#yard act

Yard Act - Redeemer

the father

the son

the holy spirit

I've also got a new band from Toronto called Mad Iris that we recorded a live set for. They're quite shoegaze and noisy, but they're almost dreampop songwriters, and that combination is pretty interesting— you may have seen the kind of bedroom-metal blend before, but theirs is quite different and sounds a lot less bedroom and more like if you had someone with a kind of angel voice fronting a screamo band. It's great. They also have 3 guitarists, all doing something different, which makes for a very interesting sound. They've got their debut album coming out end of May, so it was a great time to get ahold of them for a quick chat— and yup, we've got an interview for you as well!

I can't deny, huge week in music. Last weekend say the release of very anticipated albums by RAYE, Robyn, Slayyyter (how many y's?) and more. Genuinely gonna be pop girl summer (I mean have you LOOKED at the Lollapalooza Chicago lineup for this year??)

(Look at the headliners - is that pop girl summer or what?)

So I've got some of those releases for you - new albums on the cards for Paul McCartney as well - an album dealing heavily in nostalgia and looking back (references to black and white photos, cheap guitars, secrets and promises made back on Forthlin Road... yeah. This album's the Beatles Retrospective. Paul has also said recently that he couldn't help but look back when writing this time. I'm sure his photogallery from 1963-64, which is currently showing at art galleries around the world, must've jogged Paul's memory and pushed him towards writing about memories).

And the new Muse album was announced. They're going on tour with Bloc Party in North America for the first part, Portugal the Man in the second.

They've toured with Portugal before iirc, and Bloc Party, well. Scroll up. They also played some new songs that sound very exciting, some throwing back to the straight-up guitar indie rock of their first album Silent Alarm from 2005, some with more complex loops and layering of guitars, giving it a more experimental feel. Classic Kele Okereke!

They also said they're going to have a new album out this year, though a date or title haven't been announced yet. Same goes for Yard Act, though based on what I've seen, I have my guesses for what the album might be called. I'll talk about it on the show tomorrow.

The new Bloc Party tunes - named Pigwig, Love Bombed, Only He Can Heal Me. They're about love, they're political. You'll feel it, they're quite signature Kele, again.