We like “Lately It Feels Alright”, the latest from L.A. band Kid Bloom. Rooted in the melodic context of the mid 90’s and conveying elements of 70’s pop-psych especially in it’s guitar tracks, “Lately It Feels Alright” plays both accomplished in terms of its quality and refreshing in its eschewing of a lot of current blog rock norms. “Lately It Feels Alright” is excerpted from Kid Bloom’s forthcoming “Different State Of Mind” EP.
We’re very pleased to premiere “London”, the debut track from NY-based artist COTE. Highlighted by a potent, intimate lead vocal (we really love the tone and timbre of COTE’s voice particularly) and punctuated by strong, convincing sparely-produced instrumentation (again, we really like the restraint and precision of London’s instrumental tracks), “London” is a formidable debut from what we think is a very talented new artist that deserves your attention. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “London” from COTE below.
The exciting/refreshing new Fat Possum band Hoops crank out a further stream from their August 26th-due s/t EP. Set in far-off reverb and ruddered by 1-2 acoustic guitar strums, “Gemini” whirls about it’s 4:23 steadied by an excellent melodic sense. The “Hoops” EP is out August 26th on Fat Possum.
NorCal songwriter Jay Som announces signing to Polyvinyl with fresh stream “Peach Boy”. A part of Polyvinyl-helmed re-release of Jay Som’s 2015 Bandcamp outing Turn Into, “Peach Boy” conveys more of JS’s cool psychedlic groove buoyed by strong melodies sound that we love at B3.
Reading UK quartet Palm Honey blend neo-psychedelia and 60’s West Coast pop with great singable melodies on new one “Bones”, the follow-up to last month’s “You Stole My Blackout”.
Glaswegian Lucia Fontaine debuts online with the strong grunge-y big beat toe-tapper “Lose My Mind”. “Lose My Mind” is a component part of Lucia Fontaine’s “Best Boy” EP out this fall on Dead Beet Records.
“Life Is But a Dream” is the reverb-swept latest track from equally dreamy Portland quartet Genders. A+.
Welshly Arms out of our hometown/city of champions Cleveland return to B3 on potent new track “Bad Blood”. Powered by a magnetic minor-keyed rock and roll chorus “Bad Blood” finds WA achieving at a new songwriting-level. “Bad Blood” is of a caliber that could really break the band. Cleveland!
MADEIRA (Kim Pflaum, ex-Yumi Zouma) announces debut EP Bad Humors on Carpark Records with neatly syncopated minor-keyed number “Manipulator”. We like it.
Charlotte band The Halves make a strong online debut with jangly “Are You Happy?”. Constructed around a crashing, cathartic chorus, the melodic acumen displayed on “Are You Happy?” indicates a band in The Halves with a noticeable bit of songwriting skill. Introduce yourself to The Halves below.
