Radar Eyes stream forthcoming album in full, play Midwest shows this weekend

"Radar Eyes have left their garagey beginnings behind them in favor of a chiming, dark romantic sound that, with the addition of a paisley shirt and a bolo tie, would fit right in with mid-'80s acts like The Mighty Lemon Drops, Wire Train, or The Lucy Show." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"The band may call the Windy City home, but ‘80s British rock remains their greatest inspiration and the beautiful thing is that Radar Eyes’s music feels completely organic and possessed of kinetic energy. In other words, this isn’t tribute music to a bygone era; 'Midnight Drive' is thoroughly of the present." -- PopMatters

Chicago quartet Radar Eyes are streaming their forthcoming masterwork Radiant Remains in its entirety starting today via Impose Magazine. The album is available to hear and share via Impose and Soundcloud. 

Radar Eyes play a couple of rare live shows this weekend. The first in Milwaukee, WI on Thursday, then in Chicago on Monday (Labor Day) with labelmates Pink Frost and Brian Case. 

Brooklyn Vegan recently shared the album's lead single "Community" HERE. PopMatters followed with the song "Midnight Drive" HERE. 

The album's dark, fuzzy post-punk merged with chiming 12-string guitar pop hooks brings to mind everything from Echo & The Bunnymen, The Ponys, Joy Division, 80s Paisley Underground, The Cure, The Church and more. But it's the band's brilliant songcraft that elevates Radiant Remains to a would-be, should-be classic. 

Radiant Remains is an excellent jump forward from the band's fuzzy garage beginnings, and what was originally to serve as Radar Eyes's swan song now becomes the signal of a striking rebirth with vocalist/guitarist Anthony Cozzi's recent relocation to Los Angeles in 2016. 

Released via new Chicago label Under Road Records, Radiant Remains was engineered by Gregoire Yeche at Electrical Audio and mixed by Adam Stilson. It features an impressive cast of friends filling in on guest spots, including Outer Minds vocalist and organist Mary McKane, saxophonist Bob Johnson, and Touched by Ghoul frontwoman Angela Mullenhour -- who performs a brilliantly theatrical, over-the-top duet with Radar Eyes singer Anthony Cozzi on "A Daughter's Hymn," the album's centerpiece and highlight.

Radar Eyes is embarking on a Fall tour in support of Radiant Remains, and Cozzi says he expects to have even more new Radar Eyes music written by the end of the year. If this is a new era for the band-which also includes guitarist Russell Calderwood, drummer Nithin Kalvakota, and bassist Lucas Sikorski-this record is a phenomenal way to kick it off.

Radiant Remains will be available on LP, CD and download on September 2nd, 2016 via Under Road Records. 

RADAR EYES LIVE:

09/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club 

09/05 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Pink Frost, Brian Case

Artist: Radar Eyes Album: Radiant Remains Label: Under Road Records Release date: September 2nd, 2016 01) Dreaming of Giants  02) Community 03) Between Two Worlds  04) Deser Shore 05) Hungry Ghost 06) A Daughter's Hymn  07) Midnight Drive 08) Calling Cassandra  09) Fall Into Place 10) Positive Feedback  On The Web: radareyes.bandcamp.com facebook.com/radareyeschicago www.underroad.com

BORIS announce EU & UK tour 'Boris performing Pink'

"Groundbreaking metal album gets a mesmerically expansive reissue. A-" -- Consequence of Sound

"Pink was prescient in how metal would rethink what it meant to be heavy, with metallic shoegaze butting up against feedback-sick drone and glittery punk." -- NPR

Japanese trio Boris today announce that they will bring their just completed North American tour Boris Performing Pink to Europe and the UK this Fall. The band is touring in support of the 10th anniversary Pink (Deluxe Edition) reissue, released in July on Sargent House. Please see current dates below. 

