Ben Reel - Selve - Dubinator Curate Various Artists - Tiberius

Ben Reel - I Will.

The first single, “I Will,” is lifted from Ben Reel’s keenly awaited 12th studio album, “Spirit’s not Broken.” It's just been released. We are really pleased to be sharing this fabulous song from a highly talented multi genre artist! We are told (and agree with) “I Will” carries a ’70s soul vibe reminiscent of Marvin Gaye, with four-on-the-floor disco drums and a Motown-inspired moving bass line. The song tells its story as if guided by higher powers, as though everything were preordained, destiny awaiting.

The Irish troubadour's twelfth studio album, Spirit’s Not Broken has a core message. In a world marked by war, division, and uncertainty, the record carries a timeless message: hope, resilience, and above all, love. “It’s easy to feel powerless,” Ben says, “but this album is a reminder of a simple truth: ‘Love one another.”

Musically, the album opens with raw rock energy before flowing into soulful, R&B-infused grooves, echoing the spirit of Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Van Morrison, and Sting. It’s a journey that blends grit with grace, reinforcing Ben’s reputation as one of Ireland’s most versatile and enduring songwriters.

Since launching his solo career in 1999 with This Is the Movie, Ben has carved a distinctive path through rock, folk, soul, and Americana. Critics have compared him to John Hiatt, Roy Orbison, and even dubbed him “the Irish Springsteen,” yet his sound remains unmistakably his own.

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Photo -  Joshua Tate

Selve - Breaking Into Heaven (Album).

In a few words, we have to say we love this bands music, the whole album is a must hear, this is a band to thoroughly check out. The background goes like this.. Gold Coast (Yugambeh/Kombumerri)-based six-piece Selve led by proud Jabirr Jabirr man Loki Liddle yesterday shared their historic second album Breaking Into Heaven, the first full-length album by an Aboriginal artist ever recorded at London's Abbey Road, anchored and inspired by Nina Simone's words that "‘The people who built their heaven on your land, are telling you that yours is in the sky". 

A powerful testament of First Nations stories, music and culture breaking into the spaces that have been stolen or denied to them and traditionally reserved for the select few, Breaking Into Heaven punctuates and refracts the listener's consciousness like a glass brick through a window: a showcase of the uniquely prismatic range of Selve's sonic and cinematic universe, all tied together with a central dualism of subversion and love. 

With it comes swaggering focus track & video 'Leading Man Lost', its clip starring Indigenous Australian actress/model Charlee Fraser (Mad Max: Furiosa, Anyone But You). Also featuring previous singles lush post-nihilist lovesong 'Friday Night', moody rave-rock track 'Strange Romance', the hyper-camp 'Loki Horror Picture Show', and its roaring title track, Breaking Into Heaven is out independently now.

Of the album, Liddle shares: "It’s super surreal that Breaking Into Heaven is out in the world, less than a year since we wrapped up our recording at Abbey Road. It’s been a big, profound, emotional journey that has taken myself and the band to places and into spaces we never imagined we’d get to tread. I am really really proud of the album we’ve created, the music, the stories, the messages, the whole wild dream of it."


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Dubinator Curate Various Artists - Sonically Echo Beach – Dubbing & Clubbing.

For lovers of Reggae and Dub this is a wonderful collection of tracks (& we have to say Beehive Candy are pretty much full on fans of these genres). We quote: 'A fundamental selection of dubbing and clubbing tunes outta Echo Beach'. Enjoy with us!

Dr. Israel – Slaver (DJ Olive Remix)
Dream Cycle Inc. – Good Boy
Dubinator – Hmm Nice
Dubmatix – Crazy Days (The Hempolic Remix)
Horace Andy – Skylarking (TVS Version)
Noiseshaper – Good Enough (Paolo Baldini DubFiles Remix)
Ruts DC – Weekheart (Rob Smith Dub Remix)
Sergeant Steppa – Rockers 2000 (Dreadzone Remix)
Ari Up – Island Girl (Lee Grooves Remix)
Molara – Conscious Living (Dub)
Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach (Dubinator Remix)
Seanie T & Aldubb – Armagideon Time (Rob Smith aka RSD – Discomix) -
Dubinator – Love (Too Late Version)
B.R.Stylers – Dubbing From The Earth
Tackhead – Exodus (Dubblestandart Remix Two)
Dubblestandart – Dub Realistic (Ambient Dub) 

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Tiberius - Moab.

