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Ivey are a five-piece band from the Australian Gold Coast, and we’re delighted to be releasing “Talk Talk / Bodies“, their latest double A-side single. Watch the Mickey Mason directed video for “Talk Talk” below, and stream both tracks here.

The band say that ‘“Talk Talk” is about the moment of realisation as you enter into a new relationship. The excitement and the caution, the fascination and the comparison. The song reflects on personal experience and moments in our lives that were filled with these kinds of feelings.’

Their sound is unashamedly pop, with a powerful youthful exuberance, that hits on the sound of timeless AM radio from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s combined with a distinctly contemporary French touch.

The band formed in 2014 by brothers Lachlan (Guitar/Vocals) and Matt McGuffie (Drums) along with lead vocalist and childhood friend Millie Perks, who was just 14 years old at the time. The band have hustled their way from then to now; playing DIY shows and sharing music online, gaining the attention of Kitsune, who released their track “Won’t Be” in 2018, to being championed by Triple J radio in Australia.

LA-based Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte – will release her second record Anak Ko later this month – which you can pre-order NOW. Ahead of release she has shared brand new single “Nighttime Drive”, a restless road song, but one with a sense of contentedness and composure, which “basically encapsulated my entire life for the past two years,” explains Duterte—always moving, but “accepting it, being a little stronger from it.” She sings, memorably, of “shoplifting at the Whole Foods.” Duterte focused more on bass this time, “I just wanted to make a more groovy record”.

You can watch the comical, paranormal video above, which director Han Hale describes as “a homage to the song’s namesake; the song is about being a band on the road and the comradery involved.” Melina adds, “I feel like Han’s style and vision for the video worked so well with the track and what it means to me, kind of a freaky juxtaposition – especially the added layer of alien activity.” Check out the video where Melina-fast asleep in the van en route to a gig-dreams that her and her bandmates go full-on X-Files and have an alien encounter. 

Jay Som just performed at Pitchfork Festival and Fujirock in Japan, and now she’s preparing to bring Anak Ko on the road for a massive international tour with a visit to the UK in November. All dates are on-sale now – find a show near you and get tickets HERE.

LA-based Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte – has shared brand new single “Tenderness”. The track is taken from her forthcoming second album Anak Ko which will be released on August 23rd 2019. Pre-order the album HERE and watch the video for Tenderness, directed by Weird Life, below.

The slow-burning highlight “Tenderness” begins minimally, like a slightly muffled phone call, before flowering into a bright, jazzy earworm. Duterte calls it “a feel-good, funky, kind of sexy song” in part about “the curse of social media” and how it complicates relationships. “That’s definitely about scrolling on your phone and seeing a person and it just haunts you, you can’t escape it.”

“I have a weird relationship to social media and how people perceive me—as this person that has a platform, as a solo artist, and this marginalized person. That was really getting to me. I wanted to express those emotions, but I felt stifled. I feel like a lot of the themes of the songs stemmed from bottled up emotions, frustration with yourself, and acceptance.”

Jay Som will tour the UK and Europe in November, which includes a London show at The Garage. Tickets for all shows HERE.

Today NYC’s Charly Bliss (Eva Hendricks, Sam Hendricks, Spencer Fox and Dan Shure) share an incredible video for “Young Enough”, the title track from their critically acclaimed second album. Directed by Henry Kaplan, the video perfectly compliments the emotionally charged single.

Of the video, Eva says, “This video is so magical and unlike anything we’ve ever made before. I told (director) Henry Kaplan that I was feeling inspired by the video for Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush, and he took that initial idea and made something totally beautiful and unique that’s as cinematic and sentimental as the song.

Despite the fact that this video looks so dreamlike and serene, it was very physically draining to make. The entire crew and anyone who wasn’t in a given shot had to sprint behind the steadicam op so that they wouldn’t be seen and ruin the effect of the giant open field where we were shooting. Between that, the choreography, racing to utilize available daylight, speeding up and slowing down the track to achieve the slow-motion and fast-motion effects, and trying to get perfect, full takes because there’s so few cuts, this was an extremely challenging video to make, but for that reason it’s also our favourite.”

Eva says about the track, “For so many reasons, “Young Enough” is the centrepiece of this album. This is a song about perspective, nostalgia and growing up. The first time that I fell in love it was tumultuous and frustrating, but I think all of the endless drama made me believe that it was “worth it.” Sort of like the Twilight-movie trope that relationships that are the most painful are the most romantic. Instead of writing about it through the lens of anger and frustration, I wanted to write a song that was really honest about the fact that I really loved this person, and regardless of how messy it was and how immature we both were, I was both grateful for the experience but also grateful that I’ve grown up and out of believing that being in love should be so hard.”

Charly Bliss are back in the UK and Europe this November, including a show at London’s Scala. All tour dates and ticket links on their website.

Very happy to announce that we are now working with Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte. Her new album ‘Anak Ko’, pronounced Ah-nuhk Koh, and meaning “my child” in Tagalog will be released on August 23rd 2019.  See releases for album art and tracklisting, and pre-order and pre-save the album HERE.

To celebrate the release, Jay Som shares subtly explosive lead single “Superbike”, where Duterte aimed for the genius combination of “Cocteau Twins and Alanis Morissette”—“letting loose,” she says, over swirling shoe gaze

In addition, Jay Som announces a UK and European headline tour in November, which includes a London show at The Garage. Tickets for all shows HERE.