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Cover of You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire by Iceboy Violet & Nueen.

Iceboy Violet & Nueen

You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire

Hyperdub

    This collaboration between Spanish producer Nueen and Manc vocalist / rapper Iceboy Violet - who has previously sprinkled their magic dust across Hyperdub releases from aya and Loraine James - traces the arc of a four year relationship, memorialising its highs and documenting its lows, processing, reflecting, and then ending with the ecstatic spark of new love. It’s a magical, intimate and heartfelt album, sometimes anguished but often enchanting. Nueen's music responds with foggy, but richly detailed, production. Smudgy drill-laced beats contrast with curdled, spiralling chords, at times drawing out a malevolent ambience. ‘You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire’ is an immensely affecting and lucid album, powerfully wrought, ultimately hopeful.

    TRACK LISTING

    A1. Heartbreak Of A Broken Stitch (ft Harriet Morley)
    A2. SM_FID
    A3. Everything Ends With An Inhale
    A4. Cement Skin
    A5. Pixel Petals
    A6. Slammd (Interlude)
    A7. Closer
    B1. Terrence’s Time Bomb
    B2. Fragmentary (Eraser)
    B3. Inside My Head (Interlude)
    B4. Still (ft Dawuna)
    B5. Fawning (Interlude)
    B6. Kiss Me Again (6am In Helsinki) (ft Bennettiscoming)

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    Cover of Blind On A Galloping Horse by David Holmes Feat. Raven Violet.

    David Holmes Feat. Raven Violet

    Blind On A Galloping Horse

    Heavenly Recordings

      Blind On A Galloping Horse serves as David Holmes’ first solo album since 2008’s The Holy Pictures.

      A 14-track interrogation of the last decade, time spent watching a decaying, fraying Britain visibly buckling in real time while tending to his own battles with mental health. Holmes’ soundtrack to this inquiry is at times claustrophobic, often euphoric, driven by the rattle and snap of analogue drum machines, wild oscillations of droning analogue synths and the voice of Raven Violet which beguiles and commands in a way that could part oceans.

      On this record, there are songs of hope for an age of uncertainty; love songs to leap the barricades to and, on ‘Necessary Genius’, a comprehensive roll call of the great and good - those ‘dreamers, misfits, radicals, outcasts’ that we’ve lost and just a few who’ve managed to cling on in the churn of the 21st century. And there are elegiac electronics evocative of an endless Europe where pulsating, crackling rhythm tracks fuse with dreamlike textures and the underground pulse of psychedelic therapy to form something unique that feels nothing less than radical. 


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: It's no wonder we (the shop) or we (Manchester) have taken to David Holmes, with the snappy post-industrial synth-gloom of 'Necessary Genius' referencing Tony Wilson by name and by design. It's yet another bit of evidence that Holmes' musical skills know no bounds. Rich, evocative works throughout and produced as you'd expect, perfectly.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. When People Are Occupied Resistance Is Justified
      2. It's Over, If We Run Out Of Love
      3. Emotionally Clear
      4. Hope Is The Last Thing To Die
      5. You Will Know Me By The Smell Of Onions
      6. Necessary Genius
      7. Yeah X 3
      8. I Laugh Myself To Sleep
      9. Too Muchroom
      10. Agitprop 13
      11. Stop Apologising
      12. Tyranny Of The Talentless
      13. Love In The Upside Down
      14. Blind On A Galloping Horse 

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      Cover of Violet Drive by Kerala Dust.

      Kerala Dust

      Violet Drive

      Play It Again Sam

        Kerala Dust was formed in London in 2016. Growing up on the sounds of CAN, The Velvet Underground and Tom Waits while spending blurry mornings in nightclubs, the band combines those disparate influences of psychedelic rock, blues and techno into one.

        Kerala Dust are Edmund Kenny on vocals/electronics Harvey Grant on keys Lawrence Howarth on guitar. Their live performances are a constant conversation around the sounds from the studio. Pieces are re-interpreted, looped, dismantled, and put back together again.

