Schizo Fun Addict New Jersey’s finest and the first band ever to grace to grooves of Fruits de Mer Records bring you their new album, ‘Desolate Ecstasy’. Is it dreampop? shoegaze? drone? maybe a bit of all three - you'll have to have a listen a judge for yourself. (A limited edition vinyl release happened today 10 June, however it was sold out on pre order a while back).
Over to Jet Wintzer from the band to explain the background to the band/album “Desolate Ecstasy a concept album about the 27 year career of Schizo Fun Addict. We were the first band on Fruits de Mer Records prophesied to be "a label of love" by Ian McCan reviewing us in Record Collector.
We were Mark Barton's favorite band (see his liner notes to our lp "The Last Wave"). Greg Healey gave us 5 stars twice in Shindig! Brian Bordello is our biggest fan. Everett True said we were as good as The Stone Roses in Mojo. Prog compared our "El Shoegaze Bossa Nova" lp to Jobim and Brasil 66; Dave Thompson in Goldmine told everyone we were "the greatest musical secret of the 21st century." Another prophecy which remains true..." It’s true, the band stepped in to record covers of George Martin’s ‘Theme One’ and the intro theme to ‘Ogdens Nut Gone Flake’ back in 2008 when the label was all but dead in the water before we’d even learned how to doggy-paddle.
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The return of French Films continues with Dearly, the band’s second comeback single. After almost ten years away, the new material has brought French Films back into the conversation around Finnish indie music. Helsingin Sanomat recently published a major interview on the band’s return, and this weekend French Films will play their first live show in years at Kesärauha Festival in Turku.
In the 2010s, French Films toured across Europe and Asia, played Roskilde, and became one of the most notable Finnish indie rock exports of their generation. Their biggest song has passed one million Spotify streams, despite being released in an era when CD was still a central music format.
Dearly is not nostalgia cosplay. It sounds like a band reconnecting with the thing that made them matter in the first place: bright guitars, romantic urgency and a little bit of northern restlessness.
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Simone White has teamed up neo-classical composer, cellist, and producer Brent Arnold, and the pair have conjured-up a delightful take on The Breeders’ “Fortunately Gone”. Stripping away the grunge-infused stylistics of the original and replenishing them with bright string sections and crisp vocal duets; the result is a refreshing revision of the 1990 ‘Pod’ album classic.
As Simone White says of the track: “With pulsing plucked strings launching into a playful and soaring arrangement, this delicate short duet is sweet and like two swallows flying on a spring day, suddenly gone.” Tying-in neatly with her new album release ‘Letter To The Last Generation’, the producer of "Fortunately Gone”, Brent Arnold worked with Simone on the stunning recent single “Blueprint”, which preceded the record. "Fortunately Gone” is streaming on all services now.
Hawaii born singer-songwriter Simone White has released eight albums spanning simple acoustic folk, Americana and electronic indie. You may remember her from her records on the UK’s Honest Jon's label: I am the Man (2007) , Yakiimo (2009) and Silver Silver (2012) all critically acclaimed by Der Spiegel among others (MOJO, Uncut). German Rolling Stone made a five page focus piece on her in 2009 calling her "one of the really great American songwriters".
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Manchester-based Georgian have shared the final introduction to their forthcoming EP ‘Crackled Grounds’ with focus track ‘Medusa’ ahead of their debut full-length release on Friday. via Heist or Hit (Westside Cowboy, Her’s).
Formed in 2024 and with three previous singles in their musical catalogue, Georgian are a five-piece outfit comprising Georgia McKiernan (vocals, acoustic guitar), James Poole, James Polglase (both lead and rhythm guitar, BVs), Connor Alder (drums) and (bass). Together Georgian have an expansive sound that reflects each of the band’s tastes, retaining a modern approach, but keeping the sound of their influences alive. Wrangling ‘60s pop, country, folk, shoegaze, psychedelia and further-flung traditional styles, their songs tell tales of navigating harsh emotional environments and lived experiences.
The debut ‘Crackled Grounds EP’ was laid down with producer Arno Stols at Magenta Studio in the peaceful Amsterdam countryside. Taking a leaf from Brian Jonestown Massacre’s melodic revivalism, Georgian began emulating the warm, unsettling, mysterious 60s-70s production of artists to which they had mutually become accustomed. Lyrically taking the listener to a place of escapism, the songs tell of battling the elements, female empowerment, and deep-rooted nostalgia.
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For far too long, the artistic legacy of iconic German dark wave and synthpop act Silke Bischoff has been withheld from the world. This will change soon with "Tears - A Collection of Silke Bischoff Songs", which is the first step in making these important milestones of the goth scene officially available to the public again. The compilation album with carefully remastered tracks and even a new song will be released on September 4, 2026.
Silke Bischoff comments: "The track 'Northern Lights' was conceived during one of our creative forays into the Netherlands", Axel Kretschmann recalls. "We had rented a beach bungalow in Zandvoort to dive completely into our music for a while. Even all our studio gear and the instruments got carted there by our label, which meant that we were working under near perfect conditions. By the way, the song title, 'Northern Lights', had quite a profane origin. It was the name of our favourite brand of 'funny cigarettes' at the time. And yes, they were quite helpful and inspiring our creativity back in the days."
Silke Bischoff were an iconic band that left a massive legacy and were mournfully remembered far beyond the electronic and goth scenes that they championed particularly in Germany during the 90s. Their albums are regarded milestones until today, but internal friction, legal issues, and most of all the tragic passing of one of its founding members, Felix Flaucher, has left their works in a limbo for many years. The compilation "Tears - A Collection of Silke Bischoff Songs" is the first step in making their oeuvre available to the public again.
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