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The Phoenix Foundation Return with New LP This Summer

Indie Rock New Zealanders The Phoenix Foundation, are making their return this Summer with sixth studio album Give Up Your Dreams.

The band will be channelling previous album Fandango’s beauteous side, but this time fuelled by a spit ball of irrepressible energy. With the new addition of drummer Chris O’Connor, the album was written taking its lead from the rhythm section for the very first time; paving the way for an all new creative process.

On the record’s infectious, rhythmic driven sound and optimistic feel, co-frontman Samuel Scott explains that “Give Up Your Dreams could sound like a defeat but it represents something quite defiant, joyous and celebratory”.

He continues “The mood when we were recording was so easy, so cordial. We spent a great deal of time messing with an old Eventide H3000. There would be very few sounds we didn’t try to mess with. We turned all the cool and interesting sounds up loud so nothing was competing in the mix and you can actually hear the trippy shit.”

The new LP will be out on Monday August 7 via Memphis Industries. You can check out their latest single 'Mountain' via Soundcloud now. 

Tracklisting:

Mountain

Bob Lennon John Dylan

Playing Dead

Prawn

Jason

Celestial Bodies

Silent Orb

Sunbed

Give Up Your Dreams

Myth

Chagstock 2015: The Levellers Announced as Friday Night Headliners

Chagstock Festival has revealed that The Levellers will be their main stage Saturday night headliner. With their own Beautiful Days festival now sold out, this will be the opportunity to see themassively popular folk-punk band perform in the Westcountry this summer. 

Already announced are Friday nights headliners alt-rockers, New Model Army with the Neville Staple Band, BBC Folk Award nominee Martha Tilston, and Irish Music Award winning Celtic Fusion act Roving Crows leading the way. Alongside The Levellers, Saturday's main stage line up includes Seth Lakeman, house band New Crisis, six-piece electro swing band Electric Swing Circus and female-fronted reggae band Dojo 

Chagstock takes place on Friday July 17 and Saturday 18. A limited number of day tickets for both Friday and Saturday have now been put on sale via Chagstock's official website . Weekend camping and non-camping tickets are also still available but selling fast. 

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