Tracks 14-26 are demo versions of the above tracks.

Have you ever had a great afternoon nap? The kind where you drift off, and on your way back to the afternoon, shards of the dream creep into your reality, bits of reality creep into your dream? As you wake up, you can’t tell if the afternoon just got better because the best parts of the dream made it into the day, or because the nap refreshed you so completely that you now have a whole new perspective?

That’s what “Licorice Roots Orchestra” by Raymond Listen sounds like.

If you tilt your head at the appropriate angle, you will hear the best parts of Marc Bolan, Donovan, and the Beatles. Or maybe just a massively talented fan refracting those things, but when you’re just waking up, who can tell?

Raymond Listen, as the band was originally known, was formed in the early 1990’s by singer/songwriter/pianist Edward Moyse, when he moved from rural Wellsboro in Northern Pennsylvania to Newark, Delaware and asked Dave Milsom to form a band with him. Milsom quickly took up the drums. Gradually, they added Dave Silverman (flute/glockenspiel/keyboards) and Kim Benner (finger cymbals). There was a fertile music scene percolating in Delaware, including peers like Jimmy Crouse, Zen Guerrilla, Smashing Orange, and Carnal Ghia, some of whom Raymond Listen shared stages with in 1991 and 1992. If you wanted to see a national touring act, you probably had to go to Philadelphia, but there was something going on.

In 1992, Raymond Listen started recording at Noise New York, with studio owner and legendary scenester gadfly (Mark) Kramer. His business was in transition, and sessions quickly moved to his new facility Noise New Jersey. The recordings that became “Licorice Root Orchestra” went so well that Kramer offered to release the results on Shimmy-Disc.

A brief refresher course for those of you who didn’t live through the indie-rock boom of the 1980’s/1990’s: Kramer is an artist/producer/collaborator/label head who worked with a dizzying array of artists, including Galaxie 500, The Butthole Surfers, Ween, Penn Gillette, John Zorn, Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston, Low, King Missile, Bongwater, Gwar, Boredoms, Jon Spencer, Yo La Tengo, and many, many more. Shimmy-Disc was his label, and it was known as much for the outsize and outsider personalities he collected (and personified) as for his deft and clever production style.

The label was no commercial powerhouse, but it had an outsized cultural footprint. People paid attention to Kramer and Shimmy-Disc. In a world where punk and indie rock had recently upended the established commercial order, small labels were potential breeding grounds for the next thing, and Shimmy-Disc was high on the New York City list.

Probably as a result of Shimmy-Disc’s reach, the album was widely reviewed, and reviews were ecstatic. Melody Maker called it “Seismic” and hailed it as “a delicate work of weird genius.” NME called it “magical and childlike.” CMJ said “infused with the essence of Pet Sounds without sounding derivative.” Sassy magazine issued them their coveted “Cute Band Alert.” None of this seems to have contributed to much in the way of airplay or sales.

A short tour in Spring, 1994 took them to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Louisville, and two different cities in West Virginia. They played some regional shows with Dogbowl, a few scattered shows in New York City, and gradually changed their name from “Raymond Listen” to “Licorice Roots Orchestra.” A second album was recorded at Noise New Jersey, but disagreements between Moyse and Kramer over mixing and production resulted in the band leaving the label, and Moyse taking over the producer role for their subsequent recordings. They made and released 6 more excellent, lower-profile albums, the most recent one of which came out in 2009.

How could such a beautiful, unique piece of work come out in the midst of a creative boom time, and go mostly unheard? My theory is: It was too nice. People were looking for snark, angst, neurosis, and despair in their indie rock music in 1993, and Raymond Listen offered peace and serenity. Grace doesn’t win a battle with a jackhammer.

Now RidingEasy Records comes to the rescue. If you ever loved the dreamier side of the Flaming Lips, the idea of Elephant 6, or a great afternoon nap, here’s your chance. This is why the world needs record collectors. Licorice Roots Orchestra is, on its own terms, a masterpiece. Good night.

