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Tyler Daniel Bean - Video Premiere on Gold Flake Paint / New LP Now Available on Skeletal Lightning & Tor Johnson

• On Days Soon To Pass LP/CD/Tape out now on Skeletal Lightning / Tor Johnson

• Premieres on Substream + The Grey Estates + Brooklyn Vegan

• RIYL: Pedro The Lion, Brand New, Damien Jurado, mewithoutYou

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Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson released the new full-length from Tyler Daniel Bean in November of 2016. The LP, entitled On Days Soon To Pass, is available from Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson on LP, CD or tape.

The video for "Willow II" from On Days Soon To Pass is premiering now on Gold Flake Paint.

On Days Soon To Pass premiered in full on Substream.

Check out "FFFA" on The Grey Estates. and "Willow II" on Brooklyn Vegan.

“When I was twenty-three, I decided to live.” Now twenty-six, Burlington, Vermont’s Tyler Daniel Bean was identifying a turning point in the development of his second album, On Days Soon To Pass. In the midst of a four-year bout with his major depression, he was working his way through the series of poems that would culminate in this album—all of which also constituted his capstone project for a master’s in literary studies and confessional poetry. He was aiming to discover a language of process that would lead toward preservation rather than annihilation, learning hands-on, not only what preservative writing is, but also how to reorient creative work to better engage with and project hope. Being the person you can live with, it turns out, is a recursively creative endeavor, an on-going challenge, requiring choice and assimilation. Dealing with mental health disorders particularly requires regular self-renewal: the recurring epiphany of interacting constructively with the world.

While on the surface On Days Soon To Pass confronts loss, fear, anxiety, and depression as often as it does love and joy, ultimately it presents a non-linear depiction of Bean’s on-going battle with the prospect of suicide. The first track, “Archibald Street,” is one starting point, but “All At Once,” at the end of the record, is another—the series of events in between shift in time, even within the songs, reflecting the evolution of subjective experience. Now complete, On Days Soon to Pass finds him on another side of all of this.

Bean was stultified when he first noticed that these pieces were presenting as suicide songs. It was 2012, just after the release of his first LP, Longing, and fearful, he stopped writing entirely. More than a year passed between penning the first songs for On Days Soon to Pass before beginning his master’s degree. It took another year for him to start writing creatively again—he was inspired by an idea that grew from his studies: the way fear and art can feed one another, “The object of fear must be objectified,” noted filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who used his greatest fears to identify the issues he addressed in his most powerful films. Bean spent the following year bringing light to what he feared most: loss—the death of his dog, Willow; the death of his close friend and band-mate, Chris Parmelee; one of his own near-death experiences, the one that caused him to want to live. Penetrating all of this, he found love. The overriding theme of the album is, “if you know me, will you still love me?” Which leads to the realization that the you Bean repeatedly refers to has been there all along, standing beside him when he writhed as well as when he flexed.

To understand this record is to look at its dark, dense surface matter, and see beyond it to the beacon that is love; it is to recognize that functioning in the face of fear is to strive to be fully human; it is finding a way to truly say I want to live, even recognizing the relentlessness of the battle.

Tyler Daniel Bean’s On Days Soon To Pass is coming out on November 18th on Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson Records. It features Tyler Daniel Bean on guitar, bass, and vocals; Joe Allen Cross on drums; Jessica Lynne McDermott on vocals; Shannon Stott-Rigsbee on violin; Kevin Tyler Yando on guitar; and Nyiko Beguin on synth. It was recorded and mixed by Ryan Stack (My Heart To Joy, The World Is…, Now Now) at Format Audio in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and it was mastered by Dan Coutant (Jawbox, Matt Pond PA, Coliseum) at Sun Room Audio in Cornwall, New York. William Schaff (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Songs: Ohia, Brown Bird, Okkervil River) painted the cover with minimal outside direction, specifically from his experiences listening to the album.

#Tyler Daniel Bean #Substream #gold flake paint #the grey estates #Brooklyln Vegan #skeletal lightning #tor johnson

Sam Skinner - Song Premiere on Gold Flake Paint / Debut 12" Available For Pre-Order on Soft Speak Records

• Danny Through Junior 12" EP out 1/13/17 on Soft Speak

• Song Premiere on Stereogum

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Sam Skinner of Pinegrove has joined the Soft Speak roster for the release of his solo debut album. The label will release Danny Through Junior from Skinner in January. The 12" vinyl is now available for Pre-Order and is officially out January 13, 2017.

Listen to the second single from Danny Through Junior right now. "Chestnuts" is premiering exclusively on Gold Flake Paint along with a short interview. "Learn" previously premiered on Stereogum.

In addition to Pinegrove, Skinner has worked with other bands like Thelma, Pupppy, Forth Wanderers and Tawny Peaks...mixing, mastering and performing. You can view all his credits here.

Usually, it’s an album’s lyrics that are praised for its poetry. But there’s also something about the instruments and melodies on Sam Skinner’s solo debut Danny Through Junior that feels equally poetic. Take a song like “Chestnuts,” on which Skinner’s shy voice is bolstered by a higher harmony, but also a tenderly plucked guitar whose expressive voice almost overpowers the vocalists. The way this guitar guides the song, the way a tidy drum set keeps it contained and a banjo trundles delicately behind it, evokes the savvy of a Whitman poem, the whimsy of a Dickinson. Or even “Joel,” like a whispered Weezer song, uses mumbly chords and a clever melody as it cycles through its verses. These songs feature musicianship that possess a sort of lyrical quality, delicate and intentional, instilling the implicit sense of a story, showing more than it tells. Skinner tapped a number of up-and-coming contemporaries to contribute vocals, including Baldrick from Crying and 100%, Natasha Jacobs from Thelma, and Evan Stephens Hall, with whom he plays in Pinegrove. But, on Danny Through Junior, he takes a much calmer, much quieter approach compared to this other project, and it’s this calm that makes the record feel so pastoral—picturesque, but also poetic, full of complexity and delicate detail. It’s also this calm that make Skinner’s debut exciting within its indie context; here’s a musician stretching his wings and applying his agile songwriting sensibility to another sound, expanding his capacity as a musician and, simultaneously, the potential of his genre. - Dane Erbach

#Sam Skinner #soft speak records #Thelma #Crying #Pinegrove #Pupppy #Tawny Peaks #Forth Wanderers

Sam Skinner Joins Soft Speak Records / Song Premiere on Stereogum / Debut 12" Available For Pre-Order

• Danny Through Junior 12" EP out 1/13/17 on Soft Speak

• Artwork + Tracklisting Released

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Sam Skinner of Pinegrove has joined the Soft Speak roster for the release of his solo debut album. The label will release Danny Through Junior from Skinner in January. The 12" vinyl is now available for Pre-Order and is officially out January 13, 2017.

