GRÜN WASSER Announces New Full-Length

June 6, 2019 Adam Jones

GRÜN WASSER. Photo by Essentials Creative

Arising at the forefront of contemporary underground pop, Chicago-based duo GRÜN WASSER artfully bend and reconfigure popular trends in dance music with songs that are as instantly appealing as they are fascinating. Since 2015, vocalist Keely Dowd and producer Essej Pollock have blurred the boundaries of art, songwriting and performance with two self-released albums and a dynamic live act that fits within a variety of niche genres and scenes. Pollock’s experimental beats, cold bass lines and brooding synth tones perfectly complement Dowd’s hypnotic vocals and gripping stage presence, making GRÜN WASSER a potent combination of pop and art.

After conquering the US DIY tour circuit over the past two years, GRÜN WASSERarrives on the national stage with their new album Not Ok with Things out October 4th, 2019. The first single "Stranger's Mouth" comes out tomorrow, but the split-screen cubist music video premieres today exclusively on REVOLVER Magazine. Look for more videos and tour announcements coming as the release date approaches.

Click HERE to watch GRÜN WASSER's striking new video for "Stranger's Mouth" on REVOLVER Magazine

Click HERE to order your copy of Not Ok with Things out October 4th, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records.

GRÜN WASSER - Not Ok with Things - Out October 4th, 2019 on 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital

GRÜN WASSER - Stranger's Mouth (Official Video) by Alex Babbitt

Missions Album Release Show Announced with BOAN and Din August 8th at The Echo in LA

June 6, 2019 Adam Jones

Missions Album Release Show with BOAN and Din August 8th, 2019 at the Echo in LA

Last month we announced the debut album from electro-pop producer Missionswith the premiere of the video for "Truther". His new full-length Subcreaturecomes out August 2nd on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download – and to celebrate the release, Missions has teamed up with labelmates BOAN on a show that includes Ascetic House duo Din and DJ sets from Noah Anthony and Brian Tarney on August 8th at The Echo in Los Angeles.

Click HERE to get your tickets to the Missions Album Release Show on August 8th at The Echo

Click HERE to pre-order your copy of Missions debut album Subcreature from Holodeck Records

Missions - Subcreature - Out August 2nd, 2019 on 12' black vinyl, cassette and digital

Missions. Photo by Essentials Creative

BOAN. Photo by Asa Fox

Lou Rebecca Premieres New Video on Post-Punk.com

May 23, 2019 Adam Jones

Lou Rebecca - Waiting (Official Video)

Bringing her infectious brand of French-laced synthpop to a level of cinematic brilliance once again, Lou Rebecca is back with a new video for opening track "Waiting" from her debut LP Restless, out September 20th, 2019. Following the excitement of last month's album announcement and release of the video for first single "Break It Apart" Lou has been hard at work perfecting her performances both on screen and on stage. Today, she gives Post-Punk.com an exclusive premiere of a dual personality narrative on "Waiting" – which is self-directed and edited by Lou. Look for more amazing film works and tour announcements this summer as we approach this fall's highly anticipated release of Restless.

Click HERE to watch synth chanteuse Lou Rebecca's inspiring new video for "Waiting" only on Post-Punk.com

Click HERE to order your copy of Restless out September 2oth, 2019 on 150g 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download

Lou Rebecca - Waiting (Official Video)

Lou Rebecca - Restless - Out September 20th, 2019

Electro Pop Savant Missions Debuts on Brooklyn Vegan

May 10, 2019 Adam Jones

Missions. Photo by Essentials Creative

Los Angeles-based solo producer Josh Mills adds a fresh rhythmic step and rich emotional gradient to the archetypal darkwave narrative as Missions. Born and raised in Texas, Mills spent the bulk of his adult life developing his craft within the dense synth community of Austin alongside bands like S U R V I V E and BOAN. Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2017, Mills has maintained a heavy collaborative side to his career, working with Emmy Award winning Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein as well as writing, producing and performing with Parisian pop starlet Lou Rebecca.

Now on his debut full length Subcreature, Mills constructs infectious beats interspersed with moments of pure cinematic beauty, mastering the intricate balance of style and technique. This impressive collection of addictive bass lines and smooth drum beats are produced and arranged with the proficiency of a polished studio engineer, while the core of Mills’ craftsmanship exploring the shaded nuances of seduction and vulnerability. Subcreature hits the streets August 2nd, 2019 but the video for first single "Truther" premieres today on Brooklyn Vegan.