NPR previously premiered "SOFUN" HERE. Pitchfork announced the release with "Are You Ready?" HERE. The complete Pink (Deluxe Edition) is available to hear and share via Bandcamp. 

Pink, the landmark 2006 album by Boris, which earned widespread critical praise -- including Pitchfork's Top 10 Albums of 2006 -- was reissued in an expanded edition for the album's 10th anniversary. 

The deluxe 3xLP box set and 2xCD features an entire album of previously unreleased tracks recorded during the Pink album sessions in 2004-2005. The bonus Forbidden Songs collects 9 tracks of the same hyperactive, accessible and aggressive caliber of the original album, available here for the first time, mixed (with additional editing and arrangement) in 2015 and mastered in January 2016. 

In 2006, Pink was Boris' 10th album and a major breakthrough that earned new fans outside of the underground metal community -- the track "Farewell" was even featured in Jim Jarmusch's classic film The Limits of Control. The album landed on countless "best of the year" lists from underground metal sites to mainstream rock magazines. And the praise was certainly well deserved for its more accessible sound and explorations into shoegaze and ambient structures alongside brutal noise, searing psychedelia and apocalyptic doom. 

Boris is now in their 24th year as a band -- 20 years in the classic trio lineup -- and showing no signs of slowing down. They have always demolished expectations of what a band can do musically and aesthetically. And in looking back with Pink (Deluxe Edition), the band's trajectory as experimenters and innovators over subsequent releases becomes even clearer. 

Pink (Deluxe Edition) was released everywhere (excluding Japan) on July 8th on 3xLP box set, 2xCD and download via Sargent House. iTunes orders HERE, 3xLP box set and 2xCD editions are available via Hello Merch. 

BORIS TOUR 2016:

11/18 Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia

11/20 Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand

11/21 Oslo, NO @ Bla

11/22 Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska

11/23 Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA

11/24 Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang

11/25 Berlin, DE @ White Trask

11/27 Boulogne Billancourt, FR @ Festival BB Mix

11/28 Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie

11/30 Nuremberg, DE @ Zentralcafe at K4

12/01 Milan, IT @ Lo Fi Club

12/02 Rome, IT @ Init

12/03 Livorno, IT @ The Cage

12/04 Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club

12/06 Reitschule, CH @ Dachstock

12/07 Geneva, CH @Antigel Festival

12/09 Moscow, RU @ Theater

12/10 St. Petersburg, RU @ ClubZal

12/11 Tilburg, NL @ Incubate Festival

12/12 Brussels, BE @ Rotonde Botanique

12/13 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

12/14 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece

12/15 Manchester, UK @ Sound Control

12/16 Newcastle, UK @ University

12/18 Glasgow, UK @ Stereo

12/19 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

12/20 Brighton, UK @ The Haunt

12/21 Athens, GR @ Fuzz Club

Artist: Boris Album: Pink (Deluxe Edition) 3xLP Label: Sargent House Release Date: July 8th, 2016 LP I: Pink Side A 01. Pink 02. Woman On The Screen 03. Nothing Special 04. Blackout Side B 5. Electric 6. Six, Three Times 7. Afterburner 8. Pseudo Bread (long version) LP II: Pink Side C 9. My Machine (long version) 10. Farewell (long version) Side D 11. Just Abandoned Myself LP III: Pink Sessions "Forbidden Songs" Side E: 1. Your Name Part 2 2. Heavy Rock Industry 3. SOFUN (STREAM) 4. Non/Sha/Lant 5. Room Noise Side F 6. Talisman 7. N.F. Sorrow 8. Are You Ready? (STREAM) 9. Tiptoe Artist: Boris Album: Pink (Deluxe Edition) 2xCD Label: Sargent House Release Date: July 8th, 2016 Disc I: Pink  01. Farewell  02. Pink  03. Woman On The Screen  04. Nothing Special  05. Blackout  06. Electric  07. Pseudo Bread  08. Afterburner  09. Six, Three Times  10. My Machine  11. Just Abandoned Myself  Disc II: Pink Sessions "Forbidden Songs"  01. Your Name Part 2  02. Heavy Rock Industry  03. SOFUN (STREAM) 04. Non/Sha/Lant  05. Room Noise  06. Talisman  07. N.F.Sorrow  08. Are You Ready? (STREAM) 09. Tiptoe

On the Web:

www.borisheavyrocks.com (Official site: Japan)

www.sargenthouse.com/Boris

www.facebook.com/borisheavyrocks

borisheavyrocks.tumblr.com (BORIS news U.S.)

