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Aussie indie legends THE MOLES stream 2xLP early via Brooklyn Vegan, Richard Davies (Cardinal, Cosmos w/ Robert Pollard) returns

"Powerful, brilliant new album...Searing new tunes destined for your autumn/winter playlists." -- PopMatters

"The record's 16-tracks are disparate, from the Flying Nun style indie rock which typified The Moles’ classic Untune the Sky, to southern-fried boogie, bluesy garage rock, power-pop, jazz, psych folk, and everything in between, while Davies’ unique approach and distinctive vocals tie everything together. Like his pal Robert Pollard, Richard is a one-of-a-kind." -- Brooklyn Vegan

Cult Australian chamber pop / indie rock band The Moles, led by songwriter/singer/guitarist Richard Davies announce their forthcoming 2xLP Code Word on Super Secret Records. The double album is streaming in full ahead of release starting today via Brooklyn Vegan. Hear and share Code Word HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

When many people think of warped genius (and occasionally lo-fi) indie pop from the 90s, they probably think of Guided By Voices or Neutral Milk Hotel. And for good reason, but too few know of fabled Australian legends The Moles and bandleader Richard Davies.

The Moles' recorded output fits reasonably well alongside the late 80s to early 90s era's explosion of New Zealand "kiwi pop" like The Clean, 3-Ds and Tall Dwarfs that mixed Beatlesesque melodies with threadbare production and whacked-out noise. Davies' brand of indie pop boasts an otherworldly innocence that deftly weds the esoteric cool of the Velvet Underground with a pure pop sensibility that never dribbles into puerile drivel. Later efforts with a new lineup evoke the buttoned-up psychedelic chamber pop of The Zombies. Upon moving to the U.S., Davies paired up with Eric Matthews (Sub Pop) to form Cardinal. Davies went on to release several solo albums into the new millennium before collaborating with Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard under the name Cosmos in 2009.

22 years after the band's debut full length, Davies reignited the band with cohorts from Sugar and Sebadoh for a new album, Tonight's Music, in August 2016 (Fire Records). The album is as true to form as ever, filled with delightfully skewed ditties and inventive songwriting unlike any other.

The Moles originally formed in Sydney, Australia, releasing their debut EP in 1990. Following their '92 debut full length Untune The Sky, the band moved to New York, then to London before imploding in '93. A year later, Davies revived the band with a new lineup and issued the considerably more lush album Instinct. However, by 1996 that lineup too fell apart.

This latest album, Code Word, out on Super Secret Records on October 19th, 2018 boasts multiple multi-city Moles lineups on sixteen tracks of intelligent power pop & rollicking rock n roll:

* NYC Moles: Richard Davies, Matt LeMay, Jason Sigal, Pete Hilton, Henry Freedland, Danny Bowman

* Detroit Moles: Richard Davies, Matt Smith, Chris McCinnis, Alexander Glendening, Pete Steffy, Scott Michalski

* Austin Moles: Richard Davies, Steve Patterson, Wil Hendricks, Michael Krassner, Adam Ostrar, Will Courtney

* Mexico City Moles: Richard Davies, Steve Patterson, Wil Hendricks, Michael Krassner, Adam Ostrar, Will Courtney, Rodriguez, Alejandro Romero, Rios, Juan Delacruz

* Easthampton Moles: Richard Davies, Bob Fay, Andy Goulet, Will Courtney

* Somerville Moles (Richard Davies, Dan Rosenthal, Bill Lowe, Mark Zaleski, Russ Gershon, Blake Newman, Luther Gray, Will Courtney

Recording, engineering, mixing, etc., by

Adam Sachs at Trout Recording (Brooklyn NY)

Adam Cox at Marianne's Dinosaurium (Hamtramck MI)

Matt Gerhard at Hen House Recording (Austin TX)

Mario Frias & Juan Sebastian at Panoram Studio (Mexico City, Mexico)

Roger Lavallee at Wachusett Recording Co. (Princeton MA)

Tim Carlin at SSN Studios (Brewster MA)

Russ Gershon (Jamaica Plain MA)

Daniel Rosenthal, Mark Zaleksi, Blake Newman, Joe Stewart at Dimension Sound (Jamaica Plain MA)

Additional mastering by Margaret Luthar at Chicago Mastering Service

THE MOLES LIVE 2018:

10/18 Austin, TX @ Beerland (album release party)

Artist: The Moles

Album: Code Word

Record Label: Super Secret Records

Release Date: October 19th, 2018

01) Moon in the Daytime

02) Delicate

03) Queen Anne

04) Psych Folk

05) Cheaper to Keep Her

06) Punk on All Four Tracks

07) Riptide

08) No Overdubs

09) What If

10) After May

11) Ancestors

12) Richard Davies 6.0

13) Code Word

14) Prison Girls

15) Betray the Betrayal of the Betrayed

16) Gudbuy T'Jane

On the Web:

themolesmusic.bandcamp.com

www.supersecretrecords.com

Satan's Satyrs streaming album early via Revolver Magazine, on tour w/ Windhand now