Click HERE to watch Missions' debut video for "Truther" on Brooklyn Vegan

Click HERE to order your copy of Subcreature out August 2nd, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download

Missions - Subcreature - Out August 2nd, 2019 on 12'“ black vinyl, cassette and digital

Missions - Truther (Official Video) by Essentials Creative

Automelodi - New Album Full Stream on FILTER Mexico

May 1, 2019 Adam Jones

Automelodi. Photo by Katie Hawes

The excitement and anticipation for Montréal-based synthpop duo Automelodi's third full-length record Mirages au futur verre-brisé has been growing ever since the announcement and release of their hit single "La Pouissère" and has continued to swell with the gorgeously surreal video for "Les Métros Disparus"(featuring Liz Wendelbo of Xeno and Oaklander) and the dreamy guitar-laden ballad "Feux rouges, Châteaux brilliants". This Friday, May 3rd, 2019 the LP hits the streets just in time for a month-long European tour, and today Automelodihas given FILTER Mexico the exclusive full stream premiere.

Click HERE and listen to Automelodi's new album Mirages au futur verre-brisé for the first time in its entirety, only at FILTER Mexico

Click HERE to order your copy of Mirages au futur verre-brise out this Friday, May 3rd, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records

The duo kicks off their Europe Tour MMXIX in Rome tonight! Click HERE to watch the beautiful stop motion animation promo video that went up on Tiny Mix Tapes last week.

Automelodi Releases New Single & EU Tour Video

April 26, 2019 Adam Jones

Automelodi. Photo by Katie Hawes

Today Montréal-based synthpop duo Automelodi releases the new single "Feux rouges, Châteaux brilliants" – following the success of "La Pouissère" and "Les Métros Disparus" (featuring Liz Wendelbo of Xeno and Oaklander), this dreamy guitar-laden ballad is the third single from their new album Mirages au futur verre-brisé out May 3rd, 2019, and it premiered earlier this week on REVOLVER Magazine.

The band has been preparing for their upcoming return to Europe, embarking next week on a full continental tour. Album art designer Katie Hawes put together a stunning new promo video for the tour using stop motion animation. Automelodishared it yesterday on Tiny Mix Tapes.

"Automelodi... has both a deep understanding of the sonics of music... and a knack for melody and hooks. It is icy, but imbues these songs and arrangements with a lot of feeling."
-BrooklynVegan

"The LP... is arguably the project’s strongest to date, featuring a series of tracks that pushes the cold synth revival to the edges of perfection."
-Post-Punk.com

Click HERE and listen to Automelodi's latest single "Feux rouges, Châteaux brilliants" on REVOLVER Magazine

Click HERE to watch Automelodi's beautiful new animated tour video on Tiny Mix Tapes

Click HERE to order your copy of Mirages au futur verre-brise out May 3rd, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records

If you live in Europe, check the following dates and do not miss their incredible live set.

Automelodi - Mirages au futur verre-brisé - Out May 3rd, 2019

Virgin Pool Shares Her New EP Along with Quintessential Mixtape

April 18, 2019 Adam Jones

Virgin Pool. Photo by Alexandra Kacha

Tomorrow, LA-based acoustic singer-songwriter Christine Aprile drops her debut EP Endless Evenings as Virgin Pool. Anticaption for this new project has exploded since the release of her gorgeous self-made videos for singles "The Wanderer" and "Keeping Still". As the longtime frontwoman of synthpop duo Silent Diane, Aprile's lifelong musical evolution as a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist has led her to a reflective and highly personal incarnation as Virgin Pool. Self-Titled Mag invited Aprile to make a mixtape outlining the origins and influences of her new project along with the full-stream premiere of her "spellbinding songs".

Click HERE and listen to Virgin Pool's quintessential mixtape along with her debut EP Endless Evenings – streaming in it's entirety exclusively on Self-Titled Mag

Click HERE to order your copy of Evenings Endless out tomorrow April 19th, 2019 on cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records

Virgin Pool - Endless Evenings - Out April 19th, 2019 (Photo by Alexandra Kacha)

Vigin Pool - Endless Evenings - Available on Cassette and Digital

Lou Rebecca Premieres Her Latest Masterpiece "Break It Apart"

April 10, 2019 Adam Jones

Returning stronger than ever, today Austin-based Parisian synthpop songstress Lou Rebecca unveils a peek at her upcoming debut full-length Restless out September 2oth, 2019. Fresh off the massive success of 2018's self-titled EP, Lou has been hard at work perfecting her monumental follow-up album with a bolder sound and even more extravagant videos, costumes and dance moves. Like the premieres for videos "Fantôme" and "Tonight" – Lou continues her romance with Gorilla vs Bear and her latest video for "Break It Apart" two days ahead of the single release this Friday. Choreographed, directed, edited and colored by Lou herself, this video was shot late last year in the multi-faceted landscape of Colorado.