Follow BORIS on Twitter: @Borisheavyrocks

Wovenhand premiere new track from forthcoming album via Consequence of Sound

Wovenhand premiere a new track from their forthcoming album Star Treatment today via Consequence of Sound. The song, "Golden Blossom" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud) Star Treatment will be available on Sargent House worldwide -- excluding Europe, where it will be released by longtime Wovenhand label Glitterhouse Records --  on September 9th. Stereogum previously premiered the album track "Come Brave" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud). The Onion AV Club also recently shared "The Hired Hand" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud).  The band embarks on an extensive European tour in September with main support from Emma Ruth Rundle, also of the Sargent House family, on all shows except Helsinki and Reeperbahn Fest. Please see complete dates below. The music of Wovenhand and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist David Eugene Edwards has always had an unparalleled intensity. Edwards' rich, billowing and emotive voice is always the driving force of his music, but it's catapulted by his spellbinding ability to transform instruments that many people might consider mundane relics - be it banjo, accordion, lesser-known folk instruments from around the world, or even an electric guitar - into devices of dark fury and poignant beauty.  From the apocalyptic revivification of antique Americana of Sixteen Horsepower in the 90s to the threadbare balladry of Wovenhand's early releases, Edwards' music has maintained its celestial heaviness as it evolved. But now in its current incarnation, Wovenhand is a band that fully expands that power with exacting and inventive skill. It's a sound so distinctive and compellingly crushing that even the heaviest of metal bands can't match.  Wovenhand's current lineup includes guitarist Chuck French, bassist Neil Keener (both of Planes Mistaken For Stars) and drummer Ordy Garrison, now joined by piano/synth player Matthew Smith (Crime & The City Solution). Star Treatment was recorded at Steve Albini's legendary Electrical Audio in Chicago with engineer Sanford Parker, who also helmed Wovenhand's 2014 album Refractory Obdurate.  While Wovenhand ought to be a familiar name to anyone interested in forward-thinking music, the album title Star Treatment isn't a reference to our celebrity culture obsession. Rather, it's a clever reference to concepts of astrolatry, or humanity's enduring interest in the stars of the night sky. "It's ethereal in its concept," Edwards explains. "There are many layers, as always. I've been paying attention to the stars in the sky and in literature, and it's a theme throughout the album." He adds, "There's more love song style on this in general, which is nice. The idea of what love is and how it's expressed and all these different atmospheres." Star Treatment will be available worldwide excluding Europe on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on September 9th, 2016.

WOVENHAND TOUR 2016:

