Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

 

The Reds, Pinks & Purples – What’s Going On With Everyday People

Unwishing Well Out April 12 Via Tough Love

Smooth sailing, for everyday people.

 

VR Sex – In Great Detail

Hard Copy Out Now Via Dais

There are at least three genres here we never thought would mash-up so well.

 

Chastity Belt – Laugh

Live Laugh Love Out Now Via Suicide Squeeze Records

Don’t let the horrible album title sway you; the tunes are pretty wavy.

 

Crumb – Amma

Amma Out May 17 Via Crumb Records

Weird and wonderful.

 

Slate – Remoter Heaven

Deathless Out May 17 Via Brace Yourself Records

Smoothy Groovy, moody tooty.

 

Kneecap – Fine Art

Fine Art Out June 15 Via Heavenly Recordings

It’s too bad these lot have blown up and are absolutely killing it because so many insufferables will be at their next string of live shows.

 

Ed Harcourt – El Magnifico

Great title, great track, great title track.

 

Sinkane – Come Together

We Belong Out Friday Via City Slang

Discoey and gooey, check-er-oooot.

 

Curses – Elegant Death

Another winner from the IDIB crew.

 

Max Blansjaar – Anna Madonna

Jangly and fun, something to shake that money maker to.

 

Magana – Break Free

Sure footed, lighthearted, tune.

 

Frog – RIP to the Empire Flea Market

Hop to it and get a listen-on.

 

 

 

 

Following the announcement that his new album, Dépaysé, is set for release on May 31 via City Slang, Sinkane has shared the record's title track. Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab is an artist with a real stake in our current cultural and political climate. Born in London to Sudanese parents, raised in Ohio, and now calling New York City home, he explains the sentiment behind Dépaysé: 

“Dépaysé is a French word that basically means “to be removed from one’s habitual surroundings.”  By extension, it means to be disoriented, homeless.  That's a feeling I relate to very much in these times — and I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way. That word gave me clarity and made my journey of self-discovery that much more exciting. 

“The song came to me in a dream: I dreamed I was walking the streets of Omdurman at night, a city along the Nile in my native Sudan, when I heard someone playing guitar and singing in Arabic. It turned out to be my father!  He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, under a streetlight in front of my childhood home. His voice sounded hypnotic, raw and powerful as he sang in Arabic: “I am your life/And all of our lives/From within the city until our uprising/Our days have left us in the city and, with our imagination, we move forward.”  He sang that over and over, and I sing those same words in my song. This, along with the rest of Dépaysé, has given me peace. I am no longer afraid of the unknown. I’m no longer confused about my duality of my Sudanese and American identities. Now I accept it, and it's made me feel new. This clarity has made me feel more connected with people than ever before. In celebrating our differences, we should also understand that we all relate as human beings. I’m singing for the day we realize that we all relate."

“Sinkane is an American band comprised of people from all over the world,” says Gallab in his bio letter for Dépaysé. “Our collective experience as children of the diaspora helped bring the music to life in the most honest way possible.” He adds, “Dépaysé is the story of an immigrant’s journey of self-discovery in the Trump era. The music is loud and raw, and it's bursting with an energy unlike anything I’ve ever done before.”

Sinkane live dates:

June 08 London, UK @ Field Day