Fair Ohs 7 track 7″, Pacific Rim: Early Recordings, is officially released today. Available as a strictly limited 7″ on blue vinyl and as a download via iTunes/Amazon et al. The digital version also comes with two bonus tracks not available on the vinyl edition.
The full record can be streamed on Sound Cloud for this week only. Listen below.
Sea Pinks are Girls Names reshuffled, but not just in terms of personnel – the latter’s drummer, Neil Brogan writes and records all of the Sea Pinks songs, and is backed by Cathal and Claire when playing live. Musically however, the comparisons should probably end there, and not just because it’s lazy to draw the most obvious connecting lines.
Gone are the vague allusions to the occult and the haunted detritus of a graying Belfast that characterise Girls Names, replaced with a forlorn jangle that’s melodic, sinuous and addictive. “Fountain Tesserae”, the opening track on their debut album Dead Seas (buy here), is typically abstract yet strangely affecting in its brevity, and a perfect entry point into Sea Pinks world. And what – or where – that world is is intriguing: seemingly positioned somewhere between the sun-dried Brooklyn sway of Beach Fossils, the singularity of early 80s Messthetics and a host of down-out-and-under Flying Nun bands. I guess that means it’s pretty much itself alone.
Clearly, Sea Pinks aren’t just another square in Girls Names’ bigger picture. They’re stand alone, awkward and out-of-step. Like most things purposeful and good.
On October 31st, Tough Love will release the new single by East London psych-pop four-piece, Weird Dreams. “Holding Nails” is backed by B-sides “Where’d I Go Wrong” and “The Stranger” and is limited to just 250 copies and housed in hand-printed sleeves. Artwork is designed by Gordon Armstrong (eternal thanks). All three tracks will also be available through the usual digital outlets.
Listen to “Holding Nails” on Pitchfork now or stream below.
Following the release of their debut album, Dead To Me, Belfast trio Girls Names have announced a series of dates in Italy in October. In advance of these shows, listen to “I Could Die”, a track from their album not previously available for streaming online.
OCTOBER
27th – Blah Blah, Torino
28th – Lio Bar, Brescia
29th – Circolo degli Artisti, Roma
30th – Mattatoio, Carpi