Boston-based "Farm Emo" band Tiberius issues "Moab," the third single from November 14th's ‘Troubadour,’ their label debut album. Following the more frantic Emo Rock sounds of the "Sag" and "Felt" singles, the rustic warmth of "Moab" sees Tiberius embrace their Country and Folk influences, while still flirting with Pop melodies and an Indie Rock crunch. 

Tiberius was originally a solo outing for songwriter Brendan Wright, with the project growing to a four-piece band upon Wright's relocation to Boston. As demonstrated on "Moab," this expanded lineup produces a catchy and cacophonous sound that blends Indie Punk, Alt Country and Psychedelia with confessional, conversational lyrics.

Named after the city in the sprawling Colorado Plateau desert, "Moab" has long been a live favorite, and now offers our third preview of 'Troubadour,' a unique, genre-bending LP that's bursting with ideas and ambition. Alt Country-esque songs like "Moab" meet the Midwest Emo of "Sag," the meathead Shoegaze Rock of "Redwood," the Psych-ballad sound of "Barn," and the downtempo ache of October 10th's "Painting of a Tree" single.

Speaking on "Moab," Brendan Wright shares: “Moab was a song I wrote about trying to let go. At the time I was defining myself by expectations of a strained relationship. I was feeling pretty insane - like the kind of insane you feel back in 8th grade where you come home crying all of the time because you have absolutely no sense of self. Writing ‘Moab’ offered catharsis. Looking back, I feel a lot of embarrassment around those feelings, - but it was how I felt at the time and that was the place I was in. I wish I had acted differently, and I strive to now.” 

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The Cords - Chris Rawlins - Halley Neal - At Baron Lane

Photo - Marc Tedeschi

The Cords - When You Said Goodbye.

Beehive Candy are really pleased to share the third single by The Cords from their forthcoming debut album. 'When You Said Goodbye' is a heart-rending pop song, it’s deeper, heavier and more immersive that the first two singles, but somehow it’s just as catchy. Grace and Eve Tedeschi may be young, but this is the sound of a band who are already totally accomplished at writing pop classics.

Comprising sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi, they started playing drums when they were little kids. As mentioned the last time we featured them, they found that they liked 80s and 90s indie music more than their peers did, and so formed a band, just the two of them, with Grace on drums and Eva on guitar and the songs started to flow.

The forthcoming debut album was produced by Jonny Scott and Simon Liddel, and it respects the band’s stripped down DIY approach. There is some bass guitar (played by Eva and Grace) and occasionally a keyboard pokes its head above the surface.  But these elements are simply doing their job: the real stars of this record are Eva’s sinuous guitar and silky vocals, and Grace’s clattering, expressive sing-song drums.  It’s the sound of two sisters having an intense musical conversation with each other, pushing each other on to greater heights, exhilarated by the set of perfect pop songs they have magicked up. 

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Chris Rawlins - After Dark.

Chicago-based Indie-folk singer-songwriter Chris Rawlins is set to release his much-anticipated sophomore album, Flyover, on October 24, 2025 — a spacious, haunting, and deeply personal exploration of place, memory, and the quiet emotional weather systems of adulthood. The album arrives six years after Rawlins' critically-acclaimed 2019 debut Bring on the Rain, and stands as both a sonic evolution and a return home, in more ways than one.

Described by Rawlins as “a love letter to the landscapes, culture, and mystique of the Midwest,” Flyover meditates on the region’s overlooked beauty and unique emotional terrain. Through richly imagistic lyrics and immersive, Terry Allen-esque folk instrumentation, Rawlins paints a world of cornfields that become desolate oceans at dusk, of shadowy cities, and of love lost to a dream like longing — all filtered through the lens of a songwriter quietly observing from 30,000 feet above, and decades removed from childhood.

