Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

 

Ben Brown – Blue

Counter to the song title a really upbeat ditty.

 

Blood Wizard – Babytooth

Out Now Via Sad Club Records

So-long, babyteeth.

 

Lunar Vacation - Set The Stage

Everything Matters, Everything's Fire Out September 13 Via Keeled Scales

Sonic vibrance greets you and passes through you on this fuzzy wuzzy gem.

 

Tindersticks – Nancy

Soft Tissue Out September 13 Via City Slang

The morose horn and clinical beat combo has got our attention.

 

White Hills - Killing Crimson

Beyond This Fiction Out August 23 Via Heads On Fire

Making the cut on weirdness alone.

 

Pom Pom Squad – Downhill

Out Now Via City Slang

Fun to say, fun to listen to.

 

Desire – Dangerous Drug

Games People Play Out October 2 Via Italians Do It Better

The opening sounds like the visual soundtrack to a lab that makes super sexy beats.

 

Previous Industries – Showbiz

Service Merchandise Out Now Via Merge Records

Didn’t even wait for the sample to finish before writing this out, it’s a winner.

 

Julia-Sophie – Telephone

Forgive Too Slow Out July 26 Via Ba Da Bing

Giving us Drive II vibes.

 

My Best Unbeaten Brother – Blues Fatigue

Out Now Via Kudos Records

Sometimes you gotta buck the fuck up.

 

Pessimistic Pizza is the debut mini-album from My Best Unbeaten Brother. This is a new project from the returning Ben and Adam Parker of Nosferatu D2. The past work of the Parker brothers has been lauded by Pitchfork, Drowned in Sound, Los Campesinos!, The Line of Best Fit and DIY Mag, while their unconventional legacy was the subject of radio stories for BBC 6 Music and Public Radio International.

Pessimistic Pizza is the urgent and emotional debut mini-album from My Best Unbeaten Brother, a new South London-based trio featuring the critically lauded Ben and Adam Parker (Nosferatu D2 / Tempertwig / Superman Revenge Squad) and bassist Ben Fry.

Described as “the lost pioneers of the indie-emo scene,” the Parker brothers’ unconventional journey has been the subject of retrospective radio stories by Public Radio International and BBC 6 Music. Their first new material since 2013 reunites them with Audio Antihero (Frog / Cloud / Magana), their longtime label, and sees them cast aside their past insecurities in search of hope and meaning whilst preserving the off-kilter musical chemistry that earned the siblings fans in Los Campesinos!, Art Brut, and Johnny Foreigner.

Preceded by the singles, ‘Time On our Hands, Spider-Man', ‘Extraordinary Times’ (May 24) and ‘Blues Fatigue’ (June 7), Pessimistic Pizza will be released on June 28.