This is Kitten, by Glasgow gritty synth trio Apollo Gets The Girl. It one of their first tracks, but immediately pegs them as one to watch. Lush nostalgic SynthPop with a moody Indie twist.
The video was directed by Ben Cowie and Alan Cameron, all you need to know right now is there is racks of synths and keytars, just try to ignore the cephalopods.
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Here’s the video for Moullinex’s epic, atmospheric, Disco opus Darkest Night, which has a reMix package coming next month.
Silvio Teixeira directs the clip, which looks as much like a Bond movie intro as the track sounds. Classy.
Moullinex’s Darkest Night single is out now on Gomma.
Darkest Night is taken from the album “Flora” out on Gomma.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Two of our favourite bands this week, firstly the mighty The Human League with Open Your Heart from one of the greatest albums ever made, 1981’s Dare.
And Everything Counts, from Depeche Mode’s second best album, 1983’s Construction Time Again.
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Here’s a new video, from a new outfit. Helsinki based SynthPop act Waves Of The Echo have just dropped their first video, for the track Why Do You Love Me?. the track is top-notch retro Pop with a sweet little Funk and some Post Punk bass work.
Directed by Rairai, the clip shows off their snowy homeland with some slick choppy editing.
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This is the new single from Spiller. It’s called Urastar, it features Nina Miranda, and it;s quite a lovely slice of laid back French House and DiscoPop.
The video however, is terrifying. That is all.
Spiller’s Urastar is out now.
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Frankmusik, free of the shackles of his old label, has just dropped a free EP of new tracks, the four of which really show off Vincent for the talent that he is. Sounding more comfortable with himself, Frankmusik has releases an amazing collection of ElectroPop tunes and a manifesto for himself going forward.
Here’s the video for one of those tunes, Map, which is all very woodland, but only cements the idea that Vincent is now doing it his way.
You can pick up Frankmusik’s new EP, Far From Over, for free here.
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We’re not really sure what the current trend of releasing music videos months after the single is out actually achieves. Surely using the video to hype the single’s release is the point? Anyhoo, here’s the clip for Passion Pit’s track of last year, Carried Away. An ace track.
Directed by Ben Brewer & Alex Brewer, the video features Sophia Bush. Maybe it took ages to get her?
Passion Pit’s Gossamer album is out now.
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A Tattered Line Of String is the new song from one of our favourite artists of all time, The Postal Service. Made up of electronic experimentalist Dntel and frontman of Emo rockers Death Cab For Cutie, Ben Gibbard (and weirdly, despite our love of the Postal Service, we have never even listed to one Death Cab song). Their 2003, now legendary, album, Give Up, was the only album they ever release, and ever will. But recently Sub Pop announced a tenth anniversary release of the album (alongside an increasingly sold out handful of reunion shows, of which we have much sought after tickets too) that will contain two brand new tracks. This is the first.
Recorded during the Give Up sessions, A Tattered Line Of String is The Postal Service sounding as fresh as ever. We have no idea how this didn’t originally make the album, we’re just happy to be listening to a new the Postal Service track. Catchy as hell.
The Postal Service’s tenth anniversary release of Give Up comes out 9th April.
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Fresh faced London trio Sunless ’97 have unleashed the new video for their forthcoming new single, Aurora I. A brilliant piece of otherworldly, deep R&B ElectroPop that washes over you like warm water.
The video is very tongue-in-cheek, but quite genius with it. Like a 90s R&B video though a gritty, piss-taking London lens.
I’m also including this photo of Sunless ‘97, as it has been taken on the street I live on (as evidenced here: http://instagram.com/p/Uds-e0rJUp/). East London, what!?
Sunless ’97’s Aurora I is released 25th March with reMixes from F.E.A.R. and Luke Solomon.
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Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
In honour of Kraftwerk’s Tate Modern series of shows, which we completely failed to get tickets for, here’s 1986’s Musique Non Stop.
And classic 1983 SynthPop from Germany’s Laid Back and White Horse.
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