The album’s first single, “After Dark,” is released today September 12. “I started with the idea of ‘flyover’ as a concept," Rawlins says, “but it grew into something more emotional. It’s not just the Midwest being flown over — it’s about people being passed over, forgotten, left behind. There’s a quiet ache to that. And I think a lot of folks have felt it, especially in the past few years.” The concept of Flyover has roots going back as far as 2019, when some of the earliest songs were written, even before Rawlins released his debut.

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Halley Neal - Letter For a Friend (Album).

Halley Neal is an award-winning folk singer and songwriter whose music radiates warmth, positivity, and peace. Based in Boston by way of Nashville, Halley blends lyrical, heartfelt songwriting with soaring vocals and vibrant, bluegrass-inspired instrumentation. Often performing alongside her trio of upright bass and fiddle, her live shows are intimate, uplifting experiences that highlight her honest lyrics and effortlessly expressive voice.

A rising presence in the Americana and folk scenes, Halley has toured nationally, performing in listening rooms and folk venues across the country. She has graced the stages of major festivals including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Among her career highlights, Halley has opened for and shared the stage in a duet performance with Grammy-winning artist Sara Bareilles - an experience that reflects both her talent and growing recognition in the contemporary folk world.

Following the success of her critically acclaimed 2022 album Beautiful and Blue, Halley's next full-length record, Letter for a Friend, is out today September 12th. 2025.  Written as a collection of personal letters to the people who have shaped, influenced, and inspired her, the album was recorded in Nashville and reflects her most intimate and narrative-driven work to date. The project is a concept record titled Letter For a Friend.  "Every track on the album is written as a letter to someone who has deeply influenced or impacted my life - it's a very personal and intentional collection of songs that I’m really excited to share with the world," she shares. 

Halley further confides, "Do you ever think about the words left unsaid — texts we don’t send, letters we never write? Letter For a Friend grew from that question, and from a song I wrote for my oldest friend, Emily, reflecting on the ways she shaped my life. Each track on the album is a letter — to friends, loved ones, strangers, even to myself — capturing gratitude, memory, and the courage it takes to speak the words that matter. Though deeply personal, the album is universally human, a reminder that connection transforms both the giver and the receiver. Letter For a Friend is an invitation to reach out, to honor the people who’ve changed us, and to never wait for the perfect moment to say what’s in your heart — to just say it now."

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At Baron Lane - Trilogie (EP).

With “Gotta Get Out”, At Baron Lane kicks off their new EP Trilogie - an energetic, short, and punchy track that immediately grabs you with driving guitars and saxophone hooks. The song has clear ska-punk influences and feels like a mix between Madness and The Clash, yet the unmistakable indie sound of At Baron Lane still shines through. Trilogie is released today September 12 2025.

At Baron Lane is a four-piece indie band from around Zürich (up to Lachen SZ). Since the release of their debut album “in Paradise”, which they celebrated in 2019 at Amboss Rampe Zürich, the band has continuously refined their songwriting and successfully tested it live at countless concerts. The quartet has performed at venues such as Schüür Luzern, Exil Club Zürich, and Werk21 at Dynamo Zürich. With their single “Future-Men”, released in June 2025, the band has already gained airplay on various indie radio stations both in Switzerland and internationally.

The EP Trilogie features the first three tracks from the upcoming concept album “The Cause”, which At Baron Lane will release at the end of October 2025. The album tells the story of a fictional revolutionary named Lenny, who seeks a way out of the bureaucratic system of our society and gathers a following around him. Whether he will succeed in making a change remains to be seen.

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Tulpa - Josienne Clarke - Haerts

Tulpa - Let's Make A Tulpa!

Tulpa are very new, nothing has been released up until now, not even a digital single.  Despite this, they attracted the attention of Marc Riley & Gideon Coe, who invited the band to record a live BBC6 Music session this summer.  Around the same time, Skep Wax Records were sent the finished album and knew they had to release it.  Meanwhile, in the creative hotbeds of the UK’s DIY festivals and indie venues Tulpa are quickly gathering a loyal following.  They have recently supported Throwing Muses, Pale Blue Eyes and Bug Club and will be playing a series of headline gigs in October and November 2025.