Listen to the first single from Danny Through Junior right now. "Learn" is premiering exclusively on Stereogum.

In addition to Pinegrove, Skinner has worked with other bands like Thelma, Pupppy, Forth Wanderers and Tawny Peaks...mixing, mastering and performing. You can view all his credits here.

Usually, it’s an album’s lyrics that are praised for its poetry. But there’s also something about the instruments and melodies on Sam Skinner’s solo debut Danny Through Junior that feels equally poetic. Take a song like “Chestnuts,” on which Skinner’s shy voice is bolstered by a higher harmony, but also a tenderly plucked guitar whose expressive voice almost overpowers the vocalists. The way this guitar guides the song, the way a tidy drum set keeps it contained and a banjo trundles delicately behind it, evokes the savvy of a Whitman poem, the whimsy of a Dickinson. Or even “Joel,” like a whispered Weezer song, uses mumbly chords and a clever melody as it cycles through its verses. These songs feature musicianship that possess a sort of lyrical quality, delicate and intentional, instilling the implicit sense of a story, showing more than it tells. Skinner tapped a number of up-and-coming contemporaries to contribute vocals, including Baldrick from Crying and 100%, Natasha Jacobs from Thelma, and Evan Stephens Hall, with whom he plays in Pinegrove. But, on Danny Through Junior, he takes a much calmer, much quieter approach compared to this other project, and it’s this calm that makes the record feel so pastoral—picturesque, but also poetic, full of complexity and delicate detail. It’s also this calm that make Skinner’s debut exciting within its indie context; here’s a musician stretching his wings and applying his agile songwriting sensibility to another sound, expanding his capacity as a musician and, simultaneously, the potential of his genre. - Dane Erbach

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1. Learn 2. Chestnuts 3. Daniel 4. Letter 5. Joel 6. Stout 7. Letter 2

Tyler Daniel Bean - Full Album Stream on Substream / New LP Now Available for Pre-Order on Skeletal Lightning & Tor Johnson

• On Days Soon To Pass LP/CD/Tape out 11/18/16 on Skeletal Lightning / Tor Johnson

• Song Premieres on The Grey Estates + Brooklyn Vegan

• RIYL: Pedro The Lion, Brand New, Damien Jurado, mewithoutYou

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Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson are excited to announce the new full-length from Tyler Daniel Bean. The LP, entitled On Days Soon To Pass, is officially out November 18th and is now available for Pre-Order from Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson on LP, CD or tape.

You can listen to On Days Soon To Pass in full now exclusively on Substream.

Check out "FFFA" on The Grey Estates. and "Willow II" on Brooklyn Vegan.

“When I was twenty-three, I decided to live.” Now twenty-six, Burlington, Vermont’s Tyler Daniel Bean was identifying a turning point in the development of his second album, On Days Soon To Pass. In the midst of a four-year bout with his major depression, he was working his way through the series of poems that would culminate in this album—all of which also constituted his capstone project for a master’s in literary studies and confessional poetry. He was aiming to discover a language of process that would lead toward preservation rather than annihilation, learning hands-on, not only what preservative writing is, but also how to reorient creative work to better engage with and project hope. Being the person you can live with, it turns out, is a recursively creative endeavor, an on-going challenge, requiring choice and assimilation. Dealing with mental health disorders particularly requires regular self-renewal: the recurring epiphany of interacting constructively with the world.

While on the surface On Days Soon To Pass confronts loss, fear, anxiety, and depression as often as it does love and joy, ultimately it presents a non-linear depiction of Bean’s on-going battle with the prospect of suicide. The first track, “Archibald Street,” is one starting point, but “All At Once,” at the end of the record, is another—the series of events in between shift in time, even within the songs, reflecting the evolution of subjective experience. Now complete, On Days Soon to Pass finds him on another side of all of this.

Bean was stultified when he first noticed that these pieces were presenting as suicide songs. It was 2012, just after the release of his first LP, Longing, and fearful, he stopped writing entirely. More than a year passed between penning the first songs for On Days Soon to Pass before beginning his master’s degree. It took another year for him to start writing creatively again—he was inspired by an idea that grew from his studies: the way fear and art can feed one another, “The object of fear must be objectified,” noted filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who used his greatest fears to identify the issues he addressed in his most powerful films. Bean spent the following year bringing light to what he feared most: loss—the death of his dog, Willow; the death of his close friend and band-mate, Chris Parmelee; one of his own near-death experiences, the one that caused him to want to live. Penetrating all of this, he found love. The overriding theme of the album is, “if you know me, will you still love me?” Which leads to the realization that the you Bean repeatedly refers to has been there all along, standing beside him when he writhed as well as when he flexed.

To understand this record is to look at its dark, dense surface matter, and see beyond it to the beacon that is love; it is to recognize that functioning in the face of fear is to strive to be fully human; it is finding a way to truly say I want to live, even recognizing the relentlessness of the battle.

Tyler Daniel Bean’s On Days Soon To Pass is coming out on November 18th on Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson Records. It features Tyler Daniel Bean on guitar, bass, and vocals; Joe Allen Cross on drums; Jessica Lynne McDermott on vocals; Shannon Stott-Rigsbee on violin; Kevin Tyler Yando on guitar; and Nyiko Beguin on synth. It was recorded and mixed by Ryan Stack (My Heart To Joy, The World Is…, Now Now) at Format Audio in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and it was mastered by Dan Coutant (Jawbox, Matt Pond PA, Coliseum) at Sun Room Audio in Cornwall, New York. William Schaff (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Songs: Ohia, Brown Bird, Okkervil River) painted the cover with minimal outside direction, specifically from his experiences listening to the album.

#Brooklyn Vegan #The Grey Estates #Substream #Tyler Daniel Bean #skeletal lightning #Tor Johnson

Kindling - Video Premiere on Heartbreaking Bravery / Debut LP Out Now on No Idea Records

• Everywhere Else LP out now on No Idea Records

• Interview & Song Premiere on Allston Pudding + Premieres on Spin + The AV Club + Stereogum

• RIYL: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, My Bloody Valentine, Pity Sex, Wildhoney

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Easthampton, MA's Kindling (featuring members of Ampere) released their debut LP on No Idea this Summer. Entitled Everywhere Else, the LP follows up the band's 2015 EP, Galaxies, also on No Idea.

The video for "Black Eye" is premering exclusively on Heartbreaking Bravery.

Everywhere Else previously premiered in full on Spin. Check out a conversation with Kindling + the premiere of "Other Times" on Allston Pudding. Also "Capital Cities" previously premiered on The AV Club and "Weightlessly" on Stereogum.