09/12   COLOGNE, DE @ Gebäude 9 * 

09/13   FRANKFURT, DE @ Zoom *

09/15   BERN, CH @ ISC *

09/16   ZURICH, CH @ Bogen F *

09/17   VIENNA, AT @ Flex * 

09/18   BUDAPEST, HU @ A38 * 

09/20   SALZBURG, AT @ Rockhouse *

09/21   MUNICH, DE @ Ampere *

09/22   LEIPZIG, DE @ UT Connewitz *

09/23   BERLIN, DE @ Heimathafen *

09/24   HAMBURG, DE - Reeperbahn Festival

09/26   ARHUS, DK @ Train *

09/27   OSLO, NO @ John Dee *

09/29   HELSINKI, FI @ Tavastia 

09/30   STOCKHOLM, SE @ Nalen *

10/01    LUND, SE @ Mejeriet *

10/02    COPENHAGEN, DK @ Vega Jr. *

10/04    EINDHOVEN, NL @ Effenaar *

10/05    AMSTERDAM, NL @ Melkweg *

10/06    LEUVEN, BE @ Het Depot *

10/07    GENT, BE @ Handelsbeurs *

10/08    CHARLEROI, BE @ L'Eden *

10/10    LILLE, FR @ L'Aéronef *

10/11    PARIS, FR @ La Maroquinerie *

10/13    ORLEANS, FR @ L'Astrolabe *

10/14    GRENOBLE, FR @ La Belle Electrique *

10/15    FEYZIN, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne *

10/16    TOULOUSE, FR @ La Rex *

10/18    LONDON, UK @ The Dome *

* w/ Emma Ruth Rundle

Artist: Wovenhand Album: Star Treatment Label: Sargent House Release Date: September 9th, 2016 01. Come Brave (STREAM) 02. Swaying Reed 03. The Hired Hand (STREAM) 04. Crystal Palace 05. Crook and Flail 06. The Quiver 07. All Your Waves 08. Golden Blossom (STREAM) 09. Go Ye Light 10. Five by Five 11. Low Twelve On the Web: wovenhandband.com sargenthouse.com/wovenhand

Reunited synth punks Milemarker stream full album at Noisey, on tour now

Hear & share Overseas album (Soundcloud) (Noisey)

Watch & share "Untamed Ocean" video (YouTube)

"While 'Carrboro' shows that Milemarker hasn’t lost its ability to drape new wave flourishes atop its post-hardcore attack, it’s clearly approaching its new album with its eyes on the future instead of the past." -- The AV Club

Reunited 90s-00s synth punk band Milemarker are streaming their new album Overseas today via Noisey. The album is their first in 11 years, and the band is currently in the midst of their first U.S. tour since 2008. Overseas is available to hear and share at Noisey and Soundcloud. 

Brooklyn Vegan recently launched the video for album track "Untamed Ocean", available to watch and share HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Milemarker also recently reissued their landmark Y2K album Frigid Forms Sell (Jade Tree/Lovitt) on vinyl. The reissue is the album's first time on vinyl in 16 years, and includes 7 unreleased tracks. The demo version of "Industry For the Blind" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud). 

Coming a decade after their last full-length release, Overseas is notable for being such a focused and cohesive effort. Fans of early 2000s releases like Frigid Forms Sell and Anaesthetic will find a clear sonic continuity in the angular, aggressive guitars, tense melodic vocals and soaring keyboard hooks. New members Lena Kilkka (synth, vocals) and Ezra Cale (drums) deepen the krautrock and electronic tendencies, pushing the sound in unexpected directions. Recorded in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany (where the band is now located), with Electrical Audio studios' Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Godspeed You Black Emperor!) behind the board, Overseas combines the confidence and swagger of a band that has grown up playing music together with the fresh ears and attitude of a brand new band.

Formed 1997 in Chapel Hill, NC by Al Burian, Dave Laney and Ben Davis, Milemarker quickly gained recognition in the independent music scene for their explosive live shows and adventurous instrumentation. The band became known for its combination of post-hardcore punk with new wave electronics, and grew to include singer/synth player Roby Newton, as well as drummers Sean Husick and Noah Leger.

Milemarker played nearly 1000 shows in support of their releases Frigid Forms Sell (Lovitt, 2000) and Anaesthetic (Jade Tree, 2001), touring extensively in North America, Europe and Japan, along the way sharing the stage with bands such as Wire, Mission of Burma, At The Drive-In, The Hives, Thursday, Blood Brothers, International Noise Conspiracy, High On Fire, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Muff Potter, Cave In, Les Savy Fav, Spoon, Monochrome, Turbostaat, The Faint, The Locust, and Hot Snakes.