        Since first touring in 2017, Kerala Dust have played over 150 international shows in the USA, Europe, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Dom. Republic and many more countries. Events such as DGTL (Tel Aviv), Dockville (Hamburg), Lightning in a Bottle (California), Kater Blau (Berlin), Tropico (Mexico), Sonar (Barcelona) are but a few in a long list of festivals and nightclubs that Kerala Dust have played in only a couple of years.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Moonbeam, Midnight, Howl
        2. Violet Drive
        3. Shake
        4. Red Light
        5. Pulse VI
        6. Jacob' Gun
        7. Salt
        8. Still There
        9. Nuove Variazionidi Una Stanza
        10. Future Visions
        11. Engel's Machine
        12. Fine Della Scena

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        Cover of Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass by Lana Del Rey.

        Lana Del Rey

        Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass

        Polydor

          Lana Del Rey reads fourteen select poems from her upcoming debut poetry book Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass accompanied by music from frequent collaborator, Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff.

          "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic."- Lana

          TRACK LISTING

          Vinyl
          Side A
          LA Who Am I To Love You
          The Land Of 1,000 Fires
          Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass
          Past The Bushes Cypress Thriving
          Salamander
          Never To Heaven

          Side B
          SportCruiser
          Tessa DiPietro
          Quiet Waiter Blue Forever
          What Happened When I Left You
          Happy
          My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now – There Are Children At The Foot Of My Bed
          Paradise Is Very Fragile
          Bare Feet On Linoleum

          CD TRACKLISTING:
          LA Who Am I To Love You
          The Land Of 1,000 Fires
          Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass
          Past The Bushes Cypress Thriving
          Salamander
          Never To Heaven
          SportCruiser
          Tessa DiPietro
          Quiet Waiter Blue Forever
          What Happened When I Left You
          Happy
          My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now – There Are Children At The Foot Of My Bed
          Paradise Is Very Fragile
          Bare Feet On Linoleum

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          Cover of Violet EP by Shield Patterns.

          Shield Patterns

          Violet EP

          Gizeh

          'Violet' is the new EP from Shield Patterns. The duo released their highly acclaimed debut album ‘Contour Lines’ (5/5 in The Skinny) in summer 2014 and this follow-up EP features four brand new tracks from the Manchester-based creators of electronic dark-pop music.

          Violet' is a lovingly crafted progression from 'Contour Lines'. The experimentation found there has been explored further to feature samples made from clicking bones, field recordings, heavy drones and a starker approach to production. On first listen the sound is more minimalistic than that debut album but multiple layers gradually reveal themselves over time. Brentnall’s vocals were singled out for particular praise in early reviews and she has refined her vision further here, with her lyrical concerns focussing on the intimacy of bodies (“drip-feeding” and “mouths”, for example) and her voice arranged into swirling loops like those which introduce and underpin final track ‘Monument’.

          This is electronic music that juxtaposes warmth and cold, journeying from industrial to natural, from claustrophobic to expansive.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Splinter
          2. Silver
          3. Age Of Ice
          4. Monument

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          Cover of Dissolver by Stumbleine Feat. Violet Skies.

          Stumbleine Feat. Violet Skies

          Dissolver

          Monotreme Records

          Following the release of their debut collaborative EP, Chasing Honeybees, in February 2014, UK producer Stumbleine (aka Peter Cooper) and vocalist/songwriter Violet Skies deliver their first full-length album, Dissolver. In it, the duo continues to explore the fusion of Stumbleine’s electronic beats and dreamy, shoegaze guitars with Violet Skies’ soulful pop / R’NB vocals. From the slow-burning soul of opener Thunderdome through the catchy melodic pop of Sunset Boulevard and Heroine, the propulsive R’NB of Her Touch and Whirlpool and the swirling shoegaze-infused balladry of One Step Closer and Sleeping Through The Day, Dissolver delivers a welcome progression to the pop genre that seamlessly blends classic pop sensibilities with modern R’NB, contemporary electronica and 80’s shoegaze indie. The music still retains the trademark lush production that Stumbleine is noted for, with strong melody lines and compelling lyrics penned by Violet Skies.

