Cold Collective - Frederick the Younger - Ocean Potion - Eerie Wanda - Jacko Hooper

Cold Collective - Don't Forget To Leave.

MA's Cold Collective, the latest project from Tim Landers (ex. Transit, Misser, Off and On) has released a new single and video. Cold Collective started with Tim Landers, some guitars, a drum pad and a laptop. Tim, whose previous acts include Transit and Misser, wanted to return to his roots and the things that made him fall in love with music. After writing non-stop day and night, Tim recruited Paul Debenedictis (November 5, 1955), one of his favorite drummers growing up in the North Shore Massachusetts music scene, and they went into the studio with Jay Maas (Dropkick Murphys Title Fight, State Champs). They emerged with Cold Collective’s debut album, Bachelorette Party.

Bachelorette Party is fueled by dark times in Tim’s life where he says, “I spent a lot of time trying to understand human instinct, and myself.” Through the process of writing the album, Tim came out with a clean slate and new ambition. The result is an album comprised of 10 tracks that spit out pure emotion.

Tim has been writing ever since. After recently opening up about his struggles with addiction and mental health, he is back with "Don't Forget To Leave"- a self- produced, honest ballad.

"I've met so many amazing people on this journey, and it kills me to know other people struggled as I have. It's a song about putting the fear of opening up aside. It's about being comfortable with yourself" - “Bachelorette Party" was recorded with Jay Maas (The Dropkick Murphys, Title Fight, State Champs, The Menzingers).

Subtle synths, a pacey beat and some engaging vocals make 'Don't Forget To Leave' a hook laden track. The video adds some more charm to this vibrant indie type rocker.


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Frederick the Younger - Everyone’s Changing.

Frederick The Younger's unreleased song "Everyone's Changing" has just been shared. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, some of Jenni Cochran’s earliest memories are of writing songs. Returning to the USA after working in Vietnam for a few years, she met Aaron Craker (guitar, keys, vocals) who was performing with his band Dr. Vitamin. 

The two immediately bonded over their shared love of Elliott Smith and The Beatles. They formed Frederick The Younger a few years later, releasing their first full length record “Human Child” in 2017.

The band is their bond, formed on groovy garage pop, soulful vocals, a hint of Broadcast and 60s pop with a modern twist. 

There is an earnestness to their newest songs on a forthcoming EP, due out early 2019, that rings true - the kind of sincerity born from experience. These songs feel alive and well-lived, tragic, nostalgic, beautiful, and contemplative, all with a solid hook.

Feature number five for Frederick the Younger so clearly they are creating something that strikes home for Beehive Candy. 'Everyone's Changing' has a natural live feel to it (helped by the music video no doubt) and thankfully it hasn't stayed unreleased for to long.


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Ocean Potion - Lights Out.

Ocean Potion are super pleased to tell you that our self-titled, debut album will officially be out today Dave Azzolini (Forces) and Jay McCarol (Brave Shores) will round out our live band as we plan to tour Ocean Potion throughout 2019.

“Lights Out,” the second single to be shared from our debut LP, started from a riff in A6 to Amaj that alternated back and forth in a hypnotic way. Most of the melodies came from improvising over these chords.

The lyrics are partly inspired by an old radio drama of the same name, Lights Out. The show always started with the same, ominous phrase: Lights out everyone. It is later than you think. After laying down the basic framework, we took it on a journey and gave it that dreamy sound with a thick groove.

Ocean Potion is the result of a burgeoning friendship, so it’s no coincidence that it’s a persistent theme throughout the album – a reflection of the good vibes that were happening while creating it.'

Well Ocean Potion are clearly pleased with 'Lights Out' and for good reason as this is a beautiful song! On the strength of this I really hope today's album release is gonna get some well deserved attention, and some!

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Eerie Wanda - Moon.

Eerie Wanda is the brainchild of audio and visual artist Marina Tadic. Born to Croatian parents in the former Yugoslavia, Marina became a political refugee when she was just 6 years old. Forced to leave their home due to the Bosnian war, Marina’s parents sought asylum in the Netherlands- which is where Marina grew into an adult, became an accomplished artist, and where she still resides.