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Milemarker added double drummers Tony Lazzara and Noah Leger as well as string arrangements from siblings Beth and Tim Remis for the recording and US tour around Ominosity (Eyeball, 2005). In 2008 the band completed a US and European tour with founding member Ben Davis, including performances at the SXSW and Fusion festivals.

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In 2009, guitarist Dave Laney moved to Hamburg and bassist Al Burian moved to Berlin. Milemarker reformed in 2014 and returned to the stage in 2015 with Lena Kilkka on keys and vocals and Ezra Cale on drums.

Overseas is available as LP/CD/MC/Download via Lovitt Records on August 26th, 2016. 

MILEMARKER TOUR:

08/12 Atlanta GA @ The Wrecking Ball ATL

08/14 Nashville TN @ The End

08/15 St. Louis MO @ Off Broadway

08/16 Milwaukee WI @ The Cactus Club

08/17 Minneapolis MN @ Triple Rock Social Club

08/19 Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle

08/20 Lansing MI @ Mac's Bar

08/21 Cleveland OH @ Now That's Class Lounge

08/22 Philadelphia PA @ The Boot & Saddle

08/23 Allston MA @ Great Scott

08/24 Brooklyn NY @ Shea Stadium

08/25 Brooklyn NY @ Saint Vitus

08/26 Washington DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel

08/27 Carrboro NC @ Cat's Cradle

10/05 Pilsen, CZ @ Paprika

10/06 Brno, CZ @ Kabinet Muz

10/07 Trencin, SK @ Bio Luc

10/09 Ljubljana, SLO w/ Tides from Nebula @ Klub Gromka

10/10 Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara

10/11 Wien @ Reiz

10/12 Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert

10/13 Olomouc, CZ @ prostor divadla Na cucky

10/14 Prague, CZ @ 007 w/ Savak @ 007

10/15 Munich @ Kafe Kult w/ Savak

10/16 Dresden @ Groove Factory

Artist: Milemarker Album: Overseas Record label: Lovitt Records Release date: August 26, 2016 01. Conditional Love (STREAM) 02. Untamed Ocean 03. Carrboro (STREAM) 04. The Dreamer 05. Blue Flag 06. Luxuria 07. Recognition 08. Uh Ah 09. Supercomputer Artist: Milemarker Album: Frigid Forms Sell Record label: Lovitt Records Release date: June 24, 2016 01. Untitled 02. Frigid Forms Sell You Warmth  03. Signal Froze  04. Sex Jam One: Sexual Machinery  05. Sex Jam Two: Insect Incest  06. Cryogenic Sleep  07. Industry for the Blind  08. Tundra  09. Internet Relay Chat With The Central Intelligence Agency  10. Server Error  11. Platinum Bonus demo tracks: 01. Tundra (demo) 02. Signal Froze (demo) 03. Cryogenic Sleep (demo) 04. Industry For the Blind (demo) (STREAM) 05. Sex Jam One: Sexual Machinery (demo) 06. Server Error (demo) 07. Chronology of the Service Industry (demo) On The Web: milemarkerwebpresence.com facebook.com/milemarkerband www.lovitt.com twitter.com/MilemarkerBand

Wovenhand premiere new track from forthcoming album 'Star Treatment'

Wovenhand premiere a new track from their forthcoming album Star Treatment today via The Onion AV Club. The song, "The Hired Hand" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud).

Star Treatment will be available on Sargent House worldwide -- excluding Europe, where it will be released by longtime Wovenhand label Glitterhouse Records --  on September 9th. Stereogum previously premiered the album track "Come Brave" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud). 

The band plays Psycho Las Vegas fest on August 26th before embarking on an extensive European tour with main support from Emma Ruth Rundle, also of the Sargent House family, on all shows except Helsinki and Reeperbahn Fest. Please see complete dates below.

