The Candlepark Stars - Take Care and Safe Home

Artist: The Candlepark Stars
Album: Take Care and Safe Home
Genre: Post-rock, Cinematique, Shoegaze
Label: Unsigned
Year: 2012
From : Los Angeles, USA

Tracklist
01. Take Care and Safe Home 05:04
02. Glory Days 02:45
03. Glory Days (Piano Only) 02:49
04. The Homecoming Dance 02:31
05. Prom King 02:08
06. We Are All Stars 08:35
07. You Are Gold 09:50
08. Til the Stars Burn Out 05:09
09. We Found Love 08:30
10. You Are Gold (Cinematic Joy Mix) 09:46
11. Best Day of My Life 03:34

This album picks up where "We Give and We Get" left off. To me it feels like the last album of a 3-album arc that began with "All the Little Things" then continued with "We Give and We Get" and now, with "Take Care and Safe Home," finishes. A couple of the songs near the end of the album are surprisingly upbeat! This doesn't signal a new direction for The Candlepark Stars: those are just nice surprises to be found along the way.

Download | Facebook | OfficialSite | iTunes

Spheruleus - Cyanometry

Artist: Spheruleus
Album: Cyanometry
Genre: Ambient, Shoegaze, Neo-Classical
Label: Tessellate Recordings
Year: 2012
From : UK

Tracklist
01. Blue Cast 03:33
02. Sky's The Limit 05:05
03. Blueprints 05:04
04. Horizon 05:16
05. Inhibition 03:55
06. Scattered Light 04:06
07. Suspended Particles 03:33
08. Lined With Silver 05:30
09. White 04:17
10. A Grey End To A Blue Day 09:02

For those new to the Spheruleus sound, Lincolnshire (UK) based artist Harry Towell has been releasing experimental material since 2008 on labels such as Hibernate, Under The Spire, Time Released Sound and most recently a collaboration with Ekca Liena on Home Normal. When he is not manipulating frequencies whether acoustic or otherwise, Harry spends his spare time curating netlabel Audio Gourmet and now its new sister label Tessellate Recordings.

Download | tessellate-recordings.com | blog | facebook | soundcloud

65daysofstatic - The Last Dance [EP]

Artist: 65daysofstatic
Album: The Last Dance [EP]
Genre: Post-rock, Electronic
Label: Unsigned
Year: 2012
From : UK

Tracklist
01. Crash Tactics
02. PX3
03. Come to Me
04. Burial Scene
05. Space Theme
06. Retreat! Retreat! (live from Radio City Music Hall)
07. Tiger Girl

We’ve got quite a concise festival season this year, since we’re busy in our 65 bunker, slowly but surely succumbing to agoraphobia and going deaf. Nevertheless, we are thrilled to be creeping up those bills, headlining a few festivals and making our debuts in countries we’ve been trying to get to for years now. To celebrate this, we’re giving away a free e.p – The Last Dance – that’s got a selection of tracks from our past few records. It’s nothing that you can’t find on the torrentz in about 30 seconds, but it’s got new artwork and it flows sensibly from start to finish like an iTunes shuffle doesn’t. It’s entirely possible, if you’re reading... more..



Free download | OfficialSite | Facebook | Twitter

Trachimbrod - A Collection Of Hidden Sketches

Artist: Trachimbrod
Album: A Collection Of Hidden Sketches
Genre: Post-rock, Screamo
Label: Tokyo Jupiter Records (Japan), Trulove Entertainment (Germany), Sad Songs Records (Russia), Against it Records (Germany)
Year: 2012
From : Stockholm/Jonkoping

Tracklist
01. Us Without Self Control (4:50)
02. Salvation (4:21)
03. Through Walls, Floors And More (6:39)
04. Mediocrity (2:56)
05. Lost In Direction With A Dead Eye (3:49)
06. No More Peaceful Mind (1:46)
07. Don't Trust Experts (4:36)
08. Growth (1:44)
09. Rescue Me From Silence (9:53)

Trachimbrod is a Swedish postrock/screamo.



Bandcamp | Facebook | MySpace |

Hollow Branches - Okanagana Waves

Artist: Hollow Branches
Album: Okanagana Waves
Genre: Post-rock
Label: strixrecords
Year: 2012
From : Portland

Tracklist
01. Rumor The Past (5:30)
02. Habitual (4:35)
03. Pareidolia (4:26)
04. Weave The Architect (5:18)
05. Travelers (5:14)
06. Okanagana Waves (7:27)
07. Afterward (6:56)

Musically, “Okanagana Waves” takes influence from progressive rock, dark ambient, and neo-folk, while exploring themes as diverse as anxiety, skepticism, and the indifferent beauty of nature.

