Past Releases

Sababa 5 "Nadir"

A must-listen album for fans of The Heliocentrics, Khruangbin, The Dap Kings, and Moğollar.

​Sababa 5’s latest album, ‘Nadir’, delves into a darker, more sophisticated, and cinematic fusion of psychedelic soul and Middle Eastern rock. The title, Nadir, is an astronomical term referring to the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath an observer, diametrically opposite the zenith. Metaphorically, it signifies the lowest point or a moment of adversity. This duality resonates with the band’s exploration of contrasting musical themes—melding the cosmic and the terrestrial, the ethereal and the grounded. The name encapsulates the album’s essence, reflecting a journey through deep, introspective soundscapes that are both otherworldly and rooted in raw, earthly grooves.​

Nadir stands as Sababa 5’s most compelling and listenable offering yet – a transcontinental journey where hypnotic grooves, cinematic arrangements, and evocative Middle Eastern scales create vivid imagery, compel movement, and touch the soul. 

The Whimbrels "The Whimbrels"

THE WHIMBRELS are a power art-rock band with lineages to some of the most influential and raw music New York City has produced – loud art with a back beat. The sound is dense, rhythmic, hard and sweet, with hooks and riffs that pop out at unexpected moments. Their three-guitar lineup featuring ARAD EVANS (Glenn Branca Ensemble), NORMAN WESTBERG (Swans) and LUKE SCHWARTZ (Glenn Branca, Wharton Tiers), along with bassist/vocalist MATT HUNTER (Savak, Dusty Fates), and drummer STEVE DiBENEDETTO.

A Whimbrels show involves racks of guitars tuned in different and unconventional ways, with the players constantly switching between them. There are counterpoint choirs, dueling e-bows phasing against each other, chunking poly and cross-rhythmic interludes, soaring arias of distortion from Westberg and Evans’ melodic and inventive guitars.

The New York Times once placed Arad Evans on “an index of creative or experimental electric guitar-based music in America – young lords of the wild in the post-rock tradition.” That description fits The Whimbrels perfectly. You may need earplugs.

Daisy The Great "The Rubber Teeth Talk"

“The title of our third album, The Rubber Teeth Talk, comes from a lyric in one of the songs on the record, Dream Song, describing “the rubber teeth” covering the clock during a freaky, playful fever dream. Throughout the album, the Rubber Teeth symbolize the voices in our heads — sometimes tender and creative, other times critical and self-sabotaging. At its core, this album is about embracing the unknown, driven by both bold imagination and intimate personal reflection. We were so lucky to be able to work on this project with the inimitable Catherine Marks, star of our hearts and fearless co-leader of the project. Each song exists in its own distinct world, blending lyrically inspired sonic details with our stacks of interlocking harmonies. We recorded the album with our band at Studio G in Brooklyn and finished it up in London with Catherine at Eastcote. It has been a really really special time and we can’t wait for everyone to hear the music.” – From Rough Trade Vinyl

Sharpie Smile "The Staircase"

Sharpie Smile (Dylan Hadley & Cole Berliner of Kamikaze Palm Tree) break out with their debut full-length – a lush, energizing contemporary pop record, built on heart-swelling minimal/maximal electronic production + deep feels. Reality’s breaking and rebirth is happening, one day–and one song–at a time. Sharpie Smile ride inspired waves of futurist sound art on a dreamy, ethereal vision-quest through serpentine soul-terrain.