Nothing is forever but it doesn’t really matter does it. Modern Pleasure here certainly don’t seem to mind, serving up their very infinite new single Foreva in anticipation of their upcoming album Goodbye Chanel. Less a tribute to old mate Karl but rather a timely take on the paths of life and its many avenues, with this group of musicians firmly rising from the ashes of the acclaimed Leeds ensemble going by that same name that came to a halt in 2016.
Now being spread all over the world, from North Yorkshire to Tokyo, and having become fathers, university lecturers, professional singers, the band maintained their desire to write, record and finish the material they had started and as such spent 2018 sending ideas and stealing moments when possible to create the album they had always intended to make. Goodbye Chanel then will be the only album the group is to put out, they made that clear.
It’s more than a coming-of-age story though, but “a journey through youth and the ends of innocence” as they phrase it. Who couldn’t relate to that. Especially when it all comes wrapped in lush riffs, hazy reverb and a pure sunset mood. Foreva is attached below, and Goodbye Chanel is stamped with a release date later this year.
Photo credit goes to the talented, the one and only, the legend who is Curtis Blair.
The Swedish fruit loops of Melby have lined up an impressive chain of singles over the past months and just added the mellow new Dancer to their public repertoire last week. It all happens in great anticipation of their debut album None of this makes me worry which is due April 12 via the peachy Rama Lama Records.
Their latest is attached below, and the quartet actually just embarked on a European tour, presenting their new LP to a wider audience. They will be playing Hamburg, Berlin and Munich first week of April, then they’re off to Stockholm, London, Bratislava, Malmö and fair old Gothenburg. Quite a ride!
All photo credits above go to the one and only Sara Björkegren.
Pure grooves coming in straight from Tel Aviv, Israel. Tutu Atrash here is a producer duo traveling deep into the sounds of the Middle East, digging, collecting, and combining it all to create an ultimately modern and worldly electronic sound. Their new EP titled Medjool Dreamz just came out via Camel Riders.
The gliding opening track It Went Too Far Girl is attached below, a smooth piece of production, nicely building up over almost 6 minutes for a perfect twilight soundtrack, be it on Sunset Blvd, the roofs of Tel Aviv or Downtown Shibuya. The whole EP is a banger, out now on Spotify too.
Iceland’s restless electro dreamers of Vök have added a second album to their discography on March 1st. In The Dark is a smooth and mature piece of recording that nicely builds on their delicate sense for songwriting and when to put your foot down. The album was written and recorded in between Reykjavik (spelling!) and Notting Hill, and if you listen closely you can hear a small time book store aesthetic right through. The current single and title track is attached below, easily accessible.
Now, the trio are taking this beaut on a European tour as we speak, making a stop in Hamburg’s Knust on April 2nd. Team Poule is happy to report that we managed to get our oily feathers on a pair of tickets for the occasion which are sitting here at the headquarters, awaiting a lucky winner. All you need to do to capitalize on this, is send a GDPR-compliant email to music@pouledor.com indicating your name and, if you will, a quick word of wisdom. The winner will be picked at random on April 1st, 6pm CET sharp, and be notified immediately.
Photo credits above go to the very talented Sigga Ella.
The magic of outer space appliances and the rigidity of very terrestrial, existential problems are being neatly combined on Julia Rakel‘s debut EP titled indie fEElz, that is out today, March 15th, via Sweden’s infamous Rama Lama Records.
Her new single People arrives as a smooth ode to the oddities of human interactions and animosities, carried by Julia’s golden vocals and wrapped in a cozy lo-fi vibe of exploratory synths extending deep into the dark wonders of the unknown.
If you are into bored girls and grown men wrestling in slow motion, all soundtracked by luscious, luring pop music, Shy Shy Shy have just what you need. Their new single Neon comes with stirring visuals and a daring vibe. The new track is off their all new EP titled Glass that just came out last week, aggregating two new songs and the three tracks they produced for the Danish tv hit show Doggystyle, including the program’s title track.
Neon then tells the story of the ups and downs a friendship can take, of people growing apart, all wrapped in moving pictures by filmmakers Dennis Morton & Mathias Strømfeldt, attached below.
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