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AudioAntihero
Tiny record label from the South of London, now in the North of NYC. Specialists in commercial suicide.
NEW FROG! (Radio Edit / Clean Version)Stream & share the unedited version directly from Frog's Soundcloud profile: https://on.soundcloud.com/axcsP "Grog" is out November 17th via Audio Antihero & Tapewormies: https://linktr.ee/heyitsfrogPre-Order "Grog" - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grogStream "Black on Black on Black" - ffm.to/bobobPre-Save "Maybelline" single on Spotify -https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/frog3/maybelline-2Press Release: bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPageFrog on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/heyitsfrog
Free Single: https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/a-brand-new-day-live-at-donaufestival-single
Lead single from Benjamin Shaw's upcoming 'Live at donaufestival' album. This release is backed by a classic Dandelion Radio sessions collection.
Recorded live on May 4th 2019 in Krems, Austria for donaufestival 2019. This was Benjamin Shaw's first live performance in five years.
The material performed here is taken albums like 'Megadead,' 'Rumfucker,' 'There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet,' 'Guppy,' 'Goodbye, Cagoule World' and 'One Day We'll Laugh About All This.'
Dissected and reconstructed, the material here evolves often from lo-fi acoustic beginnings to an electronic pop that is both glistening and broken, like shattered glass. Shaw's fractured and frail vocal emotes misanthropic misery over an ocean of beats and waves of sound. Perfectly beautiful and beautifully imperfect.
Anyone who saw Benjamin Shaw performing live in and around London before his move to Australia and live hiatus will find a totally new sound and experience in these recordings.
Previous Press for Benjamin Shaw:
"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint
"It’s a reminder that some of the most powerful emotions can bloom from the simplest of raw moments, and Shaw is an expert at crafting just those instances." - Drowned in Sound
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
“A wonderful beast.” - DIY Mag
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music
"Pop's outsider..." - The 405
“Puts you right beside its maker as he helplessly glares at himself in the mirror. But the music that soundtracks those dark moments is as beautiful as it is morose.” - The Alternative
“Though to focus on terrible feelings as a beginning and end is to miss the point.…To flatten this into the trope of anti-social introvert misses the true admixture of forces at work—the guilt, the shame, the dreams impossible to achieve. The promises that could never be kept, the nostalgia for things that never existed.” - Various Small Flames
“A chameleon of genres, the Melbourne-based Shaw has drifted through washes of shoegaze and fields of electronica, melding dissonant drones and folk affectations into an incredibly singular and raw brand of confessional music, its ennui palpable.” - Dimestore Saints
“Imagine yourself sitting in an empty room. All the lights are off...Your nails dig into the back of your head and you tug at your hair, wondering how hard you could pull before you finally rip it out of your skull. That’s what it feels like to listen to Benjamin Shaw.” - Atwood Magazine
Pre-Order here: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it / Playlist here: http://sp.kud.li/FROG001
Premiered on The Grey Estates - https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/song-premiere-something-to-hide-frog
Lyrics: Card was declined, she walked home crying Do you need a ride, his car was dry Oh I, there’s something to hide with some other guy You met on the side There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride  Rented a room by the hour Home before noon in time to shower O wow There’s some kinda power in the car in the shower Oh you’re such a coward There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride Don’t you know why I don’t call you Don’t you know why I don’t care Truth be told I’m waiting for you Just a look and I’ll be there Got in a cab her hair still damp Turned on her phone and texted him Oh man There’s something to hide with some other guy You met on the side There’s something to hide, you couldn’t tell him if you tried
Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it
Premiered by For the Rabbits - https://fortherabbits.net/2018/11/20/premiere-frog-bones
Lyrics: Bones, we watched bones through the laundromat’s fumes in the cold  There’s a VA hospital that you and I’d walk by on our way to diners and beggars in popeye’s and now Did you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten
There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And bro, you never know just what she’s thinking about on trains home
Pain it’s all the same it’s always helping you out when you’re down Remember that tree we carved while you freezed and the rivers of shoes left to rot out in Queens where there’s something to say but I’m too afraid and I whisper it once now it’s gone, its ok, I say
Kid, do you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten
