Last month, New Noise Magazine premiered Sparse Illumination, the debut LP from L.A.-based post-punk outfit Blackout Transmission. Collectively, the eight tracks on the album, out now through Etxe Records, combine for a tight 34-minute dose of post-punk, shoegaze, and neo-psychedelia that evokes low-shutter-speed nocturnal journeys through desert canyons and winding coastal highways
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Read More“Bright and gleaming at times, warm and meditative at others, Sparse Illumination effectively creates a seamless, lysergic journey filled [that] . . . nails the shimmering, chiming guitar sounds of the 80s Liverpool and Manchester scenes .. with irresistible grooves soothing, ethereal vocals recalling Ian McCulloch at his finest.”
As a full body of work, Echoes & Dust states that “this is above all an album dripping in psych; and while it never reaches the heights of space rock, it delivers an abundance of mesmeric moments that touch the stratosphere. Sparse Illumination it may be, but this soundscape has more than enough candlepower to light up our permanent pandemic twilight.”
Read MoreOn January 20, 2021, Blackout Transmission released their second single Heavy Circles from their forthcoming debut long-player Sparse Illumination out in February 19, 2021.
Read MoreEtxe Records is proud to release Los Angeles based dream-pop duo Magic Wands’ third album Abrakadabra this Friday July 13th, 2018 on classic black vinyl with digital download.
Abrakadabra is a new and exciting body of work that captures dream wave duo Magic Wands signature expertise at infusing sweet, catchy pop tracks with intricate and sophisticated layers of powerful, transcendental and mystical moods and textures.
Recorded at Voltiv Studios in LA and produced by Phil Galloni and the band themselves and mastered by Tim Young (The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine), new album Abrakadabra features 10 tracks with an extra track "Puzzle Of Love" for vinyl orders.
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