Everywhere Else: A vague sense of want, of escape, or of resignation. Reconciling the limitations of your surroundings with the endlessness of earthly potential. Kindling has made their home in this space: between the dirt and the stars, conscious of the weight of life's anchors, trying to outpace and shed them. Building on the foundation of 2015's Galaxies EP, the band has zoomed out on the map to present a fuller view of their topography: the succinct punk-influenced noise-pop of Galaxies refocused into what is at turns scorchingly anthemic and quietly understated fuzzed-out bliss on Everywhere Else. The band - led by Stephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams - spent a week at Sonelab in rural Easthampton, MA with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth, etc.), resulting in a dynamically layered monolith of towering guitar noise & wistfully hazy vocals, balancing deafening heaviness with a lightness and beauty; a pop sensibility rarely found when the volume and attack ends up this far in the red.

From the opening barrage of Coma through the droning guitar outro of Became, Everywhere Else is a geography of peaks and valleys, demonstrating dramatic growth in the short months between it & the Galaxies EP. With their most clearly defined and ambitious set of songs to date, Kindling has taken a leap forward, exploring far beyond the outer reaches of the blueprints laid out thus far, at once cloaked in shadow and drenched in sunlight, celestial but distinctly of this world.

#Kindling #Spin #AV Club #No Idea #heartbreaking bravery #allston pudding #stereogum

Jouska Joins Tiny Engines / New Album - Digital Out Now + Name-Your-Price on Bandcamp / Physical Pre-Order

• topiary out on Tiny Engines

• RIYL: The World Is, Foxing, The Appleseed Cast

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Tiny Engines is excited to welcome Albany, NY's Jouska to their roster. The band's debut album, topiary, is available now for name-your-price on Bandcamp, Apple Music + iTunes and Spotify. You can now Pre-Order the album on CD or cassette, as well.

Albany’s Jouska has been called many things since emerging from up- state New York’s underground DIY scene last year, most of which have little commonality other than clashing definitions: authentic, angsty, dreamlike, discordant, experimental, somber and uplifting to name a few. One blog even categorized the quartet’s debut full-length as “ghost-rock.” It’s a curious term, but apropos as the nine tracks on the gorgeous, captivating Topiary transmit as both otherworldly and achingly mysterious. Nevertheless, for all its ethereal qualities, the album is not unclassifiable ... providing you can embrace Topiary’s impressive depth and ambition. As evidence, Jouska expertly navigates post-rock’s ebbs-and-flows and the dreamy, atmospheric soundscapes of shoegaze while exploring emo’s earnestness and simultaneously traversing lo-fi bedroom pop that’s awash in reverb and a lackadaisical-yet-consoling vocal delivery.

Most notably though, Jouska never loses sight of accessibility. The band’s range is terrific and its mastery over dynamics, restraint and momentum is unmatched. Still, it’s the knack for lush melodies and the ability to continually build upon instrumental passages before hitting critical mass which make for a truly special listen. Simply put, Topiary is spectral and weighty, yet completely satisfying and rewarding. It’s a record that begs to be revisited and gives back with every absorbing spin.

topiary will follow up the band's 2015 EP, this kid thinks hes sick. EP.

Jouska: Bandcamp / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter

#Jouska #Tiny Engines

Haybaby - Release New Song + Video Premiere on CLRVYNT / On Tour Now / Recording New Album in December

• Blood Harvest EP out now on Tiny Engines

• Premieres on Spin + Stereogum + The Fader

• Named One of Stereogum’s 50 Best New Bands Of 2015

• RIYL: Blonde Redhead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Breeders

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Brooklyn NY's Haybaby are a band that refuse to stand still. The band released their debut full-length, Sleepy Kids, in October of 2015 and followed that up with a new EP, Blood Harvest, in the Spring of 2016.

And now Haybaby return with a new digital single & video, "Yours." Check out the video premiere for the track on CLRVYNT. Name-your-price download on Bandcamp and streaming on Spotify.

Haybaby will not slow down either as they head into the studio in December to record their sophomore full-length for Tiny Engines, scheduled for a Summer 2017 release.

In between all the recording Haybaby have always stayed busy touring the country. The band is currently on the last leg of another US tour now. Remaining dates below. Tour flyer here.

Blood Harvest EPs are Available Now! Digital available on iTunes, Bandcamp and Spotify.

Sleepy Kids LPs are Available Now! Digital available on iTunes, Bandcamp and Spotify.

The band was named as one of Sterogum's 50 Best New Bands Of 2015. Haybaby was also featured as a Stereogum 'Band To Watch' with the debut single, "Her," streaming along with a band interview.

Brooklyn band Haybaby released their debut full-length, Sleepy Kids, on Tiny Engines in the Fall of 2015. The band returns in the Spring of 2016, wasting no time following up their acclaimed debut with a brand new EP. Blood Harvest starts where Sleepy Kids left off, showcasing a band sharpening the edges of their own unique sound.

Leslie Hong's vocal delivery, be it a whisper or a scream, is as intoxicating as ever on Blood Harvest. Hong cleverly spins her stories as her guitar weaves in and out while the grooving, wiry bass playing of Sam Yield and the propulsive drumming of Jeremy Duvall keep the songs magically churning. Every piece serves a deliberate purpose and gives new meaning to the term, power trio. Yet, Haybaby never overpower, they engage and engross the listener instead. Sure, the music can be uncompromising and harsh at times but it's the subtleties of the band that captivate and pack the biggest emotional gut punches.

"Joke/Rope" rocks above an abyss between laughter and total misery. There's no surface level here; we're deep in the depths of gripping anguish, and Haybaby rock hard enough to carry it. - The Fader

Blood Harvest sees the band exploring and pushing their sound to rawer, often noisier extremes while still maintaining their sly, melodic songwriting prowess. The five songs here perfectly encapsulate the captivating range and depth of the band. If Blood Harvest proves anything, it is that the beautiful mystery of Haybaby has yet to fully unravel.