There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along Did you know that I’ve thought about you every year in the cold where the train rattles through And I never told you it’s just what I do
Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it
Premiered on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2018/11/15/frog-american/
Lyrics: Yes by god I’m American God is great he’s hilarious What the fuck y’all staring at Tall, dark, bald and arrogant Took the tram the rain flew off the glass Thought of you and paused to let it pass It takes it’s things off lays them on the grass O yes God bless the USA I’m Ok Call the paramedics Call a priest call fedex I’m a beast I’m pretty Fuck with me forget it Supermarkets lonely Clorox aisles Counter girl the phone she never smiles The fridge is buzzing like a child O yes God bless the USA I’m Ok Cluck Cluck pat yourself on the butt young man, I’m the king of smut young man, come give me a cut young man, shh
Previous Press:
"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint
“Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface.” - DIY Mag
“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America” – The Line of Best Fit
“A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied.” – CLASH Music
“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo
“The best American guitar record of the year. Seriously. It's like every cult band from the past decade bottled in to half an hour of music." - Tom Johnson (Drowned in Sound)
“Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts.” - The 405
“A real treat: hunt down debut album Kind Of Blah forthwith.” - The Skinny
“Perfectly melancholy.” - IMPOSE
“Making you pine for romances you’ve never had - 4/5.” - Artrocker
“We’re kind of huge fans of Frog” - The Grey Estates
"Kind of Blah is America." - Various Small Flames
“Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is...I am transported.” - Collapse Board
"Terrible Feelings!" is the lead single from "Megadead," the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital. https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
Atwood Magazine premiere: http://atwoodmagazine.com/bstf-benjamin-shaw-terrible-feelings
Previous Press:
"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint
"It’s a reminder that some of the most powerful emotions can bloom from the simplest of raw moments, and Shaw is an expert at crafting just those instances." - Drowned in Sound
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music
"An album that is quite unlike anything else, full of blackened charisma and a sonic imagination quite different to most." - The Music Fix
"Shaw may be pop's outsider - something many outlets noted upon his entry into the world of music - but with this release, he shows a faint desire to join the central fold. Perhaps it's due to resolute defeat, but still, that counts, right?" - The 405
Taken from 'Megadead' - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
Dimestore Saints Premiere - https://dimestoresaints.blog/2018/08/23/premiere-benjamin-shaw
"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.
Previous Press:
"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Superb." - Drowned in Sound
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music
Opening track from "Megadhad - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released by Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.
Previous Press:
"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Superb." - Drowned in Sound
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music
Exclusive non-album B-Side to Cloud's "Me, Her & Lavender" single.
Free Download: https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/me-her-lavender-single
Lyrics: Told you I was vying for to be unafraid then you want to dance away
do you want all your friends to know that you’re alive? and your head is full of lies
can’t avoid the nothingness saw it in a child’s eyes then my arms were buzzing with wild flies
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Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
"One more song before I leave, Nicole it’s only right in the way it feels right in the dark of a sin as still as I ever wanted it and it’s dark and it is
well dark is night and it’s wild
and your eyes are blue and they’re wild too
no more staying on the other shore for a wish that we’ll all be all right
but you know it’s fine you say, “it’s only night time"
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Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
Lyrics: "true strength needs love to ease violence your eyes are love mixed with bullshit
and the cost of true strength is two you were born with one and a few (for example— 1.68)
then Delphine saw a green flash on the coast
I heard in song there is one more
in doubt there lies turns out I’ze wrong wrong
something’s gotta go"
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Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
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Premiered on The Alternative - http://www.getalternative.com/track-premiere-cloud-disenchanted
Lyrics: "to my friends will you love me when I get disenchanted and the light dims inside my little eyes?