Her second LP, Pet Town is an exercise in isolated creativity. Using minimal recording techniques, Tadic shapes these ten songs from sheer intuition, while drawing inspiration from solitude. Although her two bandmates Jasper Verhulst and Jeroen de Heuvel are each relatively close geographically (residing in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Nijmegen), the band decided to record each of their parts alone, in their own homes. And weave the songs together remotely, like pen-pals making a quilt. “I’ve written the songs in a period of my life in which I was feeling quite alone. I wanted the recording process to feel like that too”, says Marina.

Anchored by Tadic’s wistful lyrics and self possessed vocal delivery, these songs take on a stripped down, spectral quality. Mixed by producer Jasper Geluk, the album is perched in warm, homespun sounds—live drums are replaced with handclaps, finger snaps, and a Roland-CR 78 drum machine, enhancing the music’s tactile and intimate headspace.

Tadic is still left guessing how Pet Town came to be, exactly. “I wrote the songs over a period of time spent inside my shell, and I needed that time. Not escaping it brought me a lot of growth.” Like some mysterious shamanic voice from the future, Eerie Wanda hushes turbulent peaks and valleys into a comforting, deft equilibrium. “I love to think I’m connected with some other dimension which sends me the songs and I can catch them if I’m in the right zone.” Release date: Friday, January 25th 2019.

A tasteful teaser for January's album release comes in the form of 'Moon'. Soft and gentle and brimming with melodic hooks, this bodes well for what's to come next.


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Jacko Hooper - Trust In Me Always.

Jacko Hooper’s new video is for his excellently poignant ‘Trust In Me Always’ from new EP ‘Together We’re Lost’. Together We’re Lost is the third EP release from Brighton singer-songwriter Jacko Hooper. Following a year of writing and taking a step back from performing live, Jacko returns with an EP written and recorded from his bedroom with the help from life long friend and Producer, Josh Trinnaman (Whose mixing credits include Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, RY X and his own Brighton-based IDM/Jazz/Electronic outfit Luo).

With a limited edition run of CDRs available via Jacko’s boutique record label and promotions company Folklore Sessions, there is, as always with Hooper’s releases be an opportunity to not just stream the record digitally but get something much more personal which his devoted army of followers will enjoy once again.

Recorded off the back of Folklore Vol.1, a 4-track EP released with fellow musicians and friends Bess Atwell, George Ogilvie & Oktoba, Together We’re Lost tells a story of personifying emotions and situations that Jacko has found himself in, especially over the last year. A constant inner dialogue between his fears, anxieties and ‘logical thinking’ soon turned into words and melody that found themselves needing to be expressed, sticking with what Hooper is most well known for - true emotion and honesty.

Back in November we shared 'The Long Road' which led us to comment "Jacko Hooper can really sing, in this case with notable sensitivity and feeling." The new song and video 'Trust In Me Always' is another majestic and beautiful piece, yep this guy can sing and create fabulous music.


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Small Forward - Lydian Collective

Small Forward - Tearjerker.

While attending college in Los Angeles, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Michael Stevenson and Rounak Maiti converged on a desire to collaborate and meld their love of Americana and pop music. Informal bedroom jam sessions resulted in hours of demos, constructed from the duo’s rudimentary yet textured take on songwriting. After condensing their work down to four downtempo, home-recorded songs, they self-released an eponymous debut EP in 2014. From hazy, forlorn atmospheres to more heart-on-sleeve folk, Stevenson and Maiti worked with Campbell Scott (bass) and Nick Waldram (drums)  to craft rich, full band arrangements.

From 2015-16, Small Forward began developing their live act, playing with a full band across the Los Angeles area. During this time, they began recording The Moon You Stand On, the band’s debut full-length album. Here, Maiti and Stevenson’s lush, folk-inspired ideas were rounded out by a prominent rhythm section, Scott’s dulcet bass tones dot Nick Waldram’s jazzy, intrepid approach to percussion and drums. Together, the four wrote, recorded and produced the album entirely in their shared home, over the better part of a year. Self-released in October 2016, Deli Mag described the album’s sound as “timeless, teeming with multi-layered guitars and chugging beats that lend a uniformity to their quietly resplendent melodies.”

