Plastic Mermaids Reveal New Single And Video ‘Floating In A Vacuum’ And Announce Debut Album ‘Suddenly Everyone Explodes’

Plastic Mermaids are a five-piece band from the Isle of Wight who, after building their own analogue studio, have self-produced one of the most genuinely original and sonically adventurous debut albums you’ll hear all year: ‘Suddenly Everyone Explodes’ to be released on May 24th 2019.

Amo Amo – ‘Closer To You’

Radiating an inner light, the music of Amo Amo caught the ears of Jim James, who fell in love with their sound, and produced their debut album. ‘Closer To You’ is one of the first singles from the record, and has already garnered over 400K streams on Spotify, as well as being on high rotation, on LA radio station, KCRW.

Soft People – ‘The Absolute Boy’

Soft People have that whole California feel about them, which isn’t surprising when you discover that they’re based in San Luis Obispo, close to the midpoint between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The duo comprises married couple Caleb Nichols and John Metz, who met when Nichols, a long term member of the Oakland California music scene, hired John as his drummer, for his band, Grand Lake. The pair started dating shortly after, and that, as they say in the classics, was that.

Elvyn Rhud Drop Jangly Psych Nugget ‘Orange Is For Love’

With a sound resembling Brian Jonestown Massacre, French duo Elvyn Rhud have released the single, ‘Orange Is For Love’, from a shared 7″, divided between them and Alpha Du Centaure. The track was released on 28 September via Pyrrhic Victory Records, and has a jangly guitar vibe which wouldn’t sound out of place in an old Western.

The Lautreamonts: It’s A Sewing Machine Meeting An Umbrella On A Dissecting Table

With a sound which they describe as “something as beautiful as the meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table” comes The Lautreamonts, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Julian Wa – ‘Bloom’

Julian Wa is from Queensland, Australia and makes very beautiful music, including the quite frankly gorgeous track, ‘Bloom’. B-side ‘Frankensteina’ is certainly worth a mention as well.

Ocean Potion – ‘In The Grass’

Canadian duo Mike O’Brien and Jason Haberman, otherwise known as Ocean Potion, began to write and record together while on tour with their respective bands, Zeus, and Yukon Blonde.

Trip Hop Artist T.O.N.T.O Goes ‘To The Edge’ With New Single

Set for release on 3 September, London trip hop artist T.O.N.T.O’s new single, ‘To The Edge’ is a psychedelic hip hop masterpiece.

Couch Jackets – ‘Pillos N Rillos’

Couch Jackets return with their new single, ‘Pillows And Rillos’, accompanied by a video featuring a mob-theme.

Lillemäe – ‘Born To Trance’

Lillemäe is back with another hot trance track, ‘Born To Trance’. The Swedish producer’s electronica is the perfect sound to work out to.

Loveless 506 – *****paranoid detours***** (prod. by sleepdealer)

Loveless 506 loops around our heads and out every single part of our body with his looping pysch stylings.

BUNNIES – ‘The Deep State of Strawberry Tart’

Bunnies are back! The experimental psych rock band from Northampton Massachusetts, who we wrote about in April with their track, ‘The Problem With Link Think’, have returned with the new single, ‘The Deep State Of Strawberry Tart’.