Ed Askew’s posthumous single “Tough Guys” is out today — a slow-burn chamber-pop piece about gay relationships observed and lived, with Fulvio Sigurta’s trumpet and lyrics of crushing intimacy. Also announced: “Boy with a Hat,” an exhibition of Askew’s paintings from 2014–2024, opens at Chicago’s Soccer Club Club on July 31st, the same day The Final Painting arrives on Drag City.
Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children share “My Mother’s Name”, the first single from a new album due in October on Glitterhouse Records — their first in a decade. Born in Nuuk and raised in an Inuit community in Greenland, Nielsen explores the themes of identity, socialisation, and strength of female lineage.
Sourdure has shared “Le Pebre”, the first single from their new album “Outredore”, out September 18th via Pagans and Murailles Music. Ernest Bergez roots these new songs in the traditional music of the Massif Central while reaching toward Eastern vocabularies, his voice more stripped-back than ever. A slow-burning heatwave anthem…
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