Mikey Erg - Tentative Decisions - 12-INCH SINGLE [12 inch Vinyl Single]

Strange Faces has a new CD and LP! Album Tracks 1. I Saw Your Face - Strange Faces 2. Don't Feel Bad - Strange Faces 3. Been Waitin' - Strange Faces 4. Serenade - Strange Faces 5. Still Lit - Strange Faces 1. Why? 2. Such a Drag 3. Skippin' Town 4. Nothin' to Prove 5. Brand New Way 6. Long Time

Vinyl LP pressing. Waxbuilt Castles is the second full-length solo album by New Jerseys Mikey Erg. As the drummer and principal songwriter in The Ergs! And at least a dozen other bands, Erg has as sturdy a set of pop-punk bona fides as you're likely to find. Waxbuilt Castles is a departure, though. Recorded in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Alex Clute - who performed with Erg in The Chris Gethard Shows house band - it's a set of songs that takes it's central inspiration from the melodicism and craft of 70s pop rock. In their production and arrangement, the songs emulate Ergs pre-punk musical heroes - ELO, Elvis Costello, Phil Ochs, and especially the Beatles. I really wanted to make my version of Paul McCartneys first record, explains Erg. Homemade and very loose. Not too overthought. Getting there took a bit of adjustment on Ergs part. As a singer, he had to reconcile with hearing his voice in a quieter and more vulnerable context. It was funny to have to rethink the way I sang a lot of the songs, says Erg. Alex would say, You're singing too forcefully, calm it down a bit. I had to get used to hearing my voice without this white noise behind it, masking it. Lyrically, though, it's a Mikey Erg record through and through. They're the same type of songs that I've been writing forever - about relationships. Juts simple, personal songs, says Erg. That's the through line, I feel. No matter what the record sounds like, it's the same exact songs that I've been doing. It's the thing that I'm most proud of. That I can make a different sounding record, but that it still goes together. That is can all fit in the same box.

The Malmö, Sweden based quartet Arre! Arre! Is back with their first piece of new music since the acclaimed debut LP A.T.T.A.C.K was released in 2015, become one of the year's most praised rock records in Scandinavia, being nominated for rock album of the year at the Swedish Grammys, and only made available outside of Scandinavia in November last year.Tell Me All About Them is due for on March 15 via PNKSLM Recordings (ShitKid, Les Big Byrd, Miss World etc) in connection to the band making their US debut during SXSW. Showcasing the band's unique brand of feminist rock 'n' roll, with influences from surf, garage rock and punk, it's a definite statement of intent from the Swedish band. The album was recorded during the fall of 2018 in their hometown of Malmö with producer Joakim Lindberg (YAST, Hater, Echo Ladies etc). Album Tracks 1. Anthem 2. I Feel It All 3. We're Gonna Find U 4. Awkwardness 5. His-Story Runs in Circles 6. A Storm Is Coming 7. Tell Me All About Them 8. All Time Low 9. Rapiest Adieu 10. Yr Such a Dude