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SILVER SOUNDZ | Albums Of 2015

Here are the albums I’ve had on heavy rotation pretty much all year round. Dig in.

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Beach Slang have shared the Konstantinos Psimaris and Tom Ammon-created video for Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas, lifted from their essential new album The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us.

The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us is available now through new homePolyvinyl Records and Big Scary Monsters.

#Beach Slang #The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us

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Daniel Avery is set to release his new track Sensation / Clear later this month. The upcoming 12″ drops November 27 on Phantasy, with a digital release due on December 4, marking the label’s 50th release. This is Avery’s first solo project since the release of his acclaimed 2013 LP, Drone Logic. Listen to Sensation below.

#Daniel Avery #Sensation

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Toronto-based dream-pop duo Memoryhouse unveil the visuals for Dream Shake, the shimmering lead single from their forthcoming sophomore LP, Soft Hate.

The album is slated to be self-released next January, and will be the first we’ve heard from Evan Abeele & Denise Nouvion since 2013. Watch the video below. It was directed by Denise Nouvion, along with Samantha Cardow.

#Memoryhouse

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Directed by Jakob Wallin. The Tallest Man On Earth‘s excellent new album Dark Bird Is Home is available now through Dead Oceans.

#The Tallest Man On Earth

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Daughter will release their sophomore album, Not to Disappear, on January 15 through 4AD. The follow-up to up their 2013 debut If You Leave was recorded with with Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, War On Drugs, Animal Collective) at his Rare Book Room studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

This week, the group unveiled Numbers, the second single from their upcoming album with an accompanying that was once again directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (filmmakers of the Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth).

Not To Disappear arrives on January 15 via 4AD/Glassnote. Pre-order it here.

#Daughter #4AD

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will release their new EP, Hell, on November 13 via their own label Painbow. The EP features three tracks, a cover of Laid by James, a cover of Felt’sBallad of the Band, and the title track which they shared earlier today.

#The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

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Memphis, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Julien Baker has just released her bracing debut album Sprained Ankle through 6131 Records. Listen to the beautiful and overwhelmingly heartfelt title track above.

#Julien Baker

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NYC native Greta Kline, aka Frankie Cosmos, will release her new four-track EP, Fit Me In, on November 13 via Bayonet Records. The upcoming EP will be the lo-fi singer-songwriters follow-up to her debut LP, Zentropy, which was released last year on Double Double Whammy.

Early next year, Frankie Cosmos will release a sophomore full-length via Bayonet, but until then, listen to her sublime new track Young above.

Frankie Cosmos’ Fit Me In EP drops November 13 on Bayonet Records. Pre-order here.

#Frankie Cosmos

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Madrid garage-rockers Hinds will release their debut full-length Leave Me Alone this January through Mom + Pop / Lucky Number. Check out their playful new single San Diego above.

#Hinds

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Brooklyn quartet WALL will release their self-titled debut album on January 16 through Wharf Cat Records. Check out the jagged swagger of their brilliantly languid new track Cuban Cigars above.

#WALL #Wharf Cat Records

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While we continue to wait for CHROMATICS to drop their eagerly-awaited new LP Dear Tommy, the group tide us over with a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

The band’s cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic Girls Just Wanna Have Fun soundtracks a television spot for MANGO’s new fall/winter 2015 fashion line. Listen above.

#CHROMATICS

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Parisian synth-pop duo Syracuse‘s debut Liquid Silver Dream LP is available now through Antinote Recordings. Listen to their intoxicating new offering, Love.

#Syracuse

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Following acclaimed remixes for the likes of The xx and John Talabot, Barcelona-based producer Franc Sayol, aka Mistakes Are OK, will release his debut album Nowhere Near in early 2016 on Hivern Discs. Listen to his captivating new single Forgiven above.

The track drops November 13 through John Talabot’s label, Hivern Discs, and comes backed with two stellar remixes by Giegling’s Edward.

#Mistakes Are OK #John Talabot

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New Zealand duo French for Rabbits return with Feathers and Dreams, the gorgeous lead track to be taken from a forthcoming EP due out next year on Lefse Records.

Like the material found on their underrated 2014 LP Spirits, Feathers and Dreams finds the group once again blending atmospheric instrumentals with a tender style of dream-pop on this reflective and gently melodic number. Listen above.

#French for Rabbits

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Brooklyn four-piece DIIV will release their sophomore album Is The Is Are, the long-awaited follow-up to their 2012 debut Oshin, on February 5 through Captured Tracks. Following the forthcoming albums hazy lead single Dopamine, comes the reverb-drenched Bent (Roi’s Song). Listen above.

Is The Is Are arrives on February 5 via Captured Tracks. Pre-order here.

#DIIV

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Swedish musician Anna Von Hausswolff will release her forthcoming album The Miraculous on November 13 through Other Music / City Slang. Listen to her mesmerising new single An Oath above.

Pre-order The Miraculous here.

#Anna Von Hausswolff #The Miraculous