          With Violet now involved in the songwriting, Peter affirms that she’s given Stumbleine a face and stamped his music with her personality. “She makes the music stand out and has opened the door to a wider audience,” he says, “I’ve pushed myself much harder over the past year to create something a bit different”. With Dissolver, Peter has added Violet’s vitality to the dreamy essence of Stumbleine and the results are breathtaking. Violet Skies has recently launched her own solo career, with the recent debut of her first track “How The Mighty”.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Thunderdome
          2. Sunset Boulevard
          3. We’re Shadows
          4. Her Touch
          5. Heroine
          6. Whirlpool
          7. One Step Closer
          8. Baby Don’t Go
          9. XYZ
          10. Sleeping Through The Day

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          Cover of High Violet - Expanded Edition by The National.

          The National

          High Violet - Expanded Edition

          4AD

            The album opens with the slow drums and mournful vocals of “Terrible Love” but from the start there’s a simmering intensity that builds and eventually explodes into crashing cymbals, pummelling drums, distorted guitars and layered vocals. A dramatic entrance to The National’s fifth album. But it’s not all this heavy, as with their previous releases it’s an album of mood swings. Where “Terrible Love” was explosive, second track “Sorrow” is mournful and melodic.
            And while the album changes mood and tempo, at times warm and intimate at others dramatic, propelled by off beat drum rhythms, there’s always a palpable intensity. I read recently that they find it hard to finish songs, with one or other band member frequently rejecting material. Whether the atmosphere created here is the cause or result of this I don’t know, but either way it works perfectly. Despite Matt’s melancholy, there’s something really uplifting about this collection of beautifully crafted mini epics.

            TRACK LISTING

            High Violet
            Terrible Love
            Sorrow
            Anyone’s Ghost
            Little Faith
            Afraid Of Everyone
            Bloodbuzz Ohio
            Lemonworld
            Runaway
            Conversation 16
            England
            Vanderlyle Crybaby
            Geeks

            Bonus Disc
            Terrible Love (Alternate Version)
            Wake Up Your Saints
            You Were A Kindness
            Walk Off
            Sin-Eaters
            Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live On The Current)
            Anyone’s Ghost (Live At BAM)
            England (Live At BAM)

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            Cover of High Violet by The National.

            The National

            High Violet

            4AD

            The album opens with the slow drums and mournful vocals of “Terrible Love” but from the start there’s a simmering intensity that builds and eventually explodes into crashing cymbals, pummelling drums, distorted guitars and layered vocals.
            A dramatic entrance to The National’s fifth album. But it’s not all this heavy, as with their previous releases it’s an album of mood swings. Where “Terrible Love” was explosive, second track “Sorrow” is mournful and melodic.
            And while the album changes mood and tempo, at times warm and intimate at others dramatic, propelled by off beat drum rhythms, there’s always a palpable intensity. I read recently that they find it hard to finish songs, with one or other band member frequently rejecting material. Whether the atmosphere created here is the cause or result of this I don’t know, but either way it works perfectly. Despite Matt’s melancholy, there’s something really uplifting about this collection of beautifully crafted mini epics.


            STAFF COMMENTS

            Martin says: A bona fide classic, and possibly the summit of The National's already majestic canon. Moody, introspective and deeply involving, "High Violet" manages to be both clever and inventive and at the same time focused in it's somewhat bleak expression. A work of troubled genius whose (very) high points, "Afraid of Everyone", "Bloodbuzz Ohio" and the sublime "Conversation 16" would grace pretty much any album, ever. It is really that good.

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Terrible Love
            2. Sorrow
            3. Anyone’s Ghost
            4. Little Faith
            5. Afraid Of Everyone
            6. Bloodbuzz Ohio
            7. Lemonworld
            8. Runaway
            9. Conversation 16
            10. England
            11. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

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            Violet Violet

            C-c-c-cat

            NR One

            "C-C-C-Cat" is the band's fourth single and the tastiest morsel to date from Norwich's feistiest femme threesome. Violet Violet landed the number 21 spot in Artrocker's Singles Of The Year with their 'Bring! Bring! EP'. ('Echoes of bands like Huggy Bear, Gertrude and Bikini Kill - shouty vocals, angry 'bitchy' lyrics and big punk riffs, almost enough to recall the great Babes in Toyland' - Artrocker) The girls hold nothing back on this new track.

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