The Goners (ex-Salem's Pot) share new song & Dead Moon cover from RidingEasy debut

"Think ’60s more than ’70s, garage and surf more than doom, and reverb more than fuzz and you’re probably on your way to wherever it is The Goners are headed." -- The Obelisk

"Somewhere between The Stooges and the proto-metal of a band like Dark." -- Brooklyn Vegan

Swedish quintet The Goners share two new tracks from their forthcoming debut album Good Mourning (RidingEasy Records) today. Brooklyn Vegan premiered the tracks -- original tune "Are You Gone Yet?" and a Dead Moon cover "Dead In The Saddle" -- yesterday HERE. They are now available on all streaming platforms today. (Direct YouTube, Bandcamp.) 

The first single "World of Decay" launched with The Obelisk in December HERE. 

The Goners feature former Salem's Pot vocalist/guitarist Nate Gone and former members of Swedish rock band Yvonne. Don't make a big deal about it. This is something new:

Rock bottom. A place you have to throw yourself over the edge and burn all your bridges to reach. A place where the devil is laughing as a constant reminder of everything that went to shit. A place where you owe. 

As the echoes of the past get louder and the forget-me-now's no longer work, you have to pick up the remaining pieces and try to make them fit. You can only wake up in an unknown bed with aching intestines and a throbbing noise inside your skull, still craving more, so many times until you realize that your life didn't quite turn out to be what you expected it to be. The killing floor is crowded and when the smoke starts to clear you start to notice just how bad you've been letting yourself go. It's Monday. You are on your own now. 

And even as you start to do the right, start paying your dues and bills, doing the 9 to 5 and saying your sorries, you're still standing there like a sack of dead meat in a stinkin' world of decay where nobody cares. Gone but still aware. Ain't that something? Ain't that grand!

There's no remedy, no working cure but at least you got loud guitars, thumping bass and bashing cymbals to ease the pain. And as you stumble into your thirties, scorched earth policy-style, you can at least smile at the fact that you finished first. At last you succeded in something. Now you can just lay back, back where the sun doesn't shine and ask everybody else "aren't YOU gone yet?"

Don't worry, you soon will see that Gone is just a four-letter word. We're all heading south and again, no one really gives a fuck. It's Sunday. Join us.

Good Mourning will be available on LP, CD and download on March 13th, 2020 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available at www.ridingeasyrecs.com.

Artist: The Goners Album: Good Mourning Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: March 13th, 2020 01. Are You Gone Yet? 02. High, Low and Never In Between  03. World of Decay 04. Evil (Is Not Enough) 05. Good Ol' Death 06. The Sickening 07.. Down & Out 08. You Better Run 09. The Little Blue 10. Dead In The Saddle (Dead Moon) On The Web: ridingeasyrecs.com thegonestgoners.bandcamp.com facebook.com/thegonestgoners

ABRAMS announce new album 'Modern Ways', share lead track via Metal Injection

"Abrams have it all: noisy, sludgy riffs, mathy time signatures, and big, arena-rock choruses. They say one time someone described them as 'Foo Fighters meets Red Fang', which felt strangely accurate.” -- Kerrang

"An emotional bulldozer of a record that sees the band refining its songcraft and sound... They have all the potential in the world to make a bona fide sludge/rock masterpiece." -- Metal Injection

Denver quartet Abrams share the lead single and title track to their forthcoming third album Modern Ways today via Metal Injection. Hear and share the hook-laden "Modern Ways" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

Abrams has upped the ante with their latest recording, Modern Ways. With a focus on songwriting, lyrical narrative, and addictive hooks and refrains, Abrams presents a highly focused, intensely polished sonic narrative. Written over the course of two and a half years, the album reflects the passions, pains, successes and nightmares of the members of Abrams lives. 

Modern Ways will be available on vinyl and streaming services via Sailor Records on May 1st, 2020. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Based out of Denver, Abrams was founded in 2013 as a trio. Abrams debut EP, February was released in May 2014 on No List Records. The supporting tour for this release saw the band hit the West Coast, before heading immediately into the studio to record their first full length.