The band began recording another project, Affections, in early 2017. They channeled 70s psych-rock and AM pop with the first single, “The Reservoir”. The release was met with praise from Gold Flake Paint and Buzzbands LA, the latter describing it as a “soundtrack to (their) reverie.” The resulting collection of 6 songs, released on Forged Artifacts in October 2017, saw left-turns and plenty of new texture, decorated with their customary take on sweet wistfulness. With live performances across the greater Los Angeles area and a southwest tour under their belt, plus two new singles on the way, Small Forward is alive, kicking and ready for 2019. Bandcamp.

There is a smooth and refined feel to 'Tearjerker' a flowing psych rocker with plenty of melodic hooks both vocally and through the blissfully good musicianship.

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Lydian Collective - High 555.

After the success of their popular debut acclaimed album ‘Adventure’, (which has generated over 1 million album streams on Spotify in just 6 months). Lydian Collective are now following this up with their new single ‘High 555’.

The first release helped to put themselves firmly on the map of the instrumental Jazz Funk Fusion scene, which has has lead onto recent appearances at festivals such as Cheltenham Jazz, ‘So What’s Next’ Festival in The Netherlands, Cambridge Jazz Festival and plays on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction show; as well as features on Spotify’s ‘The State of Jazz’ and ‘Fusion Fest’ playlists.

After the intricate and rhythmically complex ‘Adventure’ album, they have now shifted gears on this single with a hi-octane stomping four to the floor danceable fun and funky groove, led by a phat distorted synth bass line!

‘High 555’ takes the listener through the usual compositional twists and turns that have made Lydian Collective tunes so popular, but this time the focus is on a solid groove to get the body moving!  This single came out on 30th November and will be part of an EP, which is due to be released in Spring next year. Website. 

It's almost a year to the day since we first (and last) featured Lydian Collective and now we have their latest single 'High 555'. So a year ago we commented that the band produced "Vibrant and dynamic music that reaches across Jazz and Blues genres (& a few others) this is superbly crafted musicianship". Well they are consistent regarding all of that, and the cool video drives home the point.



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Rose Ette - Lily & Madeleine - The Prescriptions

Rose Ette - Ignore the Feeling.

What good is rock and roll without a love story? Even in 2018, among the uneven power struggles and problematic dudes, someone is going to look across the room at someone else and wish they could stand over there, instead of standing here alone. Pretty basic aspect of the human experience, yeah? But somehow, though we can define our political stances in unambiguous terms, our affection remains a mercurial subject for words. On some days, it’s easier to argue with a GOP granddad over the existence of global warming than to face that someone across the room and tell them just what magnetic force draws you near.

“Oh, boo hoo,” say the stable, the pairs coupled in high school, the loveless bachelors in IT. But in the realm of Rose Ette – ostensibly modern-day Houston, spiritually Olympia or London from two or three decades back (respectively) – the mental hurdles that block both parties from honest and true bonds are real struggles worth fighting for. With their proper debut Ignore The Feeling, our four romantics (led by singer/guitarist Teresa Vicinanza capture those challenges in a bell jar; even manic obsessions and unwanted stalkers shine with the opal glow of Lush, or Camera Obscura, or any of your favorite C86 tapes from your lost (or invented) youth.

Don’t let these bottled sprites deceive you, though - even with the sweet perfumes of girl groups and C86 tapes long gone, Rose Ette still bear claws. Three years ago, their first EP Jungle featured the unpolished diamond of “AH AH”, a shredded telegraph from a much murkier garage (and, admittedly, a completely different crew). That tempered snarl still comes out here on “Awake”, a hefty slice of Speedy Ortiz-sized fuzz to remind everyone that the battle’s not yet over: “I’m awake, but I’m running out of time.” You can’t stage a head-on assault when old enchantments still grip the blade, after all.