to my mom would you love me if i stole from my workplace every night and pretend that it’s justified?
and in cold could i rub a hand on you? notice how to keep him warm means you gotta give up your own
then to dad do you love me even when every day you near your end and I could not be further west?
and to you could you love me like you used to when we would share the dark now it’s just me in the dark now it’s just the dark in me
there’s an end searching for an end again somewhere in the search of self played with fire and got (burnt)"
Lead single from Cloud's "Plays With Fire" LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire / Music Video: https://youtu.be/KA_32DnBh3s
Premiered on GoldFlakePaint - https://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/new-music-cloud-wildfire
Wildfire Lyrics: “Every flame wants to be a wildfire every day needs to lead to something says my mind looking back to when it all was better hard to see photos of my smiles i know if i want to live something’s got to give
every night goes on as I’m mindless in it every light’s racing towards the ends of everything hard to hold photos of the one’s who left us every orgasm makes you wonder oh, “is this it?” this is it.”
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Pre-Order the new LP / Free Download - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/two-hands-bound-single
For the Rabbits Premiere: https://fortherabbits.net/2018/02/22/premiere-cloud-plays-with-fire
Exclusive non-album b-side for Cloud's "Two Hands Bound" single. "Two Hands Bound" is taken from the upcoming 'Plays with Fire' LP on Audio Antihero (LP/DL).
Lyrics: "I’m too tired to play with the flames I thought I could but it’s hard for me well fire is life, and life is good so many nights when it lit her room
and oh so tired but can’t slow down I hear good music but drown it out with “gotta do’s,” and vanities and little fires keep on warming me
Well every man hears his call to be a mountain’s height, or a lover’s need I heard it roar from the fire’s place and can see now how it’s deafened me
and you're too drunk to give a fuck you got that way because you care so much then a good wave came to dance with me then a bad wave came to take me away from the present for days when I woke I was still lost in a terrible day dream of anarchist texts and my parents are aging
and oh nicole sleeps on lavender you’d lose a limb to be there with her on a good wave’s lips, she came to me we shared the fire"
Taken from the 'Plays with Fire' LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
Post-Trash Premiere - http://post-trash.com/news/2018/2/19/cloud-two-hands-bound-post-trash-premiere
"Two Hands Bound" is the second single from Cloud's upcoming "Plays With Fire" LP (out March 9th on Audio Antihero).
Lyrics: I fell so low some things you’ll never know how odd to pray tried again the other day c’est la, c’est vous got work in the afternoon born to die a thousand days and, oh, to see what life remains ‘cause losing is a way of life and building is another way of life says the man with his two hands bound says it all with his two hands man made me a wage slave time made me a gelatin a day so nice you can shake it off sometimes and love is good mostly misunderstood like how we talk talking is also love born to doubt and see what it’s about and, oh as I dance I help myself to live and if I don’t to keep my self from loss I lather a friend, a vial of peppermint! says the man with his two hands bound says it all with his two hands man made me a wage-slave time made me a gelatin time made me a bitter one an animal an animal is what i’ve become
B-Side to the upcoming "Happy Birthday" single - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/track/happy-birthday
Thanks to For Folk's Sake for premiering the song - http://www.forfolkssake.com/news/36030/premiere-chuck-america
Lyrics: Running away Across America Cryptic decay Guitars, harmonicas Philly, L.A. Woodside's still here LAX and JFK The Craigslist killer Fortune and fame And Casey Affleck Vegas today And Vegas tomorrow Bikes and cars and trains Cleveland burning Stop for gas and say Where's the Thruway? I don't have to pay Let's drive faster Ticket on 78 My Dad's a trooper Key Largo Bay And men with cancer Go to Omaha Who the hell would live here?
