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Ill Peach

This Is Not An Exit

    Hardly Art debut and first full-length by ill peach, aka accomplished pop songwriters Jess Corazza and Pat Morrissey.

    The album is at once exuberantly catchy pop and genre-hopping modern experimental music.

    Here’s the thing about ill peach: this band exists because they are too weird to not exist.

    The seed of ill peach was first planted in the recording studios of New York City where Pat Morrissey and Jess Corazza were working together as professional songwriters, collaborating with artists like Icona Pop, SZA, Weezer, Pharrell, Big Freedia, and others. Then came the day they were offered their own publishing deal. Cool, right? Well, about that:

    “Everyone kept saying, ‘The stuff that you’re writing is slightly too left-of-center—weirdo stuff,” remembers Morrissey. “Why don’t you start your own project?”

    Thus ill peach, a pop band with a punk streak and a taste for both the rotten and the sweet, with an approach to making music that goes something like: “Do you want to pick up a guitar and do you want to be on this water jug and we’ll record it on the iPhone and create some weird drum pattern?”

    Following a series of well-received EPs on their own Pop Can Records (a record label and artist collective Morrissey and close collaborator Jesse Schuster run with friends), a digital single for Hardly Art’s 15th anniversary series, and some colorful music videos that crystallized the band’s visual aesthetic along with their sound, ill peach’s “weirdo stuff” comes to fruition on first full-length THIS IS NOT AN EXIT: a collection of anthemic songs built out of bright pop and gritty experimental elements (Morrissey names the sculptural use of distortion on the final albums by Low as an inspiration), punctuated with hooky choruses ready to be screamed along to in the safety of your own bedroom or with a bunch of friends at one of ill peach’s intense live shows.

    If ill peach first blossomed in New York, it took quarantine in Los Angeles for the project to ripen. The end of the world turned out to be what ill peach needed to get real with themselves. “It helped us creatively to zone in and removed us from the [industry] side of things to where we could just be like: this is our new identity, let's jump with both feet.”

    THIS IS NOT AN EXIT’s title is a reflection of something Corazza realized during a period of personal and familial crises. “I kept walking into buildings and I’d try to exit somewhere and the sign would be like, ‘This is not an exit,’” she says. “It just felt like a metaphor for a hopeful thing—don't give up yet.” This combination of hope and anxiety is all over THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, reflected in a sonic palette (Alternative! Electronica! Indie! Radio pop! Coldplay!) as eclectic as it is unpretentious. Ultimately, THIS IS NOT AN EXIT is a record about healing, a process often spoken about in New Age-y terms but one that in reality can be really confusing and, yes, weird. But it is the beautiful strangeness of being alive that ill peach capture so well on THIS IS NOT AN EXIT. 

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Bloom
    2. Blah Blah Blah
    3. Tornado Weather
    4. Hush
    5. Capillary Bed
    6. 17
    7. Soft (Intermission)
    8. Head Full Of Holes
    9. Sour Like Lemonade
    10. This Is Not An Exit
    11. Colliding
    12. Heavyweight
    13. Sigh

    Beastie Boys

    Licensed To Ill - 2023 Reissue

      The joke of Licensed to Ill's cover - that the Beasties could crash their jet into the side of a mountain and keep on tickin' - serves as a good metaphor for a career that even some of their 1986 admirers thought might be over after the one-time-only shock of this full-length debut. That thousands of funk-junkie wannabes have since failed at re-creating its groove, breaking-the-law vibe, and ear-splitting mix of rock and rap is an even better joke. And funniest of all is the record itself, which packs dexterous boasts, aural puns, and lots and lots of yelling into a disc that can still be listened to with as much pleasure as it gave in '86.

      TRACK LISTING

      A1. Rhymin’ & Stealin'
      A2. The New Style
      A3. She’s Crafty
      A4. Posse In Effect
      A5. Slow Ride
      A6. Girls
      A7. Fight For Your Right
      B1. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
      B2. Paul Revere
      B3. Hold It Now, Hit It
      B4. Brass Monkey
      B5. Slow And Low
      B6. Time To Get Ill

      ill Records are proud to present the latest project from HART. The Sheffield-bred, Bangor-based producer continues her run of releases, following on from the Little Black Book EP, which emerged in 2020.

      While Moon Jazz follows in similar footsteps to its predecessor, this latest offering is a more jazz focused affair. The album explores the point where the contemporary and the classic coalesce, as vaguely obscure vocal samples, wandering basslines and woozy horns, blend with electronic elements and hip hop-tinted drum patterns.

      HART's aim for the album was to examine the relationships between people, art, feelings and moods, which she achieved through experimentation within the jazz realm and the formation of a storyboard of samples.

      As much as the album is grounded in the worlds of jazz and hip hop, there is still a rich variation of sound that cuts across the entire listening experience. From the short burst of undiluted jazz strains on the intro and the looming bass / pitched down vocal amalgamation on Struttin', to the multi-layered beauty of Vocabulary and the obscenely laid-back vibe of Cruisin, this is an album that showcases the full breadth of HART's dexterity behind the boards.

      And while the trend in 20-minute albums and minute-long tracks continues unabated in hip hop, here we find a call back to the sprawling soundscapes of years past. At 13 tracks deep, with some of those running beyond the four-minute mark, this is a project that sits firmly outside traditional beat tape territory and affirms its status as a full-bodied work of art.

