#five kill records

To celebrate Kiku’s first anniversary we released a lush new self-produced Cubist music video for “Trust” -the finale of Kiku. It takes place in the icy alien landscape of the before-life.

The video imagery was serendipitous. A filmmaker friend of ours, Nate Simms, had just spent some time in Iceland filming the melting glaciers…

Songs of the Week: January 25, 2019 edition -- feat. @otobokebeaver #khmirth @BurlyMusic @abjectsband @arnold_parmesan, plus a @manmanbandband playlist

2019 isn’t messing around. We’re only 25 days in and I count four new albums that probably would have cracked my top 20 list from last year:

The self-titled and star-making debut from Toronto dream pop quartet Tallies;

Deerhunter‘s annihilation-pondering pop turn Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?;

Power Chords, Mike Krol‘s seething power pop opus (which dropped TODAY via Merge Records);

Onlyness (aka Rick Spataro) will be releasing his self-titled album on July 6 via Five Kill Records. Get a taste of the album with newest single “Somebody’s Son,” a melodic folk song that perfect captures a sense of mellowness. There’s a gorgeous soft rhythm to this song that has the feeling of simplicity and the simple pleasures of life. “Somebody’s Son” has a hint of nostalgia laced in the lyrics, almost like reminiscing the days when our responsibilities were at a bare minimum. While the song is two minutes long, Onlyness does tack on a quick 5 second outro that’s a little bit snazzy.

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