Mind you, Rose Ette can fire back with charms of their own when they take the stage. Back in August, the gang picked up a limited run of Ignore the Feeling LPs before their day show at Athens Popfest. Right after their blissful set at Little Kings Shuffle Club, folks piled up at the merch table for a copy, and the line backed up to the patio. Our protagonists have allured many a crowd in the past three years, jumping on bills with Deerhoof, Fred Thomas, Dressy Bessy, and La Luz, to name a few. Like a heart possessed by either desire or stress (or both at once), these illusionists don’t stand still.

Of course, all love-weary prose aside, Ignore The Feeling simply snaps a deceptively rosy thumbnail of a band in flux. And while Rose Ette might stand up for the silenced lover, don’t expect Vicinanza and her crew to soften their own voice any time soon. Facebook.

'Ignore The Feeling' is a steady alt rocker with beautifully engaging vocals, along with a vast array of enticing melodic hooks.

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Lily & Madeleine - Self Care.

Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, sisters better known as New West Records duo Lily & Madeleine, fearlessly explore — and explode — the conventions of 21st century womanhood on the ten-track Canterbury Girls, due 22 Feb 2019. Co-produced by Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour), the record is named after Canterbury Park, located in the duo’s hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, and a place that's a breeding ground for these songs, all written or co-written by the sisters, which explore relationships, power imbalances, and the weight of expectation.

Canterbury Girls was recorded in Nashville over a feverishly-inspired ten days with Tashian and Fitchuk. Lily and Madeleine — now age 21 and 23 respectively — recently relocated to New York City and worked separately and together on musical ideas, a process that allowed their individual styles to shine. While Canterbury Girls contains plenty of the duo’s signature ornate arrangements and stunning blood-harmony, the album also finds them exploring new sonic vistas and delivering goosebump-worthy musical moments with quiet authority.

"This is the first record Lily and I have ever done where we have full control over all of the songwriting," says Madeleine. "By the end, I felt like the songs had their own life; they had their own energy.  It was incredible to see them blossom so quickly."

Despite Canterbury Girls' understated veneer, the album’s lyrics are dense, vivid and intense. "Pachinko Song" gives voice to the feeling of being unable to escape another person’s gaze, even from halfway across the globe; and the deceptively breezy “Supernatural Sadness” confronts the pull of a toxic relationship.

Since the 2016 release of Keep It Together (New West Records), Lily & Madeleine have toured as a headlining act, opened for everyone from Dawes to Rodriguez, and in summer 2017, were invited to be backup singers on John Mellencamp's Sad Clowns and Hillbillies Tour, joining him onstage every night to sing harmonies every night.  They will embark on an extensive headline tour in 2019 with dates to be announced soon. Website.

Gorgeous vocals with a simple piano backdrop opens 'Self Care' and as the rhythm kicks in the soundtrack expands ensuring that the song becomes a tasteful tease for the album due in February 2019.


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The Prescriptions - Cuts Like a Knife.

Nashville-based rock band The Prescriptions released a new single "Cuts Like A Knife," and announced a January 18 release date for their debut album Hollywood Gold.

"Cuts Like A Knife" follows previous singles "She Is Waiting" and "Hollywood Gold." Mother Church Pew said "With its bright harmonica-laced refrains, understated organ sizzles, and vintage, wide-open road feel, 'She Is Waiting' is sunshine from beginning to end."

The band recently partnered with the acclaimed Nashville-based YouTube channel GemsOnVHS to release a live video for "Hollywood Gold." East of 8th debuted the video stating "Their sound, influenced by the likes of Neil Young and Wilco, brims with a soothing ease that provides a balm for the ears and a salve for the soul."

While The Prescriptions may come by their Southern style of narrative songwriting honestly, they refuse to rest on the laurels of their musical heritage. Songs like “Hollywood Gold” reflect the band's deep appreciation for their musical heroes while also showcasing the commitment and drive towards something new. Website.

