As announced a couple of weeks ago they have their 5th LP out on October 4.
The record is baptized The Last Flight. A concept one about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her famous round-the-world journey in 1937 that ended
in her disappearance.
I wonder if Earhart would have liked the music of PSB
Here’s the 3rd taster. FUN OF IT is a jaunty tune, ideal to close the summer.
It features Berlin based songstress Andreya Casablanca on vocals.
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
FULL JUKEBOX (so far)
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The 10 new ones added this week
TRACK-BY-TRACK
Band: THE LINDA LINDAS Who: Female punk-pop teen sensation, Half Asian/Half Latinx, based in Los Angeles.
This sounds like a lost track from one of the early albums of their NYC neighbors The Strokes. Rad riffage, Julian Casablancas alter ego on vocals, and a mind-bending chorus.
Band: THE SARANDONS Who: Canadian outfit. Their music is a blend of bittersweet nostalgia and
familiar yet elusive stories. Despite a loose and lo-fi aesthetic, their songs
are meticulously arranged, with action-packed tracks typically spanning
3-4 minutes.
David Suchon (songwriter): “Dream Machine is about connecting with things that are lost. In the case of my Dad, he’d always be able-bodied in his dreams despite have been paralyzed in a diving accident in 1982. Dreams are a strange world connecting us with a different reality, that is, until the dreamer is lost.”
This is the kind of boosting tunes I embrace on my headphones all day long.
Jaunty, summer-sunlit, and irresistibly melodic fueled by a steadfast beat, shiny
guitars and harmonious vocals.
First piece from their upcoming new album, titled The Last Flight.
A concept one about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her famous
round-the-world journey in 1937 that ended in her disappearance.
I wonder if Earhart would have liked the music of PSB. Anyway, Elektra
is an intoxicating, ongoing, symphonic sound-jam taking you sky-high.
Artist: ICARUS PHOENIX Who: Musical project of singer-songwriter Drew Danburry
from Baltimore, Maryland. He has independently toured and
released records – 400 songs/20+ albums and 13 EPs (!!) – since
2002.
“It’s about ignorance and understanding. Understanding that your parents came from struggle, grief and tragedy. I grew up surrounded by paintings that my mother had made while attending an art therapy class after her third son died of cancer. She never painted again after the class was over. I grew up never knowing she had made them or why because I never saw her paint in my entire life.”
High Tide is a vocally/musically endearing and melancholic reflection about Danburry‘s parents’s grief after losing a son (and a brother to this songsmith). I guess words can’t express such a drama, but I hope the healing power of music/this song has a cathartic effect for the loved ones involved here and for all people who had to experience a
similar tragedy
It is a sweet little tune with a breezy, smooth vibe and warm horns.
It’s her first solo song since 2014. It was recorded by the late Steve
Albini who passed away in May, only 61.
Frontman Callum lays himself bare across the four-and-a-half-minute run time.
The honesty and vulnerability expressed is both frightening and cathartic while
allowing the listener to connect instantly to the track. All draped over a laid-back melancholy indie rock track with flourishes of Frusciante that underpin the still
stinging wound.
High-quality singer-songwriter debut. One for the midnight hours.
Emotive vocals, captivating melody, fitting musical orchestration.
DIY Magazine writes: “As a natural expansion of Willgoose’s artistic habits,
‘Bright Magic’ chronicles the ephemeral musing of Berlin, not dissimilar from
2017’s ‘Every Valley’, that highlighted the downfall of the Welsh coal industry
and its modern repercussions. ‘Bright Magic’ flourishes at its most calm and
erupts at its most fervent, lending itself neatly to a state of anxious tension,
sonically chronicling the faded walk back from the club, when dawn and
dusk blur into irrelevance.” Score: 4/5.
Turn Up The Volume: David Bowie, Nick Cave, U2, Tricky and more, made
remarkable records inspired by Germany’s historic city Berlin. All of them went living/writing/recording in the city that was split down the middle after World
War II until the fall of the Wall in 1989. Now PSB comes up with a black and white
Berlin-influenced album. Cinematic synth symphonies, shadowy electro-scapes,
but also funky upbeat grooves. German lyrics/song titles, German guest singers,
Kraftwerk echoes. You can almost smell Berlin. A standout work all the way!
Singles: People, Let’s Dance / Der Rhythmus der Maschinen /
Lichtspiel III: Symphonie Diagonale
– PEOPLE, LET’S DANCE –
(Feat. EERA)
– DER RHYTMUS DER MASCHINEN –
(Feat. Blixa Bargeld )