First single ‘Let’s Make A Tulpa!’ is an upbeat crunchy pop song that explodes into a huge chorus, somewhat in a Breeders vein, that will encourage sober people to throw themselves around their living rooms.  ‘Psyops’ is gentler, but spooky and equally compelling, with echoes of Yo La Tengo: hypnotic in the extreme.  ‘Amateur Hour’ is a lilting, gentle confessional.  By contrast, ‘Raw Nerve’ is all frenzied guitars, and may remind seasoned listeners of the spiky excitement of Josef K.

Tulpa consist of Josie Kirk (vocals, bass), Daniel Hyndman (guitar), Myles Kirk (guitar) and Mike Ainsley (Drums), and are based in Leeds.  Daniel was lead guitarist and songwriter in esteemed post-punk band Mush.  Tulpa are nothing like Mush, and yet… all the energy, ambition and inventiveness of that earlier group are still here: it’s just that the creative power has been diverted into the service of a set of pop songs: songs that are in love with melody.  Josie Kirk’s irresistible vocal delivery seals the deal.  This is a very exciting new band. 

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Josienne Clarke - In The Dark Of The Night.

On October 17th, critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist Josienne Clarke will release her new album, Far From Nowhere, via her own label, Corduroy Punk. Yesterday she shared the latest cut to be taken from the album, 'In The Dark Of The Night'. 

Of the single, Clarke says: "This one had to be like a hug in song form, a held hand through an anxious night, a reassuring call from a friendly voice. That’s what songs can do, find connection in the dark, be a little spark of light. The guitar part I wrote for it originally was all these parts on one guitar. It was nice but a little frenetic for how soothing I wanted this song to be. 

Murray and I deconstructed that initial guitar part and split it across the instruments. He put the guitar’s bass line onto the synth which was immediately lovely, and I played the top half on the electric which we set back with a long, dreamy reverb. That left this lovely midspace for the softly strummed acoustic guitar part. I knew I wanted it to have a soft heartbeat type bass drum and Murray rightly pointed out that it needed something light in place of a snare, so it has this chiming tambourine faraway in the distance."

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Haerts - Wait for Us.

Indie duo Haerts release “Wait for Us,” the third single from their upcoming album Laguna Road. The duo returned with the announcement of their fourth album Laguna Road, which will be released October 3rd. Thematically, the album frames a confessional portrait of family, memory, and the sacred mess of growing a family together. The duo, composed of Nini Fabi and Benny Gebert, wrote and recorded the album at home on Laguna Road, in the in-between spaces of everyday family life. They left the house in early 2025, having completed the album, to return to New York. 

About “Wait for Us”, they say: “Wait for Us closes the album and it was the last song we wrote for it. We placed it at the end because, unlike the other songs that look back on our life and relationship, this one feels like it is moving forward.

For us, the song is about hope. It is the hope that when you give yourself completely to love and to life, you will find a way through. It is about giving more, when you think you have nothing left, staying even when you cannot remember why, and waiting because deep down you believe it is worth it. 

In that way it tells the story of a couple drifting. The magic has faded. Words have run out. The strength to hold things together feels gone. What remains is the waiting, and the trust that love will return if it is meant to.”

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Natalie Holmes - Home Front - Emily Hines - Blue Loop

Natalie Holmes - Alone Time.

Natalie Holmes just dropped a new music video for "Alone Time" ahead of her studio album "Opposite Day" due out Friday 17th October and it's another superb track that raises expectations even further for the new album. We have also added the tracks shared so far that are available on Bandcamp.

A nod to that ‘you always want what you can’t have’ feeling, ‘Alone Time’ is a sonic self-confrontation wrapped in shimmering pop meditation. 

Where the rest of the album roams, this track stands its ground, providing a steady and unwavering foundation for an eternal tug-of-war between craving solitude and needing connection, coupled with the haunting sense that you might be too tangled to harmoniously share life with another. Melodic keys based synths pair with a heartbeat 808 kick and addictively silky, catchy vocals, building subtly throughout.


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Photo - Lyle Bell

Home Front - Light Sleeper.

Home Front holds on to a particular kind of passion. The sort of thing that guides you - like a climbing vine steadily blanketing your bests and worsts, cutting through changes and impasses; victory and loss. This passion, their drive, is what makes a record like Watch It Die, their latest full-length for La Vida Es Un Mus, feel just right. 