New Single from CHUCK - Free Download: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/happy-birthday-single Music Video - https://youtu.be/YtwpLMHkCXI Third Single from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Lyrics: I wanna cut the cake And hit the lake Later this year Or punch the gas And piss on the grass Then crack another beer I’m a city boy Born and raised in south Detroit Headin’ home With a southern girl Covered in pearls On her new cell phone We’re living in Japan With a lesbian Aishita imasu Mary Anne She’s got a new boyfriend But I flew back to Brooklyn I’m gonna win her back again Happy Birthday Babe (x2) Is everything okay? Do you want some champagne? What do you want me to say? I just came to say Happy Birthday To say Happy Birthday Miami nights Under nightclub lights Dancing away my life I straddle motor bikes As I eat french fries Under perfect skies The cars in this town They know me now As I die in your mind I’m scared of this world I’m scared of you girl Can I come inside? How you doin’ Fred? How’s things with Jen? Thanks for coming tonight Hold on one second I just got a text OMG Chuck’s outside Happy Birthday babe (x2) Is everything okay? Do you want some champagne? What do you want me to say? I just came to say Happy Birthday To say Happy Birthday I know I look insane But I can’t get you outta my brain!
Free Download: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-chuck-cover-single "Oceans" is originally by CHUCK, from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store Next Show: Sep 6th at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn w/ MAGANA / FROG / CHUCK / SOFT YES - https://www.facebook.com/events/1954302241483185
Lyrics: I went to the beach With Alix and Charlie We went swimming and talked about the party You’re in Norway and I’m in my body I use my phone to tell ya that I’m sorry It’s just my job makes me feel so stupid I wanna swap somebody else into it Spread the sunscreen on and turn the stereo up Drinkin’ warm Tecate from a blue Solo cup Read a book and take a look around
Pretty young girls, oceans of sound (x2) It’s so annoying when you’re not around Pretty young girls, oceans of sound It’s so annoying when you’re not around Pretty young girls, oceans of sound It’s so annoying when you’re not around
Taken from the Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store LP - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Lyrics: How are you today? How’s your eggs? How’s your brain? How’s the girl With all those little pains Playin’ iPhone games Smokin’ Mary Jane Eatin’ Beef Lo Mein How are you tonight? How’s your back? How’s your Sprite? How’s the fear that you Can’t control your life? Can’t read or write? Can’t decide? Between red or white Becky You used to wanna be A painter with a cup of tea Cinnamon, Oolong, Iced, Green You’ll drink whatever you just need caffeine At your 9 to 5 You’re barely alive Always inside Always behind Dreamin’ of a place Where you can erase Every single trace of mankind A beach and sand And a summer tan Would make everything seem alright You gotta walk it off Downward facing dog You gotta get everything off your mind Becky You used to wanna be A painter with a cup of tea Cinnamon, Oolong, Iced, Green You’ll drink whatever you just need caffeine You wish you were a stream You wish you were a meme You wish you were nineteen
B-Side to CHUCK's "Cherry Tree" single!