Click HERE to enjoy the new dancefloor banger "Break It Apart" exclusively at Gorilla vs Bear

Click HERE to pre-order your copy of Restless out September 20th, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records

Lou Rebecca will be playing live at GvsB VII in Dallas on May 9th at Granada Theater (with Chromatics, Desire, In Mirrors) and with TOPS and Video Age in Austin on May 17th at The Mohawk

Look for more tour dates TBA soon...

Grivo Announces Midwest Tour Dates

March 29, 2019 Adam Jones

Following some head-turning performances at SXSW, Austin-based power trio Grivo are hitting the road again to support their debut album Elude, released last fall. Combining slow, methodical hooks and warm tube amplifiers on hits like "HDC""Burnout" and "C.A.", Grivo's saturated guitars and a bruising low-end utilize effects as an active compositional element. Grivo tow a thin line between shoegaze and doom but never fully commit to any one style or genre, spawning broad crossover appeal. Fresh off a recent West Coast tour, Grivo's incredible live set is sharper than ever and not to be missed.

If you live in the Midwest check the following dates, Grivo could be coming to your town soon. More dates and tour announcements are just around the corner.

• May 11th - Little Rock, AR at Vino's
• May 12th - Murfreesboro, TN at Media Rerun
• May 13th - Lexington, KY at Best Friend Bar
• May 14th - Columbus, OH at The Summit
• May 16th - Port Huron, MI at SchwonkSoundStead
• May 18th - Milwaukee, WI at Bremen Cafe
• May 19th - Chicago, IL at Subterranean
• May 20th - Des Moines, IA at Vaudeville Mews
• May 23rd - Wichita, KS at Kirby's Beer Store
• May 25th - Norman, OK at Opolis

"...like the middle child between Slowdive and Low, a half-paced emotional look behind the curtain and into the great beyond."
-REVOLVER Mag

"Grivo creates an atmosphere with their music, layering sounds on top of one another, embracing the distortion, as pointed guitar hooks and dreamy vocals surf on top of the ordered chaos."
-Get Some Magazine

"Marrying the cerebral headiness of guitar atmospherics with bludgeoning walls of distortion, Grivo sustains bursts of doom metal and shoegaze..."
-Autin Chronicle

Click HERE to buy Grivo's debut album Elude on 12" 150 gram vinyl, cassette or digital download from Holodeck Records

Grivo live at Beerland in Austin. Photo by David Brendan Hall

Automelodi and Liz Wendelbo Collaborate on New Video for "Les Métros Disparus"

March 15, 2019 Adam Jones

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Friends and longtime collaborators Xavier Paradis of Automelodi and Liz Wendelbo of Xeno and Oaklander have come together once again for the ominously seductive duet "Les Métros Disparus". This is the second single from Automelodi's upcoming full-length Mirages au futur verre-brisé out May 3rd, 2019 and their first collaboration since the 2012 single as duo Liz and László. This time they worked with veteran Montréal filmmaker Kaspar '89 on a dense and imaginative video complete with video synthesizers and VHS feedback. Every detail, including lighting, props, costume and set design eloquently embodies the listlessly romantic aesthetic of the track to produce a potent and inspiring short film.

Click HERE to watch the video for "Les Mètros Disparus" on Post-Punk.com

Click HERE to pre-order your copy of Mirages au futur verre-brisé out May 3rd, 2019 on 150 gram 12" black vinyl, cassette and digital download from Holodeck Records

Automelodi will be playing with Xeno and Oaklander in Montréal on April 5th at La Sala Rossa

If you live in Europe, check the following tour dates. More TBA soon...

05.01: ROMA (IT) @ Klang Roma
05.04: NAPOLI (IT) @ First Floor Club
05.05: VIGNOLA (IT) @ Circolo Arci Ribalta

05.10: BERLIN (DE) @ Urban Spree (Forensics)
05.11: COPENHAGEN (DK) @ UnderWerket
05.16: HAMBURG (DE) @ MS Stubnitz with Xarah Dion

05.17: BARCELONA (ES) @ Meteoro
05.18: MADRID (ES) @ Maravillas Club

05.23: WARSAW (PL) @ Pogłos with Xarah Dion
05.25: PARIS (FR) @ Le Petit Bain with X&O
05.31: VILNIUS (LT) @ Kirtimų kultūros centras

06.07: LEIPZIG (DE) @ Wave Gothik Treffen (Stadtbad)

Automelodi. Photo by Kate Hawe

Liz Wendelbo

Automelodi - Mirages au futur verre-brisé - Out May 3rd, 2019

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