For decades the duo’s Graeme MacKinnon and Clint Frazier have embedded themselves in grass roots music making, community building, and the overpowering ebbs and flows of diy punk. With Home Front, formed in 2020, they’ve given their lifetime of experience a chance to distill and then power into this musically omnipotent project which equally conjures textured Tangerine Dream sounds in a film montage, or the pummelling soundtrack to the first steps taken towards winning the fight of your life.

Its lead single “Light Sleeper” sends energy waves rattling through speakers with all the urgency and volume of post punk/new wave/street punk. The track is available today alongside a video which features a cast of characters including Home Front touring members Brandi Strauss (bass), Ian Rowley (guitar), and Warren Oostlander (drums). The new album 'Watch It Die' is coming on November 14 via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.

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Photo - Ellie Carr

Emily Hines - These Days.

Last month Nashville-based songwriter Emily Hines released her debut album These Days via Keeled Scales. This month she releases her cover of the Jackson Browne classic by the same name. 

Emily writes, "I first heard 'These Days' about ten years ago while I was on the road opening for Corey Kilgannon. Jackson Browne was my on ramp into the folk rock that guides much of what I make.'These Days' quickly became a song I returned to over and over. Its meaning to me only expands over the years. I’m honored to offer my rendition of such a timeless work."

A self-described chronically-sincere farm girl, Hines grew up on a farm in rural Ohio before moving to Nashville where she played in other songwriters’ projects before recording her own songs on a 4-track cassette recorder. Hines worked with producer Henry Park. Together they drew inspiration from acts like Duster, Laura Marling, and Karen Dalton to record simply and add layers one at a time.

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Blue Loop - Luxury Chords.

Last month, London-based electronic artist Blue Loop, the moniker of Merseyside-born producer and performer Emma Hall, announced her debut album Cycles would be released on November 7th. Crafted during the treatment for stage 3 breast cancer in summer 2023, Cycles weaves together analogue synths, layered vocals, and found sound to trace a raw, non-linear path through illness, identity and transformation.

Hall announced the album in July via the sharing of the its title-track. Early praise from CLASH called the single “a beautifully sonorous excursion into analogue electronics.” New single ‘Luxury Chords’, out today, showcases a different side of Blue Loop’s repertoire. A woozy, love-soaked ballad written for Hall’s partner during the bleakest days of chemotherapy. Of the track, Hall says: 

"I wrote 'Luxury Chords' deep into chemo, about the love that can arise out of deep grief and sorrow. By that point everything felt so bleak – yet me and my partner had reached this weirdly beautiful, isolated place that it felt like only we could understand. One of his favourite songs is 'If I Am' by My Bloody Valentine, which he loves for its “luxury chords” – it has a kind of janky, soulful chord progression. The best gift I could think of was to write him a track with some more luxury chords just for him.

The track features a beautiful, James Bond-esque string arrangement from Amy Chalmers (who also wrote the strings for Bill Ryder Jones’ album Iechyd Da). Amy was my first music teacher at school, and when I was diagnosed she got in touch to offer me a string arrangement - the most amazing gift! When this song emerged I knew it would be the perfect fit.

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Wyldest - Manic Pixxies - Fred Brown - Saintseneca

Photo - Tom Gaiger

Wyldest - Old Flame.

We have been massively impressed with Wyldest who this week shares new single 'Old Flame' the latest single from her newly announced album 'The Universe Is Loading' out 14th November via Hand In Hive. 'Old Flame' follows the album's previous tasters 'All It Would Take Is A Phone Call' and 'After The Ending'. Based on what we have heard so far, Wyldest (Zoë Mead) is an artist to listen out for, the album  is eagerly anticipated!

Written after visiting California’s Sequoia National Park in the aftermath of wildfires, 'Old Flame' parallels nature’s cycles of destruction with human trauma. Opening like a spark on dry earth, guitars crash and shimmer while Wyldest’s voice cuts through the incandescent indie rock backdrop, pulling imagery from scorched forests and collapsing relationships, where destruction becomes the very condition for growth. The accompanying video, filmed in Connemara on Ireland’s west coast, follows Mead chasing (and ultimately releasing) a vision of her past self against the region’s surreal coastal landscapes.