"Channels high-speed, denim and leather ’70s rock but gives it a slightly modern touch. You could imagine hearing it on the Dazed and Confused soundtrack just as easily as you could imagine hearing it on the radio next to Queens of the Stone Age." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"The core of the band's approach -- Blue Cheer, Sabbath, Deep Purple -- remain soundly in place, just imagine applying those groups' swaggering fuzz-rock riffs to the soundtrack of a Russ Meyer film or to the acid-damaged visuals of White Zombie's 'Thunder Kiss '65' video." -- Revolver Magazine

Richmond, VA quartet Satan's Satyrs are streaming their forthcoming album The Lucky Ones ahead of release today via Revolver Magazine. Hear and share The Lucky Ones HERE. (Direct YouTube HERE.)

Satan's Satyrs are on the road in support of the album with doom faves Windhand now. See current dates below.

Upon recovering from being steamrolled over by the onslaught of Satan's Satyrs' new album The Lucky Ones, you'll likely wonder just what exactly it was that hit you. A punky, sleaze rock groove (perhaps even a whiff of 70s glam) meets NWOBHM melodic fury, Blue Cheer mass and volume, and Ozzy's dramatic charisma condensed into a sound all its own, perhaps. At its core is an unstoppable, unpretentious exorcism of rock'n'roll exuberance.

"It doesn't sound like anything else happening right now," says bassist/vocalist Clayton Burgess, who has spent the last few years splitting his time in British doom heroes Electric Wizard. "The band has its own unique idiosyncratic sound."

A significant difference on this album is the addition of second guitarist Nate Towle, which expands the band's steamrolling capacity tenfold. Burgess, Towle, guitarist Jarrett Nettnin and drummer Stephen Fairfield convened at the Richmond, VA studio of Windhand guitarist Garrett Morris, working in fits and starts over several months, first quickly capturing the raw energy of a band firing on all cylinders, then fine tuning the sounds and experimenting to get everything as massive as you hear it now. Likewise, Burgess' lyrics show new levels of achievement.

"I pushed myself to get more of my own life in the songs, but open enough that anyone can interpret them in their own way," he says. "I just wanted to capture weirdness. It reflects my unusual tastes, but also takes a personal perspective."

The twin guitar assault begins from the very first beat of The Lucky Ones and never relents until the last second of the 9-track, 35-minute album. Opener "Thrill of the City" wastes no time launching into soaring harmonized riffs and swaggering rhythms setting the scene for a debauched good time. The title track, perhaps the most personal song on the album, is also the most unabashedly melodic. "Too Early To Fold" captures the frustrations and challenges of life as a touring musician, expressed through a belligerent 2-guitar attack and pounding snare on all 4 downbeats driving it all home. "Trampled By Angels" pits a swinging T Rex vibe against dizzy, noisy guitars and lyrics about a pioneer of fetish photography using his medium to express forbidden desires to the world. Likewise, The Lucky Ones itself is a vibrant, brash and loud expression of defiance against convention that refuses to be ignored.

The Lucky Ones will be available on LP, CD and download on October 19th, 2018 on Bad Omen Records, manufactured and distributed in North America by RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

SATAN'S SATYRS LIVE:

10/16: Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #

10/17: Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club #

10/19: Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre #

10/20: Vancouver, BC - Venue #

10/21: Seattle, WA - Neumos #

10/23: Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #

10/24: Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room #

11/01: Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts #

11/02: Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere #

11/03: Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall #

11/04: Montreal, QC - Le Belmont #

11/05: Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern #

11/07: Chicago, IL - Subterranean #

11/08: Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe #

11/09: Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club #

11/10: Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi #

11/11: Nashville, TN - The Basement East #

11/12: Louisville, KY - Zanzabar #

11/13: Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups #

# w/ Windhand

Artist: Satan’s Satyrs

Album: The Lucky Ones

Label: RidingEasy Records/Bad Omen Records

Release Date: October 19th, 2018

01. Thrill of the City

02. The Lucky Ones

03. She Beast

04. Take It and Run

05. You and Your Boots

06. Too Early to Fold

07. Pulp Star

08. Trampled By Angels

09. Permanent Darkness

On the Web:

facebook.com/satanssatyrs

instagram.com/satanssatyrs

bad-omen-records.com/bands/satans-satyrs

ridingeasyrecs.com/product/satans-satyrs-the-lucky-ones/

Domkraft streaming heavy, hypnotic forthcoming album via Revolver Magazine, out 10/19 on ex-MeteorCity label co-founder's new imprint

