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B3 is very pleased to premiere “Jimmy” a self-titled track from newcomer artist Jimmy. Constructed around a lyrical narrative and notion that the individual is composed of many disparate selves each obscured in varying degrees by external and internal pressures of expectation and ego “Jimmy” is, in addition, a very strong well-written pop song. “There are many sides to James”. Stream the B3 Premiere of “Jimmy” below.
One of the year’s best songs thusfar is the deep in the reverb and infinitely soulful “Unbothered” from Omar Apollo. Bolstered by an A+ vocal, Apollo’s timing and diction is particularly strong here, “Unbothered” is the sort of wistful but still uplifting soulful pop song B3 dreams are made of. Don’t miss it.
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It’s Misch O’Clock. You know Tom Misch. The purveyor of cool English pop with a jazzy bent. Mr. Misch’s latest is “Water Baby” a piano-driven midtempo number built on sunny staccato major chords that has us pining for SF in springtime.
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Waterford IE outfit O Emperor channel Talking Heads and an Afrobeat-influenced rhythm track on jabby head-nodder “Make It Rain”.
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What a track. “G’Day For It” is new from Aussie trio Little Elizabeth. A slow simmering rhythm-driven midtempo track, LE prove superb stylists (and ostensibly also exhibit superb taste in turtlenecks) on “G’Day For It”; lacing deep in the mix reverb guitars to jabs of sax and bits of falsetto and harmony. Stream “G’Day For It” below.
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Liverpool-based jangle pop quartet SPINN sound like a band ready to make moves. “After Dark” is a big, accessible, expertly constructed song, ready to set SPINN of like a rocket into the UK indiesphere. Be there at the start.
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Out now on B3SCI Records is Ojai, the new EP from Dutch-born L.A. artist Nick van Hofwegen a/k/a Young & Sick. Anchored by title track “Ojai” which Stereogum called “a full-on dance jam” and featuring latest stream, the Complex-tipped “The Road”, “Ojai” was written and recorded during Nick’s travels throughout the American continent. Ojai is available now on limited three-color splatter vinyl B3SCI Records.
“Down In It” is brand new (premiere! premiere! premiere!) from French band CAPYAC. Vets of SXSW, Austin City Limits, Euphoria Fest, Sound on Sound Fest, the group traffic in expertly executed warm Francophone synth-driven textures and melodies. The track features vocalist Caroline Watson and may/may not be an insight into the direction of the band’s forthcoming EP “Who Is Donny Flamingo”. To quote (and follow carefully), “In 1612, on the 15th night of the first month, when the moon was half, centered in the sky and the village’s families in their beds, there was a local magistrate who pondered the great questions in his mind. He found his quill and his ink and began to, without filter, press his thoughts into the page. This is a similar feeling that we had writing the song “Down In It”. We want the page to reveal the shapes that correspond with letters and enunciations, corresponding to feelings that we’ve had and that the universal “we” have also had. There is no use rewriting the books, because we have printers. This gives you a glimpse of insight into our writing process. As a whole, how does this song fit into our next EP “Who is Donny Flamingo”? It remains to be seen. Certainly, Donny Flamingo is a curious character that is difficult to define, a complex villain, a tale as old as tails, so I don’t think we have the answers, not yet at least.”
Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “Down In It” from CAPYAC.
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Out today digitally from our B3SCI Records is “Hope” the new single from Glaswegian-origin duo LOVE SICK. The twosome, tipped by NME, Best Fit, Crack in the Road, and more following their debut track “Bullet” describe “Hope” as “a song about chasing your dreams envisaging them right in front of you mixed with the struggles and anxieties you have to overcome to get there, with the silver lining being the hope that one day you will.” LOVE SICK will play their first headline show in Glasgow on April 4 at Nice N Sleazys. “Hope” is available now digitally at B3SCI Records.