The musical arrangement is superb on 'Cuts Like a Knife' boasting plenty of originality whilst the sweeping and majestic vocals seal the deal.


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Calista Kazuko - Lene Lovich

Calista Kazuko - Press Stop & Rewind / Sweet Jailbird.

‘Press Stop & Rewind’ and ‘Sweet Jailbird’ were written by Calista and long-term collaborator Elliott James Frisby. The songs were recorded at London’s Smokehouse Studios. Nuno Fernandes (Bryan Adams, Jeff Lynne) and Dennis Weinreich (Queen, Supertramp) feature as producers.

The beautifully shot videos – dark, sensuous vignettes with deadly narratives, were made with filmmaker Philip Reinking and depict Calista’s sordid fantasies, murderous moments, subsequent incarceration and dreams of escape.

“I could not be more delighted to be releasing these two songs,” says Calista. “Their fun, OTT extravagance perfectly punctuate this creative chapter before the campaign for my new album, ‘Empress’, starts in January. It was an honour working with such a musical dream-team as producers Nuno Fernandes and Dennis Weinreich – and creating visuals with filmmaker Philip Reinking was the icing on the cake.”

Calista Kazuko is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for her cinematic genre-bending and controversial boundary-pushing. After studying at London’s Royal Academy of Music, specialising in classical/jazz piano and composition, Calista – daughter of the late renowned violinist Paul Robertson – has been performing and winning fans across the world with her dynamic voice and captivating songs. Her EP 'Project: Love Me' was released in 2017 to critical acclaim and Calista is now recording her debut solo album ‘Empress’. She founded and recently launched charity-based arts collective Voice of Aiko and is also penning her first piece of music-theatre, Mary Quake, with playwright Stephanie Martin. WEBSITE.

'Press Stop & Rewind' has a seductive Jazz vibe that exudes both mischief and just a little menace. The theme continues with 'Sweet Jailbird' where the distinct rhythm alongside some refined piano are only half the story. On both tracks the vocals are sublime and on the latter the background vocals are just so cool, this really is just so good...



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Lene Lovich - Lucky Number.

March 2019 sees the Lene Lovich Band taking to the road to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lene's classic debut album Stateless. Containing the smash hit "Lucky Number" and other perennial Lene favourites including "Home", "Say When", "I Think We're Alone Now" and the celebrated ballad "Too Tender to Touch", Stateless was an immediate success when it was first released by cult post-punk label Stiff Records, and has held it's place in fans' affections for four decades. Lene Lovich’s work spent over four and a half months in the Top 40 charts after the release of her debut album in 1978 in the UK and 1979 in the US.

The tour will be fans' only chance to catch Stateless performed in it's entirety. The show also includes other Lene favourites, such as the Thomas Dolby-penned hit "New Toy", as well as a handful of songs from Lene's highly regarded second album Flex.

“It is incredibly flattering to know that people are still interested in Stateless after all these years. And it is always humbling to learn what it has meant to people on a personal level. We all have music which becomes the soundtrack to our lives, and to know that people are still listening is the highest compliment that you can ever be paid as an artist and a performer.

Far from being near nostalgia, taking the album out on the road for its anniversary year is a way of saying thank you, both to the fans who have appreciated it for so long, and also to the songs themselves, which have meant so very much to me and gave me such a wonderful start on this journey.” - Lene Lovich, November 2018. TICKETS.

March 2019 Tour Dates:
Friday 8th – Riverside, Newcastle
Saturday 9th – G2, Glasgow
Sunday 10th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Friday 15th – O2 Institute, Birmingham
Saturday 16th – Club Academy, Manchester
Sunday 17th – The Waterfront, Norwich
Thursday 21st – The Garage, London
Friday 22nd – Concorde 2, Brighton
Saturday 23rd – O2 Academy, Oxford.

It's not often a we feature forty year old songs on Beehive Candy, but some new anniversary tour dates and the fact it's 'Lucky Number' from Lene Lovich is more than enough reason & I get to be a little nostalgic for a while.


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