Speaking more on the release of her new single, Wyldest said: "Old Flame was written after a small run of US shows, when I had the pleasure of visiting Sequoia National park in California. The forest fires had been running rife there and I learnt about the ecology of the area and how the trees up on the mountain grow to be the largest in the world. The trees there grow in a particular altitude and climate and the forest fires are natural to their ability to thrive in the environment. This got me thinking about trauma in the human world and how it could have the same natural tendency to occur and help with personal growth. 

The song reflects on the loss of a relationship ‘I’m longing to be with you again’ and then jumps between the wider context of the turbulent environment our planet is currently in. It re-frames the idea of going through trauma as being natural and something we might (in hindsight) be able to embrace. The idea that you’re letting go of an old version of yourself and leaving it behind in a less progressive time, in order to develop and grow - much like the trees in Sequoia."

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Manic Pixxies - Bluecarpet.

Manic Pixxies are a six-piece band from Switzerland channeling riot energy with a modern indie edge. Since forming in 2020, they’ve built a reputation for raw, emotional songwriting that blends the grit of 90s alternative with the experimentation of today’s DIY scene. Their music thrives on contrasts — fierce and delicate, chaotic and melodic, unpolished yet unforgettable.

Their latest single, Bluecarpet, showcases this intensity with driving basslines, sharp guitar riffs, swirling synths, and vocals that move between softness and fire. Early listeners have called it “good alternative indie rock with punk influences… powerful percussion rhythm, catchy lyrics, and beautiful vocals”, highlighting the 1:40 mark with double vocals as a standout moment. The track has already been added to playlists spotlighting European and Swiss alternative music.

On stage, Manic Pixxies are explosive and cathartic — turning shows into a release of energy where audience and band feed off each other. With Bluecarpet and more releases on the way, they’re carving out their place in the alternative scene as a band that embraces honesty, noise, and emotion in equal measure.

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Fred Brown - Distraction.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Fred Brown has announced his debut EP and released the title track ‘Distraction’. Recorded at Louis Grace’s studio (renowned for his work with the likes of Mura Masa & kaeto), the new single features Brown himself on drums, Joey Crouch on bass and engineering duties, and Henry Arrowsmith on piano. 

Blending muted guitar tones, delicate keys, unhurried drums, and fragile, heartfelt vocals, Distraction exudes an emotional sincerity and intimacy, wrapping its melancholic warmth around a rich, downtempo soundscape. As comparable to Elliott Smith as it is to Duster, Teethe and even early Bon Iver, the track showcases the indie-folk writing that stylises the upcoming EP. 

Speaking about the track, Fred explains: “The song is about seeing myself as a distraction for others around me. In a both positive and negative way. When writing the words this wasn’t clear to me at first, and I then found it to be that entertaining others also distracts myself from bigger things inside. The things I want in life, and being afraid to try my hardest at them.”

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Photo - Leticia Wiggins

Saintseneca - Viridian Moon (suite of five songs).

Today, Saintseneca released a suite of five new songs from their forthcoming album Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs that will be released on October 31 via Lame-O Records. The band’s first album in more than seven years consists of a ten-song landscape (tracks 1-10) orbited by two sonic “moons,” named for the colors bandleader Zac Little experienced through synesthesia while writing. Out today is the entire Viridian Moon (tracks 11-16), consisting of “Burnt Hand Hymn,” “May Day,” “Battery Lifer,” “Green Ink Pen,” and “Long Winter.”

Saintseneca have also announced a fall album release tour that will kick off on November 5 in Pittsburgh, PA and make stops in New York City, Philadelphia, Asheville, Chicago and more. The tour will culminate in a hometown album release show on November 21 at the Athenaeum Theatre in Columbus, OH. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, September 12. Find a full list of tour dates and ticket information at their website.

The album was born from a period of personal struggle when Little hit a years-long stretch of burnout and found unexpected healing and a creative spark in painting. What began as a meditative artistic practice grew into a collection of paintings that became the basis for a solo exhibition in a hospital gallery and ultimately the hand-painted gatefold jacket that houses the new album. Longtime collaborator Glenn Davis helped shape the recording sessions, while producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) brought the songs into full focus with expansive, layered mixes. 

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