      Five singles off Moon Jazz have already been released into the world, music videos for which you can find below, and all created by HART herself. The album is now available to own on vinyl, and will be released digitally 30/10

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Moon Jazz Intro
      2. Struttin
      3. Scotch N Carrot
      4. Key Tickler
      5. 504
      6. Vocabulary
      7. Sugar Tea Time
      8. Off On
      9. Nature's Rhythm Interlude
      10. Cruisin
      11. Tone Fidelity
      12. Jazzman
      13. Elevate
      14. Memory Ft Violentlyill
      15. Moon Jazz Outro

      Ill Considered

      Liminal Space

        Having exploded onto the scene with 9 self-released albums between 2017 and 2019, UK-based outfit Ill Considered are breaking new ground with their first fully produced studio album and an interactive audio/visual performance residency at Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, this autumn. Capturing a moment of transformation for the group, Liminal Space not only features a new core line-up of Idris Rahman (saxophone), Liran Donin (bass) and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), but also sees Ill Considered bounce their live-wire style off a range of collaborators such as Collocutor’s Tamar Osborn, Steam Down saxophonist Ahnanse, tuba player Theon Cross and percussionist Sarathy Korwar.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. First Light
        2. Sandstorm
        3. Loosed
        4. Dust
        5. Dervish
        6. Pearls
        7. Light Trailed
        8. Knuckles
        9. The Lurch
        10. Prayer

        The joke of Licensed to Ill's cover - that the Beasties could crash their jet into the side of a mountain and keep on tickin' - serves as a good metaphor for a career that even some of their 1986 admirers thought might be over after the one-time-only shock of this full-length debut. That thousands of funk-junkie wannabes have since failed at re-creating its groove, breaking-the-law vibe, and ear-splitting mix of rock and rap is an even better joke. And funniest of all is the record itself, which packs dexterous boasts, aural puns, and lots and lots of yelling into a disc that can still be listened to with as much pleasure as it gave in '86.

        TRACK LISTING

        A1. Rhymin’ & Stealin'
        A2. The New Style
        A3. She’s Crafty
        A4. Posse In Effect
        A5. Slow Ride
        A6. Girls
        A7. Fight For Your Right
        B1. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
        B2. Paul Revere
        B3. Hold It Now, Hit It
        B4. Brass Monkey
        B5. Slow And Low
        B6. Time To Get Ill

        Beastie Boys

        Licenced To Ill

          The joke of Licensed to Ill's cover - that the Beasties could crash their jet into the side of a mountain and keep on tickin' - serves as a good metaphor for a career that even some of their 1986 admirers thought might be over after the one-time-only shock of this full-length debut. That thousands of funk-junkie wannabes have since failed at re-creating its groove, breaking-the-law vibe, and ear-splitting mix of rock and rap is an even better joke. And funniest of all is the record itself, which packs dexterous boasts, aural puns, and lots and lots of yelling into a disc that can still be listened to with as much pleasure as it gave in '86.

          TRACK LISTING

          1 Rhymin & Stealin 4:08
          2 The New Style 4:36
          3 She’s Crafty 3:35
          4 Posse In Effect 2:26
          5 Slow Ride 2:57
          6 Girls 2:14
          7 Fight For Your Right 3:27
          8 No Sleep Till Brooklyn 4:07
          9 Paul Revere 3:41
          10 Hold It Now, Hit It 3:26
          11 Brass Monkey 2:37
          12 Slow And Low 3:38
          13 Time To Get Ill 3:40

          ILL / His & Hers

          Split 10"

            Split 10" featuring three exclusive tracks from two and exciting Brighton bands. ILL, boasting members of Gnarwolves and Dead Swans, play Melvins-esque grunge whilst His & Hers pack one of the most exciting live shows in the UK.

            This record is limited to just 300.

            Beastie Boys

            Ill Communication - 180g Vinyl Edition

              "Ill Communication" follows the blueprint of "Check Your Head", accentuating it at some points, deepening it in others, but never expanding it beyond the boundaries of that record. It was the first Beastie Boys album not to delve into new territory, but it's not fair to say that the band were coasting, since much of the album finds the group turning in muscular, vigorous music that fills out the black-and-white sketches that comprised "Check Your Head". Much of the credit has to go to the group's renewed emphasis on their rhyming; there are still instrumentals, but the Beasties do push their words to the forefront, even on dense rockers like the album's signature tune, "Sabotage". But even those rhymes illustrate that the group is in the process of a great settling, relying more on old-school-styled rhyme schemes and word battles than the narratives and surreal fantasies that marked the high points on their first two albums. With this record, the Beasties confirm that there is indeed a signature Beastie Boys aesthetic, with the group sticking to a blend of old school rap, pop culture, lo-fi funk, soulful jazz instrumentals, Latin rhythms, and punk, often seamlessly integrated into a rolling, pan-cultural, multi-cultural groove.

              TRACK LISTING

              Sure Shot
              Tough Guy
              B - Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak
              Bobo On The Corner
              Root Down
              Sabotage
              Get It Together
              Sabrosa
              The Update
              Futterman's Rule
              Alright Hear This
              Eugene's Lament
              Flute Loop
              Do It
              Ricky's Theme
              Heart Attack Man
              The Scoop
              Shambala
              Bodhisattva Vow
              Transitions

              Wave Machines

              Ill Fit

                A tightly wound Prince-esque workout from Wave Machines, lead signer Tim Bruzon describes ‘Ill Fit’ as “the fuzzy moment right before you make a decision to do something right or wrong, justifiable or unjustifiable… your last moment at the point of return”.

                With a glitchy art-disco vibe and lyrics of self-doubt and commitment, ‘Ill Fit’ is typical of the band’s idiosyncratic look at the human condition.

                On the flip side is exclusive track ‘Easy’, plus an alternative, extended version of future album track ‘Sitting In A Chair Blinking’. ‘Ill Fit’ is released as a translucent blue 10” vinyl (includes a download code within which features a bonus remix by Three Trapped Tigers), which is limited to only 300 copies for the UK and Ireland.


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