—Geoffrey Weiss, Los Angeles, 2024

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‘Guilty of Everything 10 Year Anniversary Edition’ out on DLX LP/LP on March 8, 2024

Video Written, Compiled, Edited and Directed by
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Produced by Domenic Palermo

Holocaust is originally written by Alex Chilton & Big Star
All Music Performed by Domenic Palermo, Nicholas Bassett, and Doyle Martin
Produced by Domenic Palermo and Nick Bassett
Recorded at Candyland Studios in Oakland CA 2015

“We wrote and recorded this track right before I almost got killed in Oakland. We were out on tour with Cloakroom and Tony Molina, so before Doyle joined Nothing. Forgot it existed until a couple years ago while demoing with Nick in Oakland for The Great DIsmal. Hard to imagine a more crushing piece of music than the Alex version, but looking back and how things progressed following recording, this version really holds heavy as well to me. Looking back, its almost like an eerie premonition now of how quickly things can turn devastating.”

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First album in 22 years available here – https://slowdive.lnk.to/slowdive

Dead Oceans is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is a label included in Secretly Group, which also includes Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar.

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The fantastic eponymous second album by The Megaphonic Thrift, follow up to the 2011 debut Decay Decoy.

Free lossless digital version with the vinyl

Track Listing

1. Tune Your Mind
2. Raising Flags
3. Fire Walk With Everyone
4. Broken Glass Yellow Fingers
5. Moonstruck
6. I Wanted You To Know
7. Kill Breathe and Frown
8. The Guillotine
9. Over The Mountain Down In A Teaspoon
10. Swan Song
11. Spaced Out

Pressing Information

White Vinyl LP, limited to 700 copies

Mooncut CD package

Record label based in London, specializing in shoegaze and psychedelic music

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So Long is the debut UK single for Japanese popsters Taffy. Taken from their debut album, Caramel Sunset. Free lossless digital version with the vinyl.

Track Listing

1. So Long
2. in the fields i lay

Pressing Information

Clear sparkly 7″ vinyl, limited to 250 copies. SOLD OUT

Record label based in London, specializing in shoegaze and psychedelic music

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Debut album by Japanese band Taffy, titled Caramel Sunset.

Free lossless digital version with the vinyl.

Track Listing

1. Between
2. Candy Lane
3. HaaH
4. =3
5. Indetermination
6. canary
7. he was…
8. Flower Chain
9. M23-7-8
10. SO LONG

Pressing Information

Clear glittery vinyl LP limited to 250 copies

CD version on digipack

Record label based in London, specializing in shoegaze and psychedelic music

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Recorded in the crafting room using my squire jazzmaster and modest equipment and effects pedals.

Lyrics:

Time, moves slowly
Now I don’t see you
Your always in my dreams, even
When you’re away from me

Wait, wait for me
My head moves so slowly
Wait, for me here
I’ll be back just don’t you fear

Wait. For me
My head. Moves so slow
Wait. For me here
I’ll be back. Don’t you fear

Written and Recorded by Archie Sagers
Vocals by Jack Jazrawy-Brown
Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers

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Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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I think the production techniques I used on the vocals in this single are quite interesting. Jack recorded three separate vocal takes which I then play all at the same time in the chorus. I pan one vocal to the left side of the mix, one to the right and one centered. The two vocal takes on either side are drenched in reverb and the effect of this feels like the vocals are coming from everywhere.
lyrics
The sun dances in the sky
I could never leave you side
The cloud hangs in the air
And i’m lying here without a care

Staring up at the blue sky
The sun dances in your eyes
There’s not a place I’d rather be
credits

Written, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers
Vocals by Jack Jazrawy-Brown

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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I first contacted Grant in December after I heard a few of his songs on Reddit. Their light and happy guitar jangles captivated me and the lo-fi production of the album further added to the warmth felt throughout. I knew I wanted to work with him as he had a talent for quirky songwriting that reminded me of Malkmus. While talking we found we both listened to similar music, and we enjoyed discussing out favourite albums and bands. The music of Baltimore at an angle is written and recorded entirely by G. Gillingham at his home in Bournemouth. They stem from his need to put feeling to sound, as is present in most compulsive musicians.