The music of Wovenhand and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist David Eugene Edwards has always had an unparalleled intensity. Edwards' rich, billowing and emotive voice is always the driving force of his music, but it's catapulted by his spellbinding ability to transform instruments that many people might consider mundane relics - be it banjo, accordion, lesser-known folk instruments from around the world, or even an electric guitar - into devices of dark fury and poignant beauty. 

From the apocalyptic revivification of antique Americana of Sixteen Horsepower in the 90s to the threadbare balladry of Wovenhand's early releases, Edwards' music has maintained its celestial heaviness as it evolved. But now in its current incarnation, Wovenhand is a band that fully expands that power with exacting and inventive skill. It's a sound so distinctive and compellingly crushing that even the heaviest of metal bands can't match. 

Wovenhand's current lineup includes guitarist Chuck French, bassist Neil Keener (both of Planes Mistaken For Stars) and drummer Ordy Garrison, now joined by piano/synth player Matthew Smith (Crime & The City Solution). Star Treatment was recorded at Steve Albini's legendary Electrical Audio in Chicago with engineer Sanford Parker, who also helmed Wovenhand's 2014 album Refractory Obdurate. 

While Wovenhand ought to be a familiar name to anyone interested in forward-thinking music, the album title Star Treatment isn't a reference to our celebrity culture obsession. Rather, it's a clever reference to concepts of astrolatry, or humanity's enduring interest in the stars of the night sky.

"It's ethereal in its concept," Edwards explains. "There are many layers, as always. I've been paying attention to the stars in the sky and in literature, and it's a theme throughout the album." He adds, "There's more love song style on this in general, which is nice. The idea of what love is and how it's expressed and all these different atmospheres."

Star Treatment kicks off full tilt with the anthemic charge of "Come Brave" - the song's galloping four-on-the-floor drums driving churning swells of droning, chiming guitars and organ as Edwards' soaring voice compels us to rise and join the fray. "The Hired Hand" takes a more Western bent with swaggering guitars awash in reverb and a throbbing bass line before the chorus erupts with massive open guitar chords as Edwards howls, "give up your dead." Further, "Crystal Palace" sounds like Eastern European folk driven through a massive wall of amplifiers while a full gospel choir sings just beneath the gurgling surface of guitars. "Crook and Flail" sounds exotic in its twanging acoustic instruments and tabla/dumbec drum pattern. Elsewhere, "Golden Blossom" is a lush and beautifully unabashed love song, strummed out in a simple, catchy melody that builds to crescendo with the chorus refrain, "only you, my love and your light." Throughout, Wovenhand deftly merge the outer reaches of rock and world folk sounds with increasing urgency and force. 

Star Treatment will be available worldwide excluding Europe on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on September 9th, 2016. 

WOVENHAND TOUR 2016:

08/26   LAS VEGAS, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Psycho Las Vegas 