Buy CHUCK - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics: "Time is a friend That you can depend On stealing money From your wallet and pants And time is a curse It’s a big dumb black hearse It takes you for a ride Then leaves you in the dirt A baby was born A mother she died A fat guy he lied And an innocent criminal tried Teenagers in cars Driving past bars That stare as they pass Ready for their first scars Grandparents sing Ice cream trucks ring Summer is here Then on to the next thing A movie was made A neighborhood sprayed A college kid dreamt of being laid and paid A lullaby blows Through Times Square through smoke A vacation spent On weed and coke A young girl looks at The clocks on the wall With blurry vision Because you can’t be bald If you never had hair To lose at all This second you’re here Enjoy that is all you can Do"
Second single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP (August 18th) - PRE-ORDER: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics: "Waiting for the chance to come To piss up on a snowman And punch him in the lungs Feelin’ like a big fat no one Move it along Singing this song Meet me by the cherry tree I don’t wanna bite ya But I can’t help myself I can’t help myself (x3) Dancin’ like you’re Mr. Fun Hey do you wanna come over? For a sticky bun Schemin’ on a two mile run Haters know I’m the one I’m the vinaigrette step-son Meet me by the cherry tree I don’t wanna bite ya But I can’t help myself I can’t help myself (x3)"
B-Side to CHUCK's 'New Yorker' single. Free / Pay-What-You-Want Download - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics: "Elaine I met you up in Maine You held me in the rain Now I’m crying on the plane You claimed You’d never pull my chain I’d never run away We’ll always remain Birds and bees Whistlin’ through the trees Woman and man Boston and Japan Callin’ my name My name My name Callin’ my name My name My name We were one We were a loaded gun Sundays in the sun The end had begun I pursued I was stuck to you like glue I threw up all my food I knew that we were doomed Birds and bees Whistlin’ through the trees Woman and man Boston and Japan Callin’ my name My name My name Callin’ my name My name My name Love Hate Sex And fate Time And space It’s a human Human race"
Free / Pay-What-You-Want lead single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP, released August 18th on vinyl and digital. Download / Pre-Order - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single Music Video - https://youtu.be/AJunxJjNdUY
Lyrics: "When I graduated college I moved into the east village I got a job at a cool office I got Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits Huh-huh-huh (x2) I found a couple bars to lay my head And I drove to Queens and I bought a bed I made a whole bunch of New York friends And I wore all black cause everyone else did Huh-huh-huh (x2) And now I’m a New Yorker At an art gallery downtown I’m a New Yorker Get the hell outta my way now Yankees, Rangers, and Knicks Theater, Pizza, Velvet Underground I’m a New Yorker Get the hell outta my way now and go die Now I’m used to living hand to mouth I go to Rockaway when it’s really hot out I hate Williamsburg North, East and South I know all the lunch spots in Midtown Huh-huh-huh (x2) I work so hard that my hair’s been gettin’ thin I ain’t got no time to hit the gym I picked up a little bit of Spanish I’m a pretty smart guy, not for nothing Huh-huh-huh (x2) And now I’m a New Yorker At an art gallery downtown I’m a New Yorker Get the hell outta my way now Yankees, Rangers, and Knicks Theater, Pizza, Velvet Underground I’m a New Yorker Get the hell outta my way now and go die Go die (x4)"
Taken from from the "Unpresidented Jams" benefit compilation for Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center - https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/audio-antihero-presents-unpresidented-jams-for-splc-nilc
All proceeds to: https://www.splcenter.org / https://www.nilc.org
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FREE DOWNLOAD: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/pages SPOTIFY: http://spotify.kud.li/AAHS016 (Jan 20th) VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZMUa5ld2_o&t=4s
This free / pay-what-you-want single accompanies a small Magana solo tour of New York, Boston and California.
Previously unreleased up to now, live favourite ‘Pages’ is an early experiment in Magana’s ever shifting solo sound. It’s a gorgeous standalone document of her evolving creativity and expression. The song shows a more traditionally Indie Rock side to Magana's dreamy Alt. Pop output. It's heartfelt and emotional rock music with ghosts whispering through the walls.