Haybaby are everything you love about grunge, punk, art rock, indie rock and riot grrrl rolled into one adorable three piece band. - Noisey

That feeling of festering anger threads through Sleepy Kids, and the result is a prickly, uncompromising record that captures both the energy of their weathered live show and forges a new, exciting path. - Stereogum’s 50 Best New Bands Of 2015

Brooklyn sludge punk trio Haybaby pack a punch of bombastic, lively melodies that are sweet enough to rot out all of your teeth. Haybaby hold the knack for crafting distorted, fuzzy guitar riffs with heartfelt and sincere songwriting. - Impose

This is an utterly brilliant record. - Collective

Sleepy Kids is a sludge-grunge see saw, full of dynamic soft and loud battles, a hazy puff of ‘90s art-punk. - New Noise

Upcoming Shows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOV 03 - Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie's NOV 04 - Abilene, TX @ Neon Parrot Lounge NOV 05 - Denton, TX @ Dan's Silver Leaf NOV 07 - Shreveport, LA @ Bear's NOV 08 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Woodshop NOV 09 - Birmingham, AL @ Syndicate Lounge NOV 10 - Raleigh, NC @ Slims NOV 11 - Richmond, VA @ Gallery V NOV 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium

#haybaby #stereogum #tiny engines #clrvynt

Thelma - Song Premiere on NPR / Debut LP Coming February 2017 on Tiny Engines / Upcoming Tour with gobbinjr

• Thelma LP/CD out 2/24/17 on Tiny Engines

• Artwork + Tracklisting Released

• RIYL: Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush, St. Vincent, Jeff Buckley

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Tiny Engines recently welcomed Brooklyn, NY's Thelma to their growing roster. The label will issue the debut Self-Titled full-length from Thelma in February 2017. You can sign up for Pre-Order email notification here.

You can hear the first song from Thelma now. "If You Let It" is premiering exclusively on NPR.

Thelma is heading out on tour with gobbinjr starting this weekend. Dates listed below. Check the tour flyer here.

Thelma’s origin seems to suggest that Natasha Jacobs’ musical abilities sprouted from the singer-songwriter almost spontaneously, whilst she convalesced after a life-changing fall from a ladder. Although there is surely more of a back-story than that, this was when she started writing songs and playing guitar. The project itself began two years later as a solo endeavor but soon became a band when Daniel Siles, Maciej Lewandowski, and Juan Pablo Siles joined.

In Thelma’s self-titled debut, Natasha doubles down on at least one aspect of the tale; she asserts her right to be fallen. In doing so, “Thelma” reveals both a self that has been projected onto her as well as the fantasy of her own projected self. She juxtaposes her falsetto with her very lowest registers, and couples her most saccharine aspects with squeals.

Many of the songs deal with a problem often caused by projection; lovers fashion each other. But lovers' projections can be very beautiful, and so they are determined to enforce them. For the protagonist of “Thelma”, this often means being made out to be pure, angelic, a sprite. And it's easy to understand why this would be a preoccupation of concern for the songwriter, whose falsetto is the most effortless of things; so natural, easy, that brilliant intricacies convey playfulness, and feels impetuous, impervious, pure.

But the seven songs of debut album are anything but pure, and they make no pretense of representing a natural or spontaneous expressive moment. They are fastidious. And they are gigantic. If anything, the songs exude that most impure, un-sweet, un-angelic motivation- ambition. Within the lyrics too there is a thematic insistence on the writer not wanting to be pure or objectified.

Above all, “Thelma” demonstrates real work; an exacting, intricate, sometimes beautifully sparse production with contrastingly serendipitous vocals. It demands attention to the band as a whole, and to Natasha's work as a composer, vocalist, and a wildly intense guitarist. - Akiva Zamcheck

Thelma: Facebook / Twitter

Thelma - Track Listing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. If You Let It 2. White Couches 3. Moxie 4. Peach 5. Spool 6. Haha 7. Thelma

Upcoming Shows --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOV 04 - Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium NOV 05 - Philadelphia, PA @ JJ’s Diner NOV 06 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe NOV 07 - Harrisonburg, VA @ Lon Lon Ranch NOV 08 - Athens, OH @ Hardcore House of RGB NOV 09 - Columbus, OH @ House With No Name NOV 10 - St.Louis, MO @ FOAM NOV 11 - Iowa City, IA @ Governors Mansion NOV 13 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Turkey Lounge NOV 14 - Chicago, IL @ 2040 Haus NOV 15 - Oberlin, OH @The Coven NOV 16 - Pittsburg, PA @ The Maxi Pad NOV 18 - Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase @ The Stood NOV 19 - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard College @ The Root Cellar

#Thelma #Tiny Engines #NPR #gobbinjr

Emperor X Joins Tiny Engines / New Song Premiere on Stereogum / New LP out Spring 2017

• Oversleepers International LP out Spring 2017 on Tiny Engines

• RIYL: The Mountain Goats, The Weakerthans, The Microphones

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Tiny Engines is excited to welcome Emperor X to their roster. The label will issue Oversleepers International, a brand new full-length from Emperor X, in the Spring 2017.

You can hear the first single from Oversleepers International now. "Wasted on the Senate Floor" premiered on Stereogum.

The song is name-your-price download on Bandcamp and streaming on Soundcloud.

You can check out the extensive Emperor X back catalog on Bandcamp.

"Wasted on the Senate Floor" is the first single from Oversleepers International, the eighth Emperor X full-length album, slated for release on Tiny Engines in early 2017. Though the song has long been a staple of live Emperor X shows, Matheny felt a growing urgency to record and release the song properly after watching with alarm as the U.S. presidential election campaign of 2016 descended into mass delusion and nihilism. "This song has always been about -- to the extent any song I write is about anything -- what it's like to live and love in a world where hegemonic media, late capitalism, and manufactured pseudo-consent destroy democracy. Seems like a good time to release it, doesn't it?"

Upcoming Shows --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOV 08 - Berlin, DE @ Donau115 NOV 18 - Berlin, DE @ Ofenbar

Bandcamp / Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr

#Emperor X #Tiny Engines #Stereogum

Henrietta - Release New Video / New Record Out Now on Animal Style Records

• Paper Wings LP out now on Animal Style Records

• Premieres on Noisey + Substream

• RIYL: Minus The Bear, From Indian Lakes, Circa Survive, Balance And Composure

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Orlando, FL's Henrietta returned earlier this year with a new LP, entitled Paper Wings. The album saw an official release in April and the vinyl is available for Order now on Animal Style Records.

Henrietta is playing The Fest this Sunday (10/30) at Rocky's! In celebration, the band has released a new video for the track "Black & Blue" on Youtube .

You can stream Paper Wings in full on Bandcamp. "Black & Blue" previously premiered on Substream and "Arrows" on Noisey.

Also, the band recently did an Audiotree session with a mix of new and old songs. You can view that here.

Henrietta released their debut LP, The Trick Is Not Minding, in the Fall of 2014, also on Animal Style. You can stream / download the album on Bandcamp. In 2015 the band acoustically reimagined songs from their debut LP. You can stream / download the digital for The Trick Is Reimagined Acoustic on Bandcamp as well.