“If you like your doom on the heavy and groovy side, this band will blow you away." -- CVLT Nation (Top 10 Doom Releases of 2016)

"A lot like what I'd imagine Neurosis would sound like if they attempted to be Sleep in the early 2000s. The vocals are more throat-shredding than the latter's, and the music is certainly more in the vein of Neurosis' swirling brand of sludge." -- Metal Injection

"Flood shows a particular focus on songcraft, one that uses proggy stoner riffs to keep a hypnotic cadence while the vocals guide you on a melodic journey -- think of the approach on an Om record, but with more changes in the riffs. Hypnotic, Krautrock-inflected doom." -- Revolver Magazine

Swedish trio Domkraft are streaming their forthcoming sophomore album Flood in its entirety starting today via Revolver Magazine. Hear and share the full length HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Metal Injection recently shared lead single "The Watchers" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp) Doomed & Stoned launched "Landslide" HERE.

The album will be the first release on new label Blues Funeral Recordings, founded by former MeteorCity (Truckfighters, Nebula, The Obsessed) cofounder Jadd Shickler.

Domkraft will also appear on Magnetic Eye Records' massive Pink Floyd homage, THE WALL [REDUX]. Out in November, the song-by-song recreation and reimagining of the iconic Floyd double album features recognizable artists including The Melvins, Mark Lanegan, ASG, Pallbearer, Ruby the Hatchet and Scott Reeder, and includes Domkraft's rendition of the song, "Empty Spaces."

Musically, Sweden has always been exceptional at sensing and seizing upon significant moments. And at a time when political chaos and societal unrest have deadened our senses, it takes a band with monolithic, hypnotic power to secure our attention and offer a mollifying score to civilization's decline. Domkraft are that gloriously massive and land-levelling band.

If debut album The End of Electricity was the soundtrack to the impending apocalypse, then follow-up Flood provides the musical backdrop to armageddon in full, The Purge-style swing. A strong contender to dominate a style some are calling the New Wave of Swedish Doom Metal, Domkraft wield a mindbending soundscape of obeliskian riff-majesty, layer upon layer of crushing fury weaving through the wormhole punctures of spacetime in defiance of beginnings and endings.

Majestic, annihilating, reductive and roaring, Flood merges blackwater tributaries from Neurois, YOB, Monolord, and Windhand into an all-encompassing torrent of nothingness and resignation, but in the most singable, appealing way imaginable. There is no fan of blistering, melodic doom on earth who should be without this record.

DOMKRAFT. Their name combines the Swedish "DOM" for judgement and "KRAFT" for power.

The seeds for this monolithic Stockholm band were planted in Gothenburg, where bassist/singer Martin Wegeland, guitarist Martin Widholm and drummer Anders Dahlgren met while playing in various musical constellations.

Bonding over the likes of Spacemen 3, Monster Magnet, Sleep and Hawkwind, plus a fascination with trudging, 10-minute/three chord songs, they finally came together after each relocated to Stockholm. Drawing from the heaviest of their combined influences, the three spent spent years shaping and crafting a sound that blends towering dirges of annihilating doom, mindbending psychedelia, and hypnotic minimalism.

"Our songs build from one riff, played LOUD, then we add and lose parts to mold it into something powerful," says bassist/vocalist Martin Wegeland. "Focusing on the dramaturgy of the songs, we have clear images in mind when writing, often inspired by films like Jake Paltrow's Young Ones, Stephen Fingleton's The Survivalist and (of course) The Road Warrior, though we never let it interfere with the groove and energy. The results of our songwriting method may differ in shape from one song to the next, but the foundation is always the same -- repetition and volume! You'll eventually get sick of every melody, but grooves are forever."

Flood will be available on LP and download on October 19th, 2018 via Blues Funeral Recordings.

Artist: Domkraft

Album: Flood

Record Label: Blues Funeral Records

Release Date: October 19th, 2018

01. Landslide

02. The Watchers

03. Flood

04. They Appear To Be Alive

05. Sandwalker

06. Octopus

07. Dead Eyes, Red Skies

On the Web:

domkraft.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/domkraftband

facebook.com/bluesfuneral

Aussie indie rock legends The Moles share 1st song from 2xLP, Richard Davies (Cardinal, Cosmos w/ Robert Pollard) returns

"Powerful, brilliant new album...Searing new tunes destined for your autumn/winter playlists." -- PopMatters

Cult Australian chamber pop / indie rock band The Moles, led by songwriter/singer/guitarist Richard Davies announce their forthcoming 2xLP Code Word on Super Secret Records. The first single, the chiming power-pop ballad "Moon In The Daytime" premieres today via PopMatters HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)