Further Dates TBA: January 5th - Brooklyn Free Radio (Radio Session) January 6th - FIKA, Manhattan, NY January 11th - Sofar Sounds, NY February 15th - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland, CA February 18th - Lonely Ave, Bakersfield, CA February 19th - Sculpterra Winery, Paso Robles, CA March 10th - Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY March 18th - Ripe Art Gallery, Long Island, NY
Praise for "Golden Tongue" EP (Oct 2016): "Beautiful debut...a story of love and sacrifice...Delivers the haunted resilience of someone who has found self-acceptance." - London in Stereo
“Recalling Torres and Sharon Van Etten at their most intimate moments...Magana’s parched vocal is a complete heartbreaker.” - The Line of Best Fit
"With what is just the briefest of snapshot Magana has invited us into her world and in the process created something which feels expansive and breathlessly travelled." - GoldFlakePaint
"Glorious." - Podcart
"Dream folk perfection." - The Deli NYC
"Golden Tongue shows us someone who has spent years singing from other people’s hymn sheets finding her own voice, and it’s the voice of a confident artist who is capable of expressing both great frustration and great tenderness in a very compelling way. One minute, she sounds introverted and retiring; the next, she’s lashing out angrily at those who would talk over her." - God Is In The TV
“There's something beautiful in finding what you want and demanding it, and Magana perfectly captures that.” - The Grey Estates
“Magana enters the scene guns blazing with the simple request to be the real deal or no deal at all.” - IMPOSE
"Magana’s voice is a lively rasp that emotes a jaded sense of heartbreak spurred by a lover who talks but does not listen." - The Le Sigh
“Through music I have learned the shape of desire – contoured and faceted, with the texture of velvet and the sheen of spilt oil on the blacktop. In Magana I feel it again.” - Collapse Board
"Golden Tongue has enough range of emotion and musical variety to engage the attention from start to finish, and it feels like a journey in a way that many full albums fail to...It sounds like the birth of a new star." - Musos' Guide
"A whisper in your ear, bedroom acoustics performer who has broken out from the background of being a session musician to taking centre stage." - Bearded Magazine
"When I hear a song like this, I start believing there is a primal source of strength that music, but only some music, manages to channel into the outer world. Magana does that." - Beautiful Freaks
"I could see her (right now) opening up for St. Vincent on her next tour. Yes that should happen. It feels right to me. After that I want to hear Magana's full length." - American Pancake
"Fragile and delicate, playing like a morning after some traumatic event, smells and sounds and phantom feelings wisping their way into the present, leaving the narrator to grasp whatever negligible weight they still hold." - Wake the Deaf
Music Video - https://youtu.be/U_rDJ1Jl2tc
Single with remixes from Frog & Benjamin Shaw available now - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/inches-apart-single-feat-frog-benjamin-shaw-remixes
Originally taken from Magana's "Golden Tongue" EP - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep
Lyrics: "You were born with thicker skin And I am only oxygen Whispering, darling please don’t stay Because you can leave but I won’t wait
When I’m cold And I’m lonely Hold me in your arms We’ll grow old We will only Be inches apart
I have built my cell by hand I was dreaming of the southern sand And while every night you visit me Darling you are friends with misery
When I’m cold And I’m lonely Hold me in your arms We’ll grow old We will only Be inches apart
When I’m cold And I’m lonely Hold me in your arms We’ll grow old We will only Be inches apart
Oceans won’t take you Oceans won’t take you Oceans won’t take you Oceans won’t take you"
Taken from Magana's 'Golden Tongue' EP - maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep / Spotify: sp.kud.li/AAH016
Next Show: November 18th - Rockwood Music Hall, Manhattan, New York
Lyrics: With the words that are in your head You can change my mind again Copy from the text of old Change the words into your own
But get it right, get it right If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time Get it right, get it right If you gotta, make up your damn mind Get it right, get it right If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time Get it right, get it right
If you could see what is in my mind You would change before my eyes You were red but my gold turned you green So you stood there lying through your teeth
And get it right, get it right If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time Get it right, get it right If you gotta, make up your damn mind Get it right, get it right If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time Get it right, get it right
Before you say it Before you do anything at all You will want to think it through because This could be your final call Oh but if you say so I will follow
