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Cable Ties - Sandcastles Mar 19, 2020

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Cable Ties - "Sandcastles" from the 2020 album Far Enough on Merge Records.

Melbourne punk trio Cable Ties return with the album Far Enough at the end of the month, their second album overall, but their first for Merge Records. The Australian group made their debut in April 2015, performing at Wetfest, an annual non-binary-inclusive music festival spotlighting bands emerging from Melbourne's D.I.Y. scene. Since then, they've emerged from the underground with their intense, cathartic anthems.

On today's featured track, the call-and-response vocals of guitarist Jenny McKechnie and drummer Shauna Boyle may call to mind the interplay between Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, but Cable Ties bring a more '70s-post punk influence, channeling bands like X-Ray Spex and The Raincoats.

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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Cars In Space Mar 18, 2020

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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - "Cars In Space," a 2020 single on Sub Pop.

Melbourne, Australia's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever return with the single "Cars In Space," which — along with last year's singles “In The Capital” and ‘“Read My Mind” — marks their first new music since their debut LP Hope Downs.

Much like Hope Downs, "Cars In Space" is a jangly piece of pop, harkening back to the '80s Australian indie-pop heyday. The group's dueling vocals are in play, adding another level of tension to a song band member Fran Keaney says "follows the swirling words and thoughts before a break-up."

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Hamilton Leithauser - Here They Come Mar 17, 2020

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Hamilton Leithauser - “Here They Come” from the 2020 album The Loves of Your Life on Glassnote Records.

Following his 2016 collaboration with Vampire Weekend's Rostam, Leithauser returns this year with The Loves of Your Life, an album produced, recorded, and written all by himself. “All of the songs on my new record are about people,” he explained in a press statement. “Individual, real people. Some are strangers I’ve met, but a lot are friends.”

In the case of today's Song of the Day, the friend in particular "tends to run from his problems. When the going gets tough, he tends to just cut and run. The song is about the specific moment when the lights are coming up in a movie theater where he’s been hiding out all day, and life’s complications are just coming back into focus.”

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Yumi Zouma - Cool For A Second Mar 16, 2020

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Yumi Zouma - “Cool for a Second” from the 2020 album Truth or Consequences on Polyvinyl.

Dream pop quartet Yumi Zouma have returned with the new album Truth or Consequences, their first for new label Polyvinyl Records but their third overall.

Today's Song of the Day is a swoon-inducing electro-pop piece with an '80's-style beat. It's hard to believe the song was almost scrapped. Ryder explained, via a press release, "The song was demoed in Los Angeles and then long forgotten, destined for the scrap heap. A spark of inspiration from Josh in the introduction reestablished that for us, the most conspicuous of melodies are often hidden in modest beginnings.”

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Perfect Son - Lust Mar 13, 2020

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Perfect Son - Lust - from the 2019 album Cast on Sub Pop.

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FLOHIO - WAY2 Mar 12, 2020

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FLOHIO - WAY2 - a 2019 single on ALPHA.

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