09/12   COLOGNE, DE @ Gebäude 9 * 

09/13   FRANKFURT, DE @ Zoom *

09/15   BERN, CH @ ISC *

09/16   ZURICH, CH @ Bogen F *

09/17   VIENNA, AT @ Flex * 

09/18   BUDAPEST, HU @ A38 * 

09/20   SALZBURG, AT @ Rockhouse *

09/21   MUNICH, DE @ Ampere *

09/22   LEIPZIG, DE @ UT Connewitz *

09/23   BERLIN, DE @ Heimathafen *

09/24   HAMBURG, DE - Reeperbahn Festival

09/26   ARHUS, DK @ Train *

09/27   OSLO, NO @ John Dee *

09/29   HELSINKI, FI @ Tavastia 

09/30   STOCKHOLM, SE @ Nalen *

10/01    LUND, SE @ Mejeriet *

10/02    COPENHAGEN, DK @ Vega Jr. *

10/04    EINDHOVEN, NL @ Effenaar *

10/05    AMSTERDAM, NL @ Melkweg *

10/06    LEUVEN, BE @ Het Depot *

10/07    GENT, BE @ Handelsbeurs *

10/08    CHARLEROI, BE @ L'Eden *

10/10    LILLE, FR @ L'Aéronef *

10/11    PARIS, FR @ La Maroquinerie *

10/13    ORLEANS, FR @ L'Astrolabe *

10/14    GRENOBLE, FR @ La Belle Electrique *

10/15    FEYZIN, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne *

10/16    TOULOUSE, FR @ La Rex *

10/18    LONDON, UK @ The Dome *

* w/ Emma Ruth Rundle

Artist: Wovenhand Album: Star Treatment Label: Sargent House Release Date: September 9th, 2016 01. Come Brave (STREAM) 02. Swaying Reed 03. The Hired Hand (STREAM) 04. Crystal Palace 05. Crook and Flail 06. The Quiver 07. All Your Waves 08. Golden Blossom 09. Go Ye Light 10. Five by Five 11. Low Twelve On the Web: wovenhandband.com sargenthouse.com/wovenhand

Chicago's Radar Eyes share new track from forthcoming triumphant return 'Radiant Remains' via PopMatters

"Radar Eyes have left their garagey beginnings behind them in favor of a chiming, dark romantic sound that, with the addition of a paisley shirt and a bolo tie, would fit right in with mid-'80s acts like The Mighty Lemon Drops, Wire Train, or The Lucy Show." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"The band may call the Windy City home, but ‘80s British rock remains their greatest inspiration and the beautiful thing is that Radar Eyes’s music feels completely organic and possessed of kinetic energy. In other words, this isn’t tribute music to a bygone era; 'Midnight Drive' is thoroughly of the present." -- PopMatters

Chicago quartet Radar Eyes premiere a new track from their forthcoming masterwork Radiant Remains today via PopMatters. The song "Midnight Drive" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud).

Brooklyn Vegan recently shared the album track "Community" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud)

The album's dark, fuzzy post-punk merged with chiming 12-string guitar pop hooks brings to mind everything from Echo & The Bunnymen, The Ponys, Joy Division, 80s Paisley Underground, The Cure, The Church and more. But it's the band's brilliant songcraft that elevates Radiant Remains to a would-be, should-be classic. 

Radiant Remains is an excellent jump forward from the band's fuzzy garage beginnings, and what was originally to serve as Radar Eyes's swan song now becomes the signal of a striking rebirth with vocalist/guitarist Anthony Cozzi's recent relocation to Los Angeles in 2016. 

Released via new Chicago label Under Road Records, Radiant Remains was engineered by Gregoire Yeche at Electrical Audio and mixed by Adam Stilson. It features an impressive cast of friends filling in on guest spots, including Outer Minds vocalist and organist Mary McKane, saxophonist Bob Johnson, and Touched by Ghoul frontwoman Angela Mullenhour -- who performs a brilliantly theatrical, over-the-top duet with Radar Eyes singer Anthony Cozzi on "A Daughter's Hymn," the album's centerpiece and highlight.

Radar Eyes is embarking on a Fall tour in support of Radiant Remains, and Cozzi says he expects to have even more new Radar Eyes music written by the end of the year. If this is a new era for the band-which also includes guitarist Russell Calderwood, drummer Nithin Kalvakota, and bassist Lucas Sikorski-this record is a phenomenal way to kick it off.

Radiant Remains will be available on LP, CD and download on September 2nd, 2016 via Under Road Records. 

RADAR EYES LIVE:

09/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club 

09/05 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Pink Frost, Brian Case

Artist: Radar Eyes Album: Radiant Remains Label: Under Road Records Release date: September 2nd, 2016 01) Dreaming of Giants  02) Community 03) Between Two Worlds  04) Deser Shore 05) Hungry Ghost 06) A Daughter's Hymn  07) Midnight Drive 08) Calling Cassandra  09) Fall Into Place 10) Positive Feedback  On The Web: radareyes.bandcamp.com facebook.com/radareyeschicago www.underroad.com