no secret that independent musicians’ income streams are volatile in normal times to say the least. With the pandemic canceling out basically all live shows, musicians are forced to step onto new paths, some with cold feet. Berlin’s fine artist agency 