Sometimes the most powerful art is as sinister as is it stunning, expressing almost objective splendor even as its shadows loom longer and darker with each exposure. Orlando, FL’s Henrietta has dwelt in desperate beauty for years, but the band embraces the disparity wholeheartedly on Paper Wings, their second LP with Animal Style Records. This is perhaps most effective on side-B’s “In the Back Yard,” a sunny, vernal song whose guitars glitter in brief bursts at the beginning of each phrase while the drums hop playfully as if from rock to rock across some sparkling creek. Even vocalist Manuel Urdaneta’s bright warble adds to a seemingly luminous scene, but his lyrics take a sullen turn. “When I go,” he sings as the song climbs toward its desolate conclusion, “just bury me in the backyard / let the dirt hit my body / and I hope I'll be happy / by then.” This contrast—the brilliant, soaring songs weighted by their brooding lines—exists throughout Paper Wings, but it’s on “Few Friends,” the album’s delicate closing track, where the disparity is most evident. Here, Urdaneta’s finger-plucked acoustic creates an exquisite foundation for the album’s dark last lines: “Just make sure the noose on my rope / won’t give out. / It won't fail me now.” Of course, it’s because Henrietta has broadened its already sweeping sound and deepened its already dark poetry that Paper Wings is so powerful. Apart, these distinct sides reveal talented musicians and terrific music; paired together, though, they paint a complex and impressive piece of art. — Dane Erbach

#henrietta #animal style records #Substream #new noise #the fest

Sinai Vessel - Song Premiere on Stereogum / New LP Now Available For Pre-Order on Tiny Engines

• Brokenlegged LP/CD out 1/27/17 on Tiny Engines

• RIYL: Pedro The Lion, Kevin Devine, Foxing, Manchester Orchestra

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Brokenlegged, the long-awaited new full-length and Tiny Engines debut from Sinai Vessel will arrive in early 2017. The album is now available for Pre-Order.

You can hear the first song from Brokenlegged now. "Dogs" is premiering exclusively on Stereogum.

The band will be playing The Fest in Gainesville, FL upcoming as well as a few other shows including a couple with label-mates, Peaer. Check the dates below. More tour dates upcoming.

The new album will follow up Sinai Vessel's last release, the Profanity EP, released on 12" vinyl from Flannel Gurl in the Fall of 2014. The album is also available for name-your-price download on Bandcamp.

Sinai Vessel began as a one-man project for singer/guitarist Caleb Cordes before ultimately becoming the fully-realized, collaborative group that produced the much-anticipated full length debut, Brokenlegged. The band’s early years culminated in Sinai Vessel’s excellent 2014 EP, Profanity, a record that drew on the outsized drama of mewithoutYou; the canny, observational nuances of Pedro the Lion; the literary smarts of Bright Eyes’ early-00s golden era. A thoughtful yet energized early offering, that early mini-album explored existential doubt, spiritual questioning, and hard-nosed questions about code and community. But Sinai Vessel the band actually formed in the aftermath of Profanity, a record helmed by Cordes and executed with a rotating cast of volunteers. Only after the album saw the light of day did the project turn into a more active, concrete group, filled out by drummer Joshua Herron and bassist Daniel Hernandez, both high school classmates of Cordes’ and -- perhaps essentially - - fellow natives of the space and communities that so define Sinai Vessel. The band began to tour, leaning on and building from that sense of kinship and shared experience, and eventually informing the more collaborative and multifaceted Brokenlegged, an album that remarkably balances Cordes’ continued gift for first-person storytelling with a more markedly communal energy.

Brokenlegged, soon to be released by venerable indie label Tiny Engines, was recorded in its entirety twice. After writing, arranging, and completing the material for the LP all through 2014 and early 2015, the band finally toured to Lawrence, KS to record the album with a veteran producer. But ultimately something was still missing and the band decided to begin again, with a clearer sense of purpose. This time the band stayed in North Carolina (a move that seems all too apt considering their gift for rendering notions of home and origin), recording with David Wimbish, who helmed Profanity. The LP was finally finished in September of 2016. Ultimately, Sinai Vessel have made exactly the record they wanted to make, an admirable expression of uncompromised vision and perseverance. That zoomed-in determination is an apt match for the subtle, humanistic ideas explored on the album itself. A more measured, patient album than its predecessor, Brokenlegged allows its eight songs to stretch out and plumb wide fields of human emotion, with complex, challenging results. The record is, by definition, “lived-in”: the songs here find people trying to co-exist with and reconcile the doubts, anxieties, and ironies that have always been a theme in the band’s work. If Profanity found Sinai Vessel glimpsing hard truths through a glass darkly, then Brokenlegged, the band’s remarkable full-length debut, finds the trio wondering what one does next. What do you do when nothing is the same yet everyone refuses to admit things have changed? These are the questions begged by Brokenlegged. - Chad Jewett

Upcoming Shows --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OCT 27 - Augusta, GA @ The Iron Heights w/ Lions, Holy Pinto, Alaska, Messes, Kyle OCT 28 - Gainesville, FL - THE FEST - 08:00 PM @ Rockey’s Piano Bar OCT 29 - Gainesville, FL - THE FEST - 11:30 PM @ Whiskey House (SOLO)

NOV 01 - Charlotte, NC @ The Odd Room w/ Ivadell, Secret Stuff, Hodera, Vasudeva

NOV 05 - Raleigh, NC @ Radioshack w/ Peaer, Pupppy, Sticks and Bricks NOV 06 - Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia w/ Peaer, Pupppy, New Holland

#Sinai Vessel #Tiny Engines #Peaer #Pupppy #Stereogum #The Fest

Tyler Daniel Bean - Song Premiere on The Grey Estates / New LP Now Available for Pre-Order on Skeletal Lightning & Tor Johnson

• On Days Soon To Pass LP/CD/Tape out 11/18/16 on Skeletal Lightning / Tor Johnson

• Song Premiere on Brooklyn Vegan

• RIYL: Pedro The Lion, Brand New, Damien Jurado, mewithoutYou

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Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson are excited to announce the new full-length from Tyler Daniel Bean. The LP, entitled On Days Soon To Pass, is officially out November 18th and is now available for Pre-Order from Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson on LP, CD or tape.

You can listen to the second single from On Days Soon To Pass now. Check out "FFFA" on The Grey Estates.

The first single "Willow II" previously premiered on Brooklyn Vegan.

“When I was twenty-three, I decided to live.” Now twenty-six, Burlington, Vermont’s Tyler Daniel Bean was identifying a turning point in the development of his second album, On Days Soon To Pass. In the midst of a four-year bout with his major depression, he was working his way through the series of poems that would culminate in this album—all of which also constituted his capstone project for a master’s in literary studies and confessional poetry. He was aiming to discover a language of process that would lead toward preservation rather than annihilation, learning hands-on, not only what preservative writing is, but also how to reorient creative work to better engage with and project hope. Being the person you can live with, it turns out, is a recursively creative endeavor, an on-going challenge, requiring choice and assimilation. Dealing with mental health disorders particularly requires regular self-renewal: the recurring epiphany of interacting constructively with the world.