Frog tour the UK for the first time in January 2016. Audio Antihero are putting them on at Servant Jazz Quarters on Jan 24th with Alex Chinatown and Owl & Mouse - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/331308 / https://www.facebook.com/events/1685910334979778
Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan 23rd - The Waiting Room, Colchester (with Roy / Sophie Nash / Chris Fox) Jan 24th - Servant Jazz Quarters, London (with Alex Chilltown / Owl & Mouse) Jan 25th - Fulford Arms, York (with The Drink) Jan 27th - The Hug & Pint, Glasgow Jan 29th - Venue TBA, Edinburgh (with Plastic Animals) Jan 30th - DIY Space for London, London (with Rainmaker / The Johns / Brunch / Crows An Wra)
“Frog: Across the Pond” UK Tour Documentary Kickstarter Info - www.kickstarter.com/projects/190273…across-the-pond
“Kind of Blah” Press: "A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint
"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag
"I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America." - The Line of Best Fit
"A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied...Irreverent, strange and just a little addictive." - CLASH
"Utterly brilliant..." - London In Stereo
"A splendid piece of work." - Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music)
"Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts." - The 405
Second single from Frog's "Kind of Blah" LP - www.heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com
Photo Credit: Andrew Piccone Cover Design: Benjamin Shaw
Praise for the "Kind of Blah" LP: "A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint
"A bit of a masterpiece." - 7BitArcade
"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag
"Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is." - Collapse Board
"A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied...Irreverent, strange and just a little addictive." - CLASH
"Utterly brilliant...they make you nostaglic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been." - London In Stereo
"A solid reason for Frog to be your new favourite band - 8/10." - Shout4Music
"A perfectly melancholy subway ride..." - IMPOSE
"A splendid piece of work." - Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music)
"Dreamy Americana soundscapes...Despite sounding ever-so-slightly menacing at points, it's deliciously sweet for the most part." - The Line of Best Fit
"Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts." - The 405
"Making you pine for romances you’ve never had...Perhaps the one unifying factor of the record is the degree of humanity upheld by each track present, the emotions and the experiences almost all universal - 4/5." - ARTROCKER
"Anyone who doesn’t get that enjoyment from it really is past saving" - Louder Than War
"Have you spent any of your time listening to Frog? No? Then prepare yourself for something quite special, something you’ll rush to share with your friends, hoping to be the coolest kid on the block..." - Austin Town Hall
"A frenzy of fast guitar licks and off-kilter vocals, but it all comes together to form an impressive force." - MAGNET Magazine
"Anyone who's heard even the tiniest excerpt from Kind of Blah will attest that, however they came to it, they've found a spark of magic from somewhere." - Crackle Feedback
"Frog are the most wonderful weirdos, and we should hold them close to our hearts forever." - Don't Need No Melody
"Peek through a smeared window at an innocent and imaginary New York...the entire set feels like it exists outside of time...feels like a constant, noisy dawn..." - Clicky Clicky Music Blog
"Recorded under a derelict bowling alley, the album really does suck you into the New York that Frog know…‘I’m an adventurer’ is a line from the album and it’s a hell of a journey to join Frog on. An album that will have you an emotional mess at one moment and hopping for joy at the next…" - Spectral Nights
"Kind of Blah is America." - Wake the Deaf
"An LP you'll want to faun over and adore even when it confuses the hell out of you. The best artists never bare all on arrival and this is no different. Give it spin. And then another - until it makes sense - 8/10." - The Digital Fix
"Albums like this don't come around that often." - Independent Clauses
"It’s been a long, long time since a lo-fi recording has hit me as powerfully as frog’s 'Kind of Blah'...It’s tough to even begin speaking about this album because it subtly steals the words out of my mouth by taking my breath completely away." - Sly Vinyl
"Love this." - Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1)
"Kind of Blah is an album that speaks to many, and it will speak to you if you give it a chance. There's a honesty and humanity at its core and Frog pull shimmers of beauty through music that is sad, painful and desperately catchy." - Scene Point Blank
"Here, frog has crafted something truly different, uniquely flawed, and indisputably special. And that’s kind of awesome - 4/5." - Sputnik
Debut single from Frog, the guitar band from Queens, New York. Released April 27th.
Taken from the upcoming "Kind of Blah" LP on Audio Antihero. Pre-Order here: https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-blah / http://itunes.kud.li/AAH013