Lust. Love. Loss was released independently in June 2015, receiving praise from Metal Injection, Decibel Magazine, Invisible Oranges, and others. The remainder of the year saw Abrams tour West, East, and West again.

Their follow up, Morning, came out on Sailor Records in June of 2017, which was supported by three nationwide tours for much of the remaining year. Morning received high praise from Metal Injection, New Noise Magazine, Metal Sucks and others.

Abrams is:

Patrick Alberts: Guitar

Zachary Amster: Guitar & Vox

Ryan Dewitt: Drums

Taylor Iversen: Bass & Vox

ABRAMS LIVE 2020:

01/29/20 Denver, CO @ Ophelia's - Private Snowboard Industry event w/ ASG 

05/02/20 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive - w/ Native Daughters and Palehorse/Palerider

Artist: Abrams

Album: Modern Ways

Record Label: Sailor Records

Release Date: May 1st, 2020

01. Modern Ways

02. Poison Bullets

03. Joshua Tree

04. That Part of Me

05.. Find a Way

06. My War

07. Silver Lake

08. Silence

09. Pale Moonlight

10. Marionette

On The Web:

www.abramsrocks.com

instagram.com/abramstheband

abramsrock.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/abramsrock

ThunderStars launch "gorgeously engaging" new single from upcoming album, Austin dreampop ex-Margot & Nuclear So and Sos

"Dreamy and psychedelic, blending the blissful drift of Slowdive with the more spacious elements of Low and the shimmering euphoria of Cocteau Twins... Gorgeously engaging." -- Treble

Austin shoegaze trio ThunderStars share a new single from their forthcoming album, Number Stations today via Treble Zine. Hear and share "Not That Far" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

Echoes & Dust previously hosted lead track "Ride" HERE.

ThunderStars is a shoegaze/dreampop band from Austin TX. Formed in the fall of 2018, it marks the return to music of longtime Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos multi-instrumentalist, Erik Kang (guitar, lead vocals). The 3-piece solidified when Sven Bjorkman (drums), posted a random thought about creating a band to use the name ThunderStars, which was coined by his toddler daughter during a stress-fueled trip to the hospital.  

This art-out-of-chaos theme has hung over the band since its inception. After their second live show, their bassist, Omar Richardson, was assaulted by a vagrant outside the venue, which resulted in a concussion and subsequent trip to the ER. This incident was covered extensively in Austin news, which raised the band's profile unexpectedly. ThunderStars demos also were well received publicly, and the band subsequently received considerable radio and podcast plays, as well as show bookings with many touring acts. 

Number Stations will be available on January 10th, 2020 on LP and digital on Mariel Recording Company. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: ThunderStars

Album: Number Stations

Label: Mariel Recording Company 

Release date: January 10th, 2020

01. Appalachian Spring Break

02. Oceans

03. Not That Far

04. Ride

05. Sleepyhead

06. Riptide

07. Oscar

On the Web:

thunderstars.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/thunderstarsuk

Melted Bodies (ex-Local Natives) share "Tim & Eric meets Mr Bungle" video via Kerrang!

"Throw David Lynch in the pit of a 2020 grind show and the noise that it makes might resemble Melted Bodies... The soundtrack to a radioactive spaghetti western where everyone’s throwing up." -- Kerrang

Los Angeles quartet Melted Bodies share an insanely clever video for their single "Ad People" today via Kerrang! The hilarious video spoofs our vapid Internet content spewing culture and is available to watch and share HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

About Melted Bodies:

Melted Bodies creates music for people to propel their limitless potential. We aim to inspire a can-do attitude that's culturally relevant, relatable, safe, and accessible to everyone. Instead of breaking boundaries, let's shatter them into a million mobile-friendly pieces, together. Motion creates emotion, and emotion creates content that challenges our core cultural influencers in our ever-increasingly connected world. 

These are all ideas and themes that we can leverage and take advantage of in the new media democracy. We are here to target influencer content and engage media partners through collective storytelling and game-changing ideas. Autonomous social media helps drive peer to peer authentic engagements that can be tracked and measured to create augmented experiences which can then be leveraged to connect human truths. Our aim is to pander to the needs and wants of these global progressive influencers and pander we will. 