While on the surface On Days Soon To Pass confronts loss, fear, anxiety, and depression as often as it does love and joy, ultimately it presents a non-linear depiction of Bean’s on-going battle with the prospect of suicide. The first track, “Archibald Street,” is one starting point, but “All At Once,” at the end of the record, is another—the series of events in between shift in time, even within the songs, reflecting the evolution of subjective experience. Now complete, On Days Soon to Pass finds him on another side of all of this.

Bean was stultified when he first noticed that these pieces were presenting as suicide songs. It was 2012, just after the release of his first LP, Longing, and fearful, he stopped writing entirely. More than a year passed between penning the first songs for On Days Soon to Pass before beginning his master’s degree. It took another year for him to start writing creatively again—he was inspired by an idea that grew from his studies: the way fear and art can feed one another, “The object of fear must be objectified,” noted filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who used his greatest fears to identify the issues he addressed in his most powerful films. Bean spent the following year bringing light to what he feared most: loss—the death of his dog, Willow; the death of his close friend and band-mate, Chris Parmelee; one of his own near-death experiences, the one that caused him to want to live. Penetrating all of this, he found love. The overriding theme of the album is, “if you know me, will you still love me?” Which leads to the realization that the you Bean repeatedly refers to has been there all along, standing beside him when he writhed as well as when he flexed.

To understand this record is to look at its dark, dense surface matter, and see beyond it to the beacon that is love; it is to recognize that functioning in the face of fear is to strive to be fully human; it is finding a way to truly say I want to live, even recognizing the relentlessness of the battle.

Tyler Daniel Bean’s On Days Soon To Pass is coming out on November 18th on Skeletal Lightning and Tor Johnson Records. It features Tyler Daniel Bean on guitar, bass, and vocals; Joe Allen Cross on drums; Jessica Lynne McDermott on vocals; Shannon Stott-Rigsbee on violin; Kevin Tyler Yando on guitar; and Nyiko Beguin on synth. It was recorded and mixed by Ryan Stack (My Heart To Joy, The World Is…, Now Now) at Format Audio in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and it was mastered by Dan Coutant (Jawbox, Matt Pond PA, Coliseum) at Sun Room Audio in Cornwall, New York. William Schaff (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Songs: Ohia, Brown Bird, Okkervil River) painted the cover with minimal outside direction, specifically from his experiences listening to the album.

#Tyler Daniel Bean #skeletal lightning #Tor Johnson #The Grey Estates #Brooklyn Vegan

Muncie Girls - Announce New Video / Debut Album Out Now in the US on Animal Style Records / Upcoming UK Shows

• From Caplan to Belsize LP/CD out now in the US on Animal Style Records

• Band To Watch on Stereogum

+ Premieres on The AV Club + Noisey

• RIYL: Cayetana, Martha, All Dogs, Chumped, Lemuria, Worriers

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Animal Style Records released the debut LP, From Caplan to Belsize, from Exeter, UK's Muncie Girls earlier this year. The record was a split release with Specialist Subject Records and Uncle M Music. You can Order it now!

Indie-punk trio Muncie Girls have revealed a new music video for ‘Social Side’, which is the latest single to be lifted from the band’s stunning debut album ‘From Caplan To Belsize’. "We've played so many shows since our album came out in March,” says vocalist and bassist Lande Hekt. “It's been amazing, exhausting and the most fun we've ever had! Some of it was caught on camera (including a bonfire we had to welcome in the autumn), so we thought we'd get this video together for Social Side.”

The video for "Social Side" can now be viewed on Youtube.

Muncie Girls are set to hit the road in the UK in November for a headline tour with Woahnows and Happy Accidents joining them for the ride. Tickets available here. Event page here. Full dates listed below.

The band also recently released a brand new demo titled ‘Five Miles’ to raise money for their beloved hometown venue The Cavern following a devastating fire. You can check that out on Bandcamp.

Muncie Girls’ debut album ‘From Caplan To Belsize’ was released earlier this year to critical acclaim and the band have had quite a 2016, playing to significant crowds at the likes of Glastonbury, Download Festival, Reading and Leeds, SWN, Groezrock and The Great Escape. They were nominated for a Kerrang! Award for Best British Newcomer, shortlisted for the Drowned In Sound Neptune Music Prize and have had their music played on the likes of BBC Radio 1, as well as appearing on German TV show Circus Halli Galli alongside Robbie Williams. Publications across the board have been glowing in their praise of the record and The A.V. Club recently named ‘From Caplan To Belsize’ in their Best Music of 2016 So Far, declaring “’Respect’ has one of the year’s best choruses”.

Muncie Girls were named a 'Band To Watch' on Stereogum and you can stream From Caplan to Belsize in full there or on Spotify.

The "Respect" video can be viewed on Youtube, as well as Stereogum. "Balloon" previously premiered on The AV Club and the video for the track "Gas Mark 4" previously premiered on Noisey. You can also check out an earlier video for the track "Gone With The Wind" on Youtube.

Born in punk shows and dive bars to three driven teenagers in 2012, Muncie Girls embodies the classic punk rock story in a modern context. Fueled by discontent and anxiety, the Exeter trio eloquently addresses modern living as a self-aware young adult. The result is an ambitious and poignant rebellion against social norms that touches on everything from politics to interpersonal relationships.

After an impressively prolific start, releasing EPs and splits every year since their formation, Muncie Girls is finally gearing up for the release of their first full-length via Animal Style in 2016. The album’s title, a reference to Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, perfectly compliments the themes found on the album – coping, healing, and shedding restraints. Musically, the album is a dynamic and emotional exploration of punk and indie rock. The album's bouncy catchiness is sure to be a hit with fans of Hop Along, Lemuria, Latterman, and RVIVR, but one of the defining characteristics of Muncie Girls is their ability to explore outside their immediate influences.

Ultimately, what sets Muncie Girls apart is bassist and lead vocalist Lande Hekt’s unique perspective and its impact on her understated lyricism. Hekt’s dry, unembellished writing style is, in many ways, reminiscent of classic American literature – a trait exceptionally unusual for a punk rock band from Exeter.

Upcoming Shows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

25 Nov – Birmingham – The Rainbow 26 Nov – Leeds – Brudenell Games Room 27 Nov – Newcastle – Think Tank 28 Nov – Glasgow – King Tuts 29 Nov – Manchester – Sound Control 30 Nov – London – Underworld 01 Dec – Exeter – Lemongrove

#Muncie Girls #animal style records #Specialist Subject #Stereogum #AV Club #Uncle M #Noisey

Strange Relations - Video Premiere on Gold Flake Paint / New EP Out Now on Tiny Engines / Sophomore LP Due Out Summer 2017

• Going Out EP out 7/8/16 on Tiny Engines

• Full EP Stream on Spin & Song premieres on Heartbreaking Bravery + Stereogum

• RIYL: Warpaint, Blonde Redhead, Electrelane, Alvvays, Now, Now

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Tiny Engines welcomed Minneapolis, MN's Strange Relations to the roster earlier this year and released the band's new Going Out EP in July. The EP is now available for Order on cassette. Digital on iTunes and Bandcamp. The band is currently in production for their sophomore album, due out Summer 2017 on Tiny Engines.

