Rig Stars: Girls In Synthesis
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Girls In Synthesis what their favourite pieces of music making equipment are. This is what they told us: JOHN LINGER – BASSIST What is it? Phonic Stereo Echorder (2 channel BBD delay unit)How long have you had it? Maybe 5-6 yearsHow does it help shape your sound? It enables me to manipulate Jim and I’s vocals onstage, from subtle echoes to... Read More
NORWICH BASED TRIO OTHER HALF UNVEIL LATEST SINGLE ‘SAMENESS WITHOUT END’ AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE
Norwich based trio Other Half have released their latest single ‘Sameness Without End’.Speaking about the video that accompanies the release, they band said:“As nice as it’s been making all our previous videos ourselves, it’s pretty hard to get us all playing together when Sophie has to be stood behind the camera the whole time. I think we operate at our best when we’re actually making a din together, so we asked our friend Tom from Road Mutant... Read More
NEW SINGLE ‘WISHBONE’ UNVEILED BY SNAKE EYES AHEAD OF DEBUT EP
Snake Eyes have released new single ‘Wishbone’ ahead of their debut EP ‘Skeletons’ that will be released on October 9th via Failure By Design Records.Guitarist and vocalist Jim Heffy says:“Wishbone was a pretty early idea I think. It has that energy of bands I really dig like The Computers or Metz and came to me pretty quick. It’s about people expecting things to happen without actually working for it. I suppose I was saying that things... Read More
NEW PROJECT MARIE DAVIDSON & L’ŒIL NU ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND UNVEIL TITLE TRACK ‘RENEGADE BREAKDOWN’
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu, a trio formed of three old-time friends and long-term collaborators in Montreal’s DIY scene: Marie, Pierre Guerineau and Asaël R. Robitaille, have unveiled new single ‘Renegade Breakdown’. The song is the title track of an album to be released on 25th September via Ninja Tune and comes alongside a lyric video available now.Speaking about the album, Davidson says simply:“We wanted to make songs like the music... Read More
Rig Stars: Mav Karlo
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Mav Karlo – also known as Menno Vertseeg, founder of Royal Mountain Records – what his favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what he told us: What is it? It’s a 1952 Gibson ES-125.How long have you had it? I bought it on tour in 2002. I had about $300 to my name at the time, and the punk band I was in had a day off in LA. We decided... Read More
CALIFORNIAN DUO LE FOMO UNVEIL NEW SINGLE ‘TINY ANCHOR’
Californian duo Le Fomo have unveiled their second single of 2020. The song is called ‘Tiny Anchor’ and will be out on the 21st August via AnalogueTrash. Theduo is compromised of Ess Nelson (vocals, lyrics, synths, bass, beats, arrangement) and Kai Hofius (guitar, drums, lyrics, bass).Speaking about the track, Ess says:“Tiny Anchor is a song about navigating intimacy. It can be hard to see that someone loves/likes you when your traumatic/fear-based... Read More
TORONTO’S TEENANGER SHARE ‘TRILLIUM SONG’ FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ‘GOOD TIME’
Teenanger have released the latest single to be taken from their upcoming album ‘Good Time’ due to be released on October 2nd by Telephone Explosion Records. The new single is called ‘Trillium Song’.Speaking about the new track, vocalist Chris Swimmings says:“This song is about the province of Ontario where we all reside. Mainly about the current provincial government’s way of dealing with the education system and the environment.... Read More
COLOMBIA’S MERIDIAN BROTHERS RELEASE LATEST SINGLE ‘CUMBIA DE LA FUENTE’
Meridian Brothers, a project of Colombian based Eblis Alvarez, have released their latest single ‘Cumbia de la fuente’, taken from their new album ‘Cumbia Siglo XXI’ due for release on August 21st via Bongo Joe Records.Alvarez says of the track:“‘Cumbia de la fuente’ is a stopping point of the whole theme of the record, both in lyrics and in sound concept. The song is a prayer and an amulet, a search for something that modern... Read More
‘MODEL VILLAGE’ VIDEO RELEASED BY IDLES AHEAD OF UPCOMING NEW ALBUM
IDLES have released the fourth song to be taken from their upcoming new album ‘Ultra Mono’ due to be released on 25th September via Partisan Records. The song is called ‘Model Village’ and comes with an animated video that has been directed by Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry.Frontman Joe Talbot says of the track:“I hated growing up in a city that was really a town that was really a fishbowl. I left as soon as I could, only to realise... Read More
LEEDS TRIO MAGICK MOUNTAIN RELEASE SECOND SINGLE ‘INFINITY X2’ FROM THEIR UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM
Leeds band Magick Mountain have unveiled ‘Infinity X2’, the second single taken from their upcoming debut album ‘Weird Feelings’ due out on 23rd October.The band describe the track as:“a psychedelic, punk love song; a direct nod to the idea of being so close to someone that worlds, thoughts and imagined futures merge together.”The new album was recorded over the space of 18 months and features instinctive moments captured at home,... Read More