MELTED BODIES LIVE 2020:

01/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge

On The Web:

meltedbodies.com

instagram.com/meltedbodies

thehyv.shop/collections/melted-bodies

Blackwater Holylight announce March tour & share new video

"This quartet has been burning up stages all around their hometown, fueled by their abrasive blend of doom metal, psych rock, goth and a tangy soupçon of pop music... They landed a spot on the 2018 Best New Band poll in alt-weekly Willamette Week, but could quickly take over the world." -- Paste Magazine "They mesh elements of doom, Krautrock and atmospheric indie into one bewitching rock whole." --Classic Rock Magazine "A greasy, sun-baked rock jam calling back to the genre's classic days while showcasing a heavy doom edge that gives it a modern spin." 6 Best New Songs Right Now -- Revolver Magazine Portland, OR quintet Blackwater Holylight announce March 2020 headlining tour dates today, while also releasing a new video. The clip is a dramatic art short film set to the song "Jizz Witch" from the band's 2018 self-titled debut album. Watch/share the video via YouTube HERE. Please see current tour dates below.  Blackwater Holylight released their acclaimed sophomore album Veils of Winter (RidingEasy Records) in October 2019. Hear/share Veils of Winter: YouTube, Bandcamp, Spotify.  Blackwater Holylight, as the name suggests, is all about contrasts. It's a fluid convergence of sound that's heavy, psychedelic, melodic, terrifying and beautiful all at once.  As a heavy band, their songs aren't anchored to riffs, but rather riffs come and go in waves that surface throughout the band's meditative, entrancing songs. It's a hypnotic sound, with orchestral structures that often build tension and intrigue before turning the song on its head -- not by simply getting louder or heavier, nor by just layering elements. They expertly subvert the implied heaviness of a part, dissecting it and splaying the song's guts out to seep across the sonic spectrum. Now, having toured extensively following the band's wildly-successful breakout self-titled debut in 2018, Blackwater Holylight has honed their sound and identity to a powerfully captivating beast. Their live set is all about the slow build, seeming to combine the melodic tension of early Sonic Youth crossed with the laconic fever-dream blues of the first Black Sabbath album and wiry experimentation of post-punk and krautrock. The lineup on this album is Allison (Sunny) Faris (bass/vocals), Laura Hopkins (guitar/vocals) and Sarah McKenna (synths), with new guitarist Mikayla Mayhew and drummer Eliese Dorsay fleshing out their sound in exciting ways.  "The process of this album was vastly different from our first record," says Faris. "One, because we recorded it over the course of a few weeks, whereas the first record was over the course of about a year. And two, this album was a true collaboration between the five of us. Each of us had extremely equal parts in writing and producing, we all bounced ideas off each together, and we all had a say in what was going on during every part of the process." "One of our favorite things about this album is that because it was so collaborative, we didn't compartmentalize ourselves into one vibe." She continues. "It's heavy, psychedelic, pop, shoegaze, doom, grunge, melodic and more. The whole process was extremely organic and natural for us, we were just being ourselves. Veils of Winter is available on LP, CD and download, released October 11th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Orders are available at www.ridingeasyrecs.com. BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT LIVE 2020: 03/04 Seattle, WA @ Substation 03/05 Vancouver, BC @ Astoria 03/06 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 03/07 Eugene, OR @ Old Nick's 03/08 Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial 03/10 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 03/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo 03/12 Palm Springs, CA @ Ace Hotel 03/13 Santa Cruz, CA @ Felton Music Hall 03/14 Oakland, CA @ Eli's Mile High

Artist: Blackwater Holylight Album: Veils of Winter Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: October 11th, 2019 01. Seeping Secrets  02. Motorcycle 03. Spiders 04. The Protector  05. Daylight 06. Death Realms  07. Lullaby 08. Moonlit On The Web: ridingeasyrecs.com instagram.com/blackwaterholylight