“Necessity is the mother of invention, but so is a restless creative spirit and a little bit of free time. In the case of The Wind-Ups, circumstances aligned for Jake Sprecher with a recently acquired TASCAM 388 and a mandated need to stay at home. Making the best of all of this time, equipment and desire to create, Try Not to Think is a bedroom bop album that bounces around its confines with energy and volume. Slowing down provided the space to speed things back up again.”
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We’ve just announced the third LP by Cindy, titled 1:2, to be released on digital October 1st followed by the vinyl edition (including two limited edition colors) on November 1st.
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The famed Monorail Music in Glasgow Scotland (run by members of The Pastels) calls the self-titled Flowertown LP the album of the month! Honored to get a high-five from across the pond by these tastemakers.
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Mike and Karina, aka Flowertown, talk to Underscore staff writer Lindsay Oxford about how the band and their debut LP came together.
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Andrew and Alex from Massage sat down (virtually) with New Noise magazine to talk the band and it’s sophomore album Still Life.
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As you’ll discover, Massage is a band that not only loves creating the best underground pop imaginable, they also love obsessing about other bands from the genre.
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Jake Sprecher (The Wind-Ups) shares his top 5 quarantine albums that sound absolutely nothing like his new project.
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Massage serves up the video for “Half A Feeling”, their first, from the upcoming Still Life LP, a moody romp through Los Angeles with a voiceover of recollections of moving to California.
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Still Life resurrects a brief, romantic moment in the late-'80s, right after post-punk and immediately before alt-rock, when it seemed like any scrappy indie band might stumble across a hit.
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Born out of Covid boredom and a freshly acquired TASCAM 388 in Northern California, The Wind-Ups are the fully realized bedroom project of Jake Sprecher (Terry Malts, Smokescreens, Jonathan Richman). Former Terry Malts members and dear friends Phil Benson (Neutrals) and Nathan Sweatt are waiting in the wings to join the live band when life returns, with Try Not To Think set for a late June 18th, 2021 release.
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Austin Town Hall debuts the first video off the upcoming Flowertown LP, due April 23rd.
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Flowertown is indebted to the great works of post-Velvets indie: Galaxie 500’s trilogy, Cannanes A Love Affair with Nature, Low’s I Could Live in Hope, ’90-’93 Yo La Tengo, but thankfully they didn’t forget to write songs and find their own voices and charm inside that sound.
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Lars Finberg gets interviewed by occasional TV commentator, podcast host and musician Tom Cridland on his Greatest Music of All Time podcast
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Within the first minute or so of Tinnitus Tonight it's clear this is a Lars Finberg record. There's a way he puts together his songs that no matter what the instrumentation is -- though usually guitars, bass and drums, but also a lot of synth this time -- it puts your teeth on edge in a good way.
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The band’s warm flicker of dream pop is rather irresistible and it’s easy to see how the album lured listeners into its woolen womb.
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The first video by Christian Singles has dropped, see the full write up and video at the link above. Shot, directed and edited by Elyse Schrock from Blues Lawyer.
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Tinnitus Tonight is the latest & sneakiest full-measure serving from LARS FINBERG, world-class bon vivant and prolific Panic Rock artiste. Why so sneaky? Here’s the dirt: Finberg developed a nerve rash leading up his 2017 tootle, the TY SEGALL-assisted Moonlight Over Bakersfield. Rather than blindly leap from the comfy zone, he tip-toed in secret to a friendly but far-flung (cough*Sacramento*cough) studio to capture a reserve of slanted tunes with a proven-effective team of buds.
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Late-in-the-day album of the year contender? Very possibly. Or possibly it's just that this is the kind of music that appeals to my sensibilities so exactly it feels laser-guided in its execution. Perfect, even.
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Maybe Another Time, the 9-song debut under Miller’s solo moniker, confronts the difficult questions about family and forgiveness, and aging in a desperate world.
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Quickly following the release of his highly regarded debut LP Tiny Shapes, Ray Seraphin is back under his R.E. Seraphin moniker to release the six song A Room Forever E.P. on vinyl.
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