The video premiere for "Ceremonies" can now be viewed exclusively on Gold Flake Paint.

You can hear the Going Out EP in full on Spin and Spotify.

Going Out will follow up Strange Relations' 2015 debut full-length, -Centrism.

With influences ranging from shoegaze to dream pop to post-punk, Strange Relations harness the cold isolation of long, harsh Minneapolis winters and create something warm and powerful. The trio, led by Casey Sowa (vocals/drums), along with her long-time partner in crime Marisa Helgeson (bass, synth), and friend Nate Hart-Andersen (guitar), expertly craft intoxicating pop songs that brim with frustration and desire. These are intimate pop songs with big ambition. The band's new EP, Going Out, delivers on the promise shown on their 2015 debut LP, -Centrism. From the sharp, playfulness of "Drift" to the atmospheric new wave pop of "Ceremonies" to the confessional stream-of-conscious lyrics on "Weeknites," these songs sparkle with depth, character and an impressive range. The jittery bounce on "Predation" with the lyric "you're not gonna wanna get in my way" speaks the truth. Strange Relations are onto something so you better watch out.

Strange Relations: Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

#Strange Relations #Tiny Engines #Spin #Stereogum #Gold Flake Paint

Peaer - Announces November Tour / New LP Out Now on Tiny Engines

• Peaer LP/CD out now on Tiny Engines

• Full Album Stream on The AV Club & Song Premieres on Stereogum + Post Trash

• RIYL: Pedro The Lion, Pinback, Slint, Tigers Jaw, LVL UP

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Tiny Engines recently released the new Self-Titled full-length from Purchase, NY's Peaer in September. The album is now available for Order on LP or CD. Digital on iTunes and Bandcamp. Other retail outlets can be found here.

Peaer will head out for a November tour next week with Pupppy. The band will also be playing shows with label-mates, Sinai Vessel, See Through Dresses, Faye and It Looks Sad. Full dates listed below. Facebook Events tour page here.

You can stream Peaer's Self-Titled album in full on The AV Club as well as Spotify.

Performing with a rotating lineup of musicians, Peaer is an object set in motion, staying in motion. Songwriter Peter Katz (formerly of Fugue, Poverty Hollow, Suns) has an understanding of dynamics, amplitude, and melody as they interact as physical bodies, pushing, pulling, peaking and falling. Consequently, Peaer produces songs about communication as a force on a linguistic and kinetic level communication between individuals, between yourself and other self, between your heart and your brain.

Peaer Self-Titled is Peaer’s second record, following the release of the home recorded debut the eyes sink into the skull in September of 2014. the eyes sink into the skull offered songs ranging from contemplative, melancholic slowcore to sparkling and intricate math rock. Peaer Self-Titled, however, recognizes and references these motifs, but pushes them further. Performed and recorded with the help of Max Kupperberg (Bruise, ex-Palehound) on drums and Michael Steck on bass guitar, Peaer offers higher energy, shorter form, stronger hooks, with emphasis on economy, cohesion and balance.

Peaer: Bandcamp / Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr

Fall Tour w/ Pupppy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOV 01 - Flemington NJ @ Flemington DIY NOV 02 - Washington, DC @ Lily Trotter Tea Lounge NOV 03 - Richmond, VA @ Underground Orchard NOV 04 - Charlotte, NC @ Lunchbox Records w/ Faye & It Looks Sad. NOV 05 - Raleigh, NC @ Radioshack w/ Sinai Vessel NOV 06 - Chattanooga, TN @ Elmo's World w/ Sinai Vessel NOV 07 - Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr NOV 09 - Davenport, IA @ Red Stoned Room w/ See Through Dresses NOV 10 - Chicago, IL @ Auxiliary Arts Center NOV 11 - Chicago, IL @ Club Soda NOV 12 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Casserole House NOV 13 - Detroit, MI @ Hybrid Moments NOV 14 - Cleveland, OH @ Blank Slate NOV 15 - Columbus, OH @ Misfit Manor NOV 16 - Pittsburgh, PA @ James Street Gastropub NOV 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ All Nite Diner NOV 18 - New Haven, CT @ TBA NOV 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium NOV 20 - Purchase, NY @ SUNY Purchase, The Stood

#Sinai Vessel #Faye #It Looks Sad #see through dresses #Peaer #Pupppy #Tiny Engines #av club #Stereogum #Post Trash #LVL UP #Tigers Jaw #Pedro The Lion #Palehound

Mannequin Pussy - Full Album Stream on NPR 'First Listen' / New LP Available for Pre-Order on Tiny Engines / Upcoming Fall Tour

• Romantic LP/CD out 10/28/16 on Tiny Engines

• Stereogum Band To Watch + Song Premieres on NPR + Noisey

• RIYL: White Lung, Bully, Screaming Females, Tacocat

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Tiny Engines and Philadelphia, PA's Mannequin Pussy are excited to announce the release of the band's sophomore LP. The label will issue the album, Romantic, in October of 2016 on LP and CD. The album is now available for Pre-Order. Digital pre-order on Bandcamp. All other digital outlets here.

You can now stream Romantic in full, exclusively on NPR 'First Listen.'

Mannequin Pussy will be playing U+N Fest in Baltimore tomorrow night. The band is also heading down to Gainesville for The Fest and touring the US in November including dates with The Spirit Of The Beehive. Dates listed below. Tour poster here.

Mannequin Pussy was recently named a Stereogum 'Band To Watch' and "Denial" was premiered. The song is now streaming on Spotify as well.

The title track from Romantic recently premiered on NPR's 'Songs We Love' and is now streaming on Spotify.

"Emotional High" previously premiered on Noisey and is now streaming on Spotify.

Romantic will follow up the band's debut full-length, GP. The album was originally released on cassette in 2013 but Tiny Engines gave it a full vinyl release in 2014. The 2nd pressing of GP is now available. Only a few first pressing copies remain. You can stream that album on Bandcamp or Spotify.

GP was named one of Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2014 on Rolling Stone as well as #1 on his 10 Best Cassettes of 2014.