Download | strixrecords | MySpace

Handwrist - All flesh is grass and all its grace is as the flower of the field

Artist: Handwrist
Album: All flesh is grass and all its grace is as the flower of the field
Genre: Post-metal, Post-rock
Label: Kosherful Zion
Year: 2012
From : Lisbon, Portugal

Tracklist
01. Sailing Stones 09:58
02. Foxfire 07:18
03. Desert Storm 07:46
04. Red Tide 10:59
05. Flesh 06:31
06. Maelstrom 09:27
07. Sundog 08:13
08. The Tree Of Knowledge 12:27

Handwrist is a Post-Rock band from Lisbon, Portugal. The sound of Handwrist is a mixture of post and progressive rock and metal, featuring both calm down-tempo passages and harsh up-tempo music, as well as clean and growled vocals.

Free download | Facebook | Blog

Sky Architects - The Promise of Tomorrow

Artist: Sky Architects
Album: The Promise of Tomorrow
Genre: Post-rock
Label: Unsigned
Year: 2012
From : Aarhus, Denmark

Tracklist
01. The Promise 02:07
02. Fade Out 07:02
03. We'll Never Forget This 05:36
04. All Free Must Fly 03:46
05. Waves of Light 05:51
06. The Dark Wave 04:39
07. Breach These Walls 05:13
08. Ignite 04:22
09. Endzeit 05:21
10. Procession of Hearts 05:25

In simple words, Sky Architects is four guys who are in love with music, have set out to create sounds that inspire them and are fun to make. These sounds tend to be quite EPIC!



Download | Facebook | Twitter | LastFM

Low-pass - Trimurti

Artist: Low-pass
Album: Trimurti
Genre: Math-rock, Instrumental
Label: Keepittogethertherecord
Year: 2012
From : Japan

Tracklist
01. AR 04:10
02. Reconstruct 05:12
03. Nitro 03:14
04. Fog 04:54
05. Glide 03:06
06. Δ 03:48
07. Landscape 04:07
08. Days Over 04:06

Low-pass is a math-rock band from Japan.



Bandcamp | OfficialSite | Buy | Twitter | blog

When Clouds Collide - We're Just Making Sound

Artist: When Clouds Collide
Album: We're Just Making Sound
Genre: Post-rock
Label: Oxide Tones
Year: 2012
From : New Jersey

Tracklist
01. Cellar Door 03:05
02. Hibernation 03:36
03. Edge of Infinity 07:50
04. Oh, Boy 04:24
05. Sunsets and Regrets 05:12
06. No Bean, No 04:15
07. Black Birch 05:03
08. My Tears Break The Mirror 04:12
09. San Miguel 03:46
10. In The Wake Of Collision 05:56

When Clouds Collide is a post-rock duo from New Jersey comprised of Matt O’Connor and Michael Coyle. Their debut LP – entitled We’re Just Making Sound – was completely self-produced. Both members wrote, recorded, and produced the album with the exception for a few parts written and recorded by Russ Frank and Ryan Lederer. Their influences range among several genres and include bands such as Minus the Bear, This Will Destroy You, Cloudkicker, and many more. Their sound can be described by the quote, “…they avoid self-indulgent interludes and solos – and their songs possess propulsion. In a concert hall, the reverberations would likely fill the room, drowning out conversation and evoking the euphoria of layered instrumentation."



Download | OfficialSite

TOE - The Future Is Now EP

Artist: TOE
Album: The Future Is Now EP
Genre: Math-rock, Post-rock, Instrumental
Label: Machupicchu Industrias (World), White Noise Records (Asia)
Year: 2012
From : Japan

Tracklist
01. Run For Word
02. 月、欠け feat.ACO
03. Ordinary Days
04. The Future Is Now

toe is a Japanese music group. While mentioned in many post-rock circles, their song structure and dynamics are similar to many popular math rock artists.
toe is composed of Kashikura Takashi on drums, Mino Takaaki on guitar, Yamane Satoshi on bass guitar, and Yamazaki Hirokazu on guitar. Toe has formally played with this line-up since the band’s inception in 2000. They are currently one of three bands on the indie label Machu Picchu, along with the band mouse on the keys and Enemies.

The vast majority of the music is instrumental and features the swift and acute drumming of Takashi. The band is also known for its melodic, clean guitar settings. Additionally, the compositions have repetition from typical rock motifs, but use very subtle changes in beat and rhythm to form a unique sound. The band has changed their sound over their musical tenure by incorporating acoustic guitars, rhodes piano, and vibraphones in their most recent releases.

iTunes | Facebook | OfficialSite