Track Of The Day: L.A. Witch – ‘Drive Your Car’

Kim Gordon wasn’t wrong in questioning why the Spice Girls’ “girl power” wasn’t “woman power”, but as a 11-year-old kid, all I thought the ‘Say You’ll Be There’ video lacked was instruments. Enter: L.A. Witch on a road trip through the California desert in their new video for the smoke-tainted psychedelia of their debut album’s standout track, ‘Drive Your Car’.

Ashtrays teeming with burnt out cigarettes, two people on the dance floor after everyone else has gone home, the sun coming up over Santa Monica pier… and the band plays on. That’s L.A. Witch’s sound in a nutshell.

L.A. Witch are psych-rock Americana at its finest. Their distinctly Los Angeles sound is reflected in the clanging, distant guitars and the drums being just that little bit louder, front and centre, like the rumbling engines about to fall through the rusted bottom of an old Chevy.

This is a band on the rise, and as the video director Allie Lane explains, “I wanted to evoke a surreal state of adventure that matches the romantic lulls and highs of a road trip.” Its destination? One massive impact in 2018.

L.A. Witch’s self-title debut album is out now via Suicide Squeeze Records. And be sure to catch the girls at one of their newly announced UK shows scheduled for the beginning of next year:

27th March, 2018 – The Chameleon, Nottingham
28th March, 2018 – Sleazy’s, Glasgow
29th March, 2018 – The Cluny, Newcastle
30th March, 2018 – Oslo, Hackney, London
31st March, 2018 – Headrow House, Leeds

Em Burfitt
@fenderqueer

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Track Of The Day: Girl As Wave – ‘Houdini’

Dark, ghostly soundscapes coalesce with smokey electronica in the latest offering from Girl As Wave. Throughout ‘Houdini’, her sophisticated and laid back vocal style is calming yet off-setting; the voodoo-tinged indie of the track spellbinding and mesmeric.

A sultry opening hook bleeds into a tangibly soft vocal, ‘Houdini’ floating somwehere in-between languished and ambitiously cavernous. It’s a song that could fit anywhere between a US ghost town and a London bar, with shades of the earthy mysticism of Alexandra Savior and Pumarosa.

Hailing from New York, Girl As Wave combines a folky, lyric-driven approach to songwriting with a love of indie and electronic music. An email collaboration with LA-based producer Jimmy Deer resulted in the completion of her debut EP, Poison Vines and Nectar, set for release in early 2018.

 

Erin Bashford

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Track Of The Day: NADINE – ‘Not My Kinda Movie’

Minneapolis/New York trio NADINE have now shared the second single from their forthcoming debut album.

‘Not My Kinda Movie’ has a dream-like, jazzy sound, the voice and instrumentation exploring all possibilities. However, the song is no lounge lizard – it seeks the meaning behind the nature of desire in a social-media obsessed world. “What comes to you twice as strong? What seeks you out and makes you feel? Tell me there is more to you than what you like.”

The song explores a lack of ‘real’ communication between people, demanding honesty (“Bring me the bad news”), before leaving us with a sense of the unknown as it drifts out in psychedelic tones. Nadia Hulett’s powerful vocals offer a strong perspective, while the instruments add another layer of interest and wonder to the listener, taking surprising twists and turns. If this song is a movie, it is artful, inspiring, and unaffected (no spoilers!). Expect the unexpected, with some warm colours on the palette.  

 

oh my, the debut album from NADINE, is due 26th January 2018 on Memphis Industries and Father/Daughter.

 

Fi Ni Aicead
@gotnomoniker

Photo Credit: Sulia Rose Altenberg

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Track Of The Day: Breakfast Muff – ‘Clam’

If you’re looking for “a cacophony of anxiety, celebration and creativity” look no further than Glasgow’s Breakfast Muff. The band have shared their latest single ‘Clam’, accompanied by a Super-8-style new video that you can watch below.

Breakfast Muff consists of Eilidh McMillan (Rapid Tan, Joanna Gruesome), Simone Wilson (Hairband, Mary Column) and Cal Donnelly (Spinning Coin, Rapid Tan), who all switch between guitar, bass and drums to create their songs about “sexuality, feminism and feelings.”

“‘Clam’ is about someone who lashes out at other people because they are scared of being themselves or being exposed in some way,” explains McMillan. The track is featured on the band’s recent album Eurgh! (available now via Amour Foo) which was nominated for The Skinny’s Albums of the Year and was included in the Rough Trade Album Club.

Listen to ‘Clam’ below.

You can order a copy of Eurgh! here. Follow Breakfast Muff on Facebook for more updates.

Kate Crudgington
@KCBobCut

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