#closure ep

[lunapaper]

No matter how sweet and sugary it looks, being admitted into the 'Lonely Hearts Club' is never fun as Winona Oak soon learns, stumbling through a haze of colourful lights and alcohol as the Swedish singer finds herself surrounded by dopplegängers in pink wigs.

Though bittersweet, writing the track proved somewhat empowering for Oak, as she explains (via Billboard):

‘Lonely Hearts Club is a dialogue between me and my inner demons [...] It’s a deep self reflection that I wrote 5 years ago and the very start of a journey towards self love and growth. The darkest corners of someone else can shine a light on the parts of ourselves that we need to work on. Understand who you are, who you used to be -- and forgive yourself.’

Read the review for Winona Oak’s debut EP Closure here.

- Bianca B.

[lunapaper]

Love proves all too intoxicating for Winona Oak in her new video for 'Control,' with the Swedish singer's obsession for an older, unsuspecting man taking on a life of its own. Let's just say it involves a lot of plastic...

Oak says about the track (via V Magazine):

‘‘Control’ is about meeting someone that makes you weak in your knees and never knowing how they actually feel about you. You make risky decisions, act irrationally and tolerate things you normally wouldn’t. You’re feeling nervous, insecure and are constantly afraid that they are gonna leave you. Oh and this is when you learn – the difference between love and obsession. For the video we wanted to target this hopeless feeling with a twisted sense of humor.’

Winona Oak’s debut EP Closure is out now.

- Bianca B.

[lunapaper]

Album Review: ‘Closure’ EP - Winona Oak

Heartbreak weighs so heavy on Winona Oak that she almost collapses under the sheer weight of it, but as her debut EP Closure proves, a cinematic flourish can help alleviate the pain – at least somewhat.

Aptly titled, ‘Break My Broken Heart’ is a sweeping ride-or-die anthem that sits atop glistening 80s pop, reminiscent of the CHVRCHES of old. On ‘He Don’t Love Me,’ she pines for a boy so beautiful in true noir style (‘He was livin' for the dark/Bought me roses and took my heart/He was livin' for his art/Such a poet in the way he talked’), giving Born To Die-era Del Rey an icy Nordic twist as cinematic string plucks dance among stuttering beats.

Recent single ‘Control’ later sees infatuation turn ugly, pulsing with the kind of house pop beats that would look too out of place among the singer’s Scandi pop luminaries. ‘Lonely Hearts Club,’ though, is the inevitable comedown, a long-lost Broods cut that evokes the image of a defeated Johanna Ekmark dragging her feet down a dark and rainy street in time with the track’s stone-skipped beat.

By EP’s end, Ekmark is pledging her devotion to a brand new lover on the urgent ‘Let Me Know,’ while ‘Another Story’ is a heartfelt finish, the singer ridding herself of a ‘love so cheap,’ though the Bonnie and Clyde comparison is a tad misguided.

Though Closure doesn’t really seek as such, Winona Oak has a knack for turning heartache into effervescent pop anthems. Her lyricism, as well, is not only sharp, but each song unfolds like its own self-contained story or tear-stained diary entry.

Hopefully this sophisticated debut will open a lot more doors for the Swedish singer…

- Bianca B.

[j-bellion]

JON BELLION FEATURED IN THE HOW CLOSE MUSIC VIDEO

[secretsignalsco]

Blood Youth Release Stunning Sophomore EP “CLOSURE”

Get it here: smarturl.it/BYClosureDigital

Watch the Music Video for Single ‘Closure’Here: smarturl.it/ClosureOfficialVideo

14th March 2016 – Today marks the release of Blood Youth’s sophomore EP ‘Closure’, via Rude Records, available on iTunes here: smarturl.it/BYClosureDigital. Setting the scene, Chris Pritchard, guitarist of the punk edged metal quartet states: “Closure – the meaning of the word really fit the vibe with this EP naturally. To vocalist Kaya, Inside My Head was a personal melt down lyrically. It expressed the issues he’s had for the past 6 odd years in a way he hadn’t been able to show until the band started.” He continues: “This EP is about what he once felt coming to an end. And for all of us, it’s literally closure for the personal anxiety we all felt while writing Inside My Head. The whole thing was a recovery process. Full circle.”

Recorded once again with producer Jonny Renshaw at Bandit Studios, Closure sees the quartet confident and utterly in charge, their seemingly endless arsenal of punch-in-the-mouth riffs and the kind of grooves that simply defy you to stand still, packed tightly into sharp, controlled bursts. “You can tell we’re pissed off, hungry and have something to say,” says Chris, “There’s a lot more behind our songs than people might feel on first listen. We came out swinging, and we plan to continue to do so.”

Despite being only 10 months young, Blood Youth – Chris and Kaya squared off by bassist Max Dawson and new drummer Sam Hallett – have already made a hefty dent on the national scene, helped along by attention grabbing appearances at Download Festival and Hevy Fest, and tours alongside the likes of Beartooth and Architects. Future dates will also see them sharing the stage with Every Time I Die and playing festivals such as 2000 Trees, Camden Rocks and Longlive Rockfest. The aforementioned debut E.P garnered rave reviews, crashing into end of year critical lists, evidence that the world is as hungry for Blood Youth’s music as they are to make it.

‘Closure’ Tracklist:

Breathe

24/7

Mood Swing

Closure

For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/bloodyouth

https://twitter.com/bloodyouthUK

Rude Records:

http://www.ruderecorz.com/

https://twitter.com/rude_records

https://www.facebook.com/rude.recorz

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[weddingthrasher]

"Goodbye" - My Heart, My Anchor

Daniel Thompson released his new Closure EP today, and it's fantastic.

Don't sleep on it. Sleep with it. Let his beautiful voice lull you into the best slumber of your life.

Set it as your alarm tone. You'll find that waking up in the morning has never been so painless.

Go swimming with the anchor. Get a tattoo of the anchor. Become one with the anchor. Be the anchor. Be the anchor in that Mayday Parade song. 

[tribufantome]

[mybonesareshowing]

Also I just wrote up a review for For the Life of Me's upcoming EP Closure. Give these guys a listen they're pretty sweet. For fans of: Make Do and Mend, Balance and Composure and Daytrader