Out today on B3SCI Records is “Junkyard Jazz”, the new EP from Liverpudlian doo-wop spacemen Trudy and the Romance. Featuring tracks including “A Place That I Can Go” and “Twist It Shake It Rock and Roll” and receiving plaudits from DIY, Clash, Best Fit, etc, “Junkyard Jazz” is available now on 12″ black vinyl at B3SCI Records.
The Swedish (ostensibly) enthusiasts of Brazilian pop Pomona Dream stream sunny (and coolly jazz-referencing – loving those bass lines!) new one “Easy Raider”.
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We’ve been spinning this “Like Yesterday” Paul Cherry record more or less non-stop in recent days. If you’re not familiar with Mr. Cherry’s Lennon meets Dan (with a dash of yacht rock) sound on “Like Yesterday” please change that with the stream below. “Like Yesterday” is the first single from Paul Cherry’s forthcoming Flavour LP.
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“At My Door”, the debut track online from Brooklyn via Texas songwriter Payton Odom is one of those extraordinary at-the-beginning moments when a great lyric and melody and perfectly-tuned production come together for a new artist in a most remarkable way. On “At My Door”, Odom matches a spare piano-driven aesthetic to subtle electronics and a cool midtempo rhythm track to a wonderfully plaintive lyric. Odom describes writing “At My Door”, “I wrote ‘At My Door’ while rumbling underneath the East River on my morning train ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan, which is always a bit of a lucid dream. For me, the song is about knowing how to stay safe by staying alone, and wondering about whether the push-pull of a relationship will ever settle.” Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “At My Door” from Payton Odom below.
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Swedish-Iranian singer Ayelle takes on male entitlement on Crayon-produced new track “Silverplates”. Out today on Majestic Casual Records, “Silverplates” smartly and subversively uses the R&B idiom as a setting in communicating its lyric, Ayelle says, “Silverplates is a metaphor for male privilege and the entitlement felt towards female identifying bodies. Too often in this narrative, women are made to feel as if they’re disposable, and it’s an exhausting landscape to navigate.”. On production is French producer Crayon whose warm tones jazz-influenced style adds further potency to “Silverplates” R&B as subversion. Stream the B3SCI Premiere, of “Silverplates” from Ayelle below.
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Immensely talented Swede Snoh Aalegra picks up an assist from the Hot 100’s current reigning champ Logic for the neo-soul-informed “Sometimes”. “Sometimes” is excerpted from Aalegra’s debut LP FEELS, which in addition to the Logic feature, is outfitted with collaborations from Vince Staples and Vic Mensa
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Glendale, CA band mAsis address a complex fraternal relationship on “Brother”. The band whose members have worked with Rhye, Banks, and Mr. Little Jeans and have gained the support of Radio 1, KCRW, Fader among others temper on “Brother” a spare but no less magnetic aesthetic to a potent, direct, and experiential lyrical narrative for a particularly standout track.
About the track mAsis said, “And still, through all of the changes made, through all we were and all we are not, our DNA can never change. It will always be the same, yours and mine. To turn my back on you would be to turn back on myself.”
Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “Brother” from mAsis below.
Canadian artist Scott Zhang a/k/a Monsune debuts the especially impressive “Nothing in Return”. Boosted by a wide-palette set of samples and brass textures (and overall very strong production), “Nothing in Return” particularly excels on it’s instantly stuck in your head stable of melodies and really good hook writing. Listen to Monsune!
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Out today on B3SCI Records is “Sandcastle”, the debut EP from Venice CA singer Evalyn. The EP features “Filthy Rich” which Best Fit called “super effective” and a “track you’ll be spinning again again” and latest single “Ride or Die” (both of which are previewed below). For further details on “Sandcastle” and Evalyn make your way to B3SCI Records and check her feature today in Milk. p.s. Join Evalyn tonight at Lone Wolfs Objets d’Surf in Venice to celebrate the EP release with all proceeds going to the Redwood Community Fire Relief Fund.
We’ve been on the ISLAND support train for some time now. The band has recently signed up with Frenchkiss Records (Bloc Party, Passion Pit) and are off with their first single for the label, “Try”.
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