Baltimore at an Angle’s debut album broadcast’s Grant’s, spur of the moment, songwriting and emits DIY ethos of making music purely for fun. Heavily inspired by Pavement’s approach to making music, all the vocals on this lo-fi, hypnagogic pop album were recorded using default apple earphones and arranged in garage band. Whatever your tastes, Baltimore at an Angle is the perfect album to play on a sunny, winter morning.

“Baltimore at an Angle started as a dumping ground for tracks that weren’t quite ready for Grant’s main solo project Grrr Ant. Some disappeared into the abyss of an anonymous Soundcloud whilst others lived on a USB stick. Eventually enough tracks were amassed which all shared a similar vibe so Baltimore at an Angle’s first LP was born. Grant has never visited Baltimore, nor plans to any time soon, however, the city became emblematic of the autumnal Americana that has heavily inspired the vibe of these tracks. Plus it’s certainly a band name that was unlikely to have been taken! If you fancy seeing the winter out with tracks written in the glow of the late autumn sun or by pumpkin-spice candlelight, then give this a spin.”

-Grant

CDs:
https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/baltimore-at-an-angle

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Hailing from the foggy Southwestern city of Bergen, Norway – where mountains and ocean collide – Misty Coast release their first full length So-Cal tinged, minimalist psych-pop offering into the ether.

Comprised of The Megaphonic Thrift members Linn Frøkedal & Richard Myklebust, the duo’s music exists in an ethereal and twinkling dream world, drifting in slow motion through an ethereal haze.

From the swirling, fuzzed-out sounds of ‘Funny World’, through upbeat and sunshine kissed ‘Leap Year’ to the distant and eerie ‘Heavy Head On A Body’ the album wraps the listener in a lush cloak, navigating a floating world of suspended melodies and lo-fi sensibilities. Using their minimalist approach to music, the duo bring a set of alien eyes to the world, inhabiting a place where the simple meets the bizarre, and the grim becomes the beautiful.

The album was crafted during a series of late night studio sessions where the pair drank a lot of red wine, listened to the rain outside and jammed on instruments they don’t normally play. “Richard put down some juicy bass lines, while Linn came up with some quirky guitar melodies. We had no snare, so we clapped it with our hands. These lo-fi recording sessions went on in our apartment in Bergen, where we recorded most of the stuff on really low volume to not bother our neighbors in the middle of the night.”

They brought these recordings to one of Bergens most talented young producers, Matias Tellez (Young Dreams), who worked his magic into the songs. Kim Åge Furuhaug (who also plays the drums on most of our live shows) spiced up some of the lazy 808 beats with real drums, and Mira Tiruchelvam (9 grader nord) played some lovely Tamil flute on two tracks. The fabulous Sir Dupermann mastered the album.

Sound tracking their day to day life in Bergen, Frøkedal explains “The lyrics often circle around the memories of all the strange places we’ve been and all the weird people we’ve met, and how it sometimes feels like everything around us is just a play – and how everybody (including ourselves) is faking it. We got inspired by the beautiful “The Truman Show”, our Turkish taxi driver, our short-term depressions, our funny and brave friends, our heroes and all the drunk, charming people hanging out in the bars we manage – and how they change their ways during the night, turning into tiny monsters.”

All copies ordered through the AC30 shop will ship a few days prior to the official release date of 22nd September 2017, and will get sent a link to digitally download the lossless files.

Track Listing

1. FUNNY WORLD
2. STRANGE GIRL
3. TRASH TALK SMILE
4. LEAP YEAR
5. TAKE OFF MESS UP
6. ASTEROID
7. DINOSAUR
8. SLEEPY YOUTH
9. IRON TREES
10. HEAVY HEAD ON A BODY

Pressing Information

700 copies on blue & black splatter in transparent blue 180g 12″ vinyl, inside a full colour inner sleeve and a thick reverse board outer.

Record label based in London, specializing in shoegaze and psychedelic music

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