Originally begun as a duo between childhood friends, Marisa Dabice and Thanasi Paul, Mannequin Pussy expanded to a three-piece for their debut album, GP. Following a move to Philadelphia, the band has once again grown in numbers and strength. With the addition of Kaleen Reading on drums and Colins Regisford on bass, Mannequin Pussy are now a quartet for their sophomore full-length, Romantic. Once again a Mannequin Pussy full-length is a perfect example of "all killer, no filler" as Romantic clocks in at less than 20 minutes. And much like GP, Romantic shifts seamlessly back and forth between pop and punk rock. But, the band has refined their songwriting with Romantic. The pop hooks are bigger and sharper. The punk rock numbers are filled with even more fury. Romantic is the sound of a band hitting its stride.

Mannequin Pussy: Bandcamp / Facebook / Twitter

Upcoming Shows + Fall Tour --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OCT 21 - Baltimore, MD @ Unregistered Nurse Fest

OCT 30 - Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST NOV 01 - St. Petersburg, FL @ The Bends NOV 02 - Tampa, FL @ Mojo Books & Records NOV 03 - St. Augustine, FL @ Nobbys NOV 04 - Atlanta, GA @ Rowdy Dowdy NOV 05 - Nashville, TN @ Drk Mtr NOV 06 - Hattiesburg, MS @ House Show NOV 07 - Fayetteville, AR @ La La Land NOV 08 - Tulsa, OK @ Sound Pony NOV 09 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Powerhouse NOV 10 - Dallas, TX @ Spinster Records NOV 12 - McAllen TX @ Yerberia Cultura NOV 13 - Austin, TX @ Cheerup Charlies NOV 15 - Tucson, AZ @ Rips Bar NOV 16 - San Diego, CA @ The Hideout NOV 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Junior High NOV 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hi Hat NOV 19 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Secret NOV 20 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project NOV 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Big Iron NOV 23 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive NOV 25 - Omaha, NE @ Milk Run NOV 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ TBA NOV 27 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean NOV 29 - Columbus, OH @ The Summit NOV 30 - Syracuse, NY @ Spit House DEC 01 - Burlington, VT @ Speaking Volumes DEC 02 - Haverford, PA @ Haverford College DEC 03 - NYC (TYLER KANE) @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar DEC 04 - Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits - Record Release w/ The Spirit Of The Beehive

DEC 08 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ The Spirit Of The Beehive DEC 09 - Blacksburg, VA @ Robin Williams Center for the Arts w/ The Spirit Of The Beehive DEC 10 - Charlotte, NC @ Lunchbox Records w/ The Spirit Of The Beehive DEC 11 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Neptunes w/ The Spirit Of The Beehive

#Mannequin Pussy #Tiny Engines #spirit of the beehive #NPR #Stereogum #Noisey #Rolling Stone

Yeesh - Announces Fall Tour / New Album Out Now on Tiny Engines

• Confirmation Bias LP/CD out now on Tiny Engines

• Full Album Stream on The AV Club + Song Premieres on Post Trash + Stereogum

• RIYL: Krill, Cloud Nothings, Les Savy Fav, Japandroids, Unwound

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Tiny Engines welcomed Chicago, IL's Yeesh to their roster earlier this year. The label issued the band's sophomore LP, Confirmation Bias, this past Summer. The LP/CD is Out Now.

Yeesh are set to head back out on the road for more shows including some Texas shows with Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes. Full tour dates listed below. Tour poster here.

Confirmation Bias premiered in full on The AV Club and the band was just named one of 'Five Rising Chicago Artists You Need to Hear' by Consequence Of Sound.

The new LP will follow up the band's 2015 debut full-length, No Problem, on Already Dead Tapes & Records. You can stream that album, as well as the entire band discography, on Bandcamp.

Yeesh functions like a less-sardonic Shellac, using chest-rattling bass lines and prickly guitars in the same way, but with a twinge of optimism that makes all that tension rewarding. - The AV Club

The Chicago trio don’t dodge genres, but rather play around with them. They deliver lines with the heart of emo but the scratches of post-punk. On this year’s Confirmation Bias, the group’s sophomore LP, Yeesh explore territory that’s equal parts noisy and introspective. They’re reviving a post-hardcore sound that touches on Japandroids’ energy and Cloud Nothings’ anger... - Consequence Of Sound

Chicago three-piece Yeesh specialize in needling, fussy, and elaborately constructed bits of math-punk. - Stereogum

Tiny Engines welcomes Chicago three-piece Yeesh to the roster for the release of their sophomore LP, Confirmation Bias. While the band has been around since 2010, they have truly hit their stride with their first two full-lengths. On their sophomore LP the band rides the wave of momentum from their well-received debut full-length, No Problem, issued in the Spring of 2015 on Already Dead Tapes & Records. Continuing the trajectory from their debut LP, Confirmation Bias sees the band honing their sound even further. Yeesh pull from many different strains of the indie rock cannon to create something unique, yet familiar. From the sharp, twisted edges of post-punk to noisy grunge to melodic post-hardcore with strains of emo, Yeesh's songwriting moves swiftly and slyly, never standing still for too long. Yes, the band covers a hell of a lot of ground but they do it all naturally and with supreme confidence. With Confirmation Bias, Yeesh move beyond their influences and morph into a full rock behemoth that demands your attention.

Yeesh: Bandcamp / Facebook / Twitter

Upcoming Shows --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OCT 21 - St. Louis, MO @ Schlafly Tap Room OCT 22 - Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin OCT 23 - Kansas City, MO @ Blind Tiger OCT 24 - Denver, CO @ Back Space OCT 26 - Missoula, MT @ Stage 112 OCT 27 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge OCT 28 - Seattle, WA @ Wormhole OCT 29 - Tacoma, WA @ Bob’s Java Jive OCT 30 - Portland, OR @ Reed College OCT 31 - Medford, OR @ Johnny B's NOV 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The Nest NOV 02 - Oakland, CA @ TBA NOV 03 - Riverside, CA @ Back 2 The Grind NOV 04 - Los Angeles, CA @ Non Plus Ultra NOV 05 - Tempe, AZ @ State Rideshop NOV 06 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge NOV 07 - Tucson, AZ @ The Flycatcher NOV 09 - San Antonio, TX @ Hitones w/ Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes NOV 10 - Austin, TX @ Beerland w/ Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes NOV 11 - Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar w/ Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes NOV 12 - New Orleans, LA @ Neutral Ground NOV 13 - Birmingham, AL @ Desert Supply Co NOV 14 - Nashville, TN @ drkmttr NOV 15 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Comet NOV 16 - Bloomington, IN @ The Melon Camp NOV 17 - Champaign, IL @ Blips'n'Chitz NOV 18 - Beloit, WI @ Beloit College NOV 19 - Chicago, IL @ DCTorium

#Yeesh #Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes #Tiny Engines #Stereogum #AV Club #Consequence of Sound #Post Trash

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