[streaming] Red Sleeping Beauty – Always

Shelflife presents the return of the legendary Swedish pop group Red Sleeping Beauty with a spectacular comeback 7″ single “Always” b/w “Breaking Up Is Easy”, their first release in 15 years. Available world-wide Sept 11th on limited white vinyl and digital formats. Red Sleeping Beauty formed in Stockholm in 1989 by singer Kristina Borg, singer/guitarist…

TALKING BUSH – Ordinary Unusual E.P. (Shelflife, 2015) Poco più di dieci minuti di vibrazioni sintetiche e languori romantici introducono la nuova sensazione pop proveniente dalla Russia, Paese che oltre a una ricca scena elettronico-sperimentale negli ultimi tempi sta offrendo testimonianze significative di quella riscoperta pop-wave ormai in auge su scala planetaria. Ai vari Motorama…

[video of the week] Talking Bush – Overgrow

Talking Bush is a new project from Nikita Bushmanov, who has been releasing music in various genres and under various pseudonyms over the years. As soon as we discovered these songs, we immediately wanted to work together. Talking Bush’s sound can be best described as a mixture of synth-pop, dream-pop and post-punk, with rich choruses,…

THE TREASURES OF MEXICO – Holding Pattern (Shelflife, 2015) Altro che riscoperta del pop chitarristico anni ’80-’90, The Treasures Of Mexico non sono epigoni, bensì protagonisti di quell’epoca, benché sotto diversa denominazione e in risposta a premesse espressive diverse da quelle che oggi vedono Mark Matthews e Bob Collins maturi signori inglesi, pronti tuttavia a…

[streaming] The Treasures Of Mexico – Stars

Shelflife presents the debut album from The Treasures of Mexico entitled “Holding Pattern” on digital format on June 2. The Treasures of Mexico are new project from Mark Matthews and Bob Collins from the legendary UK band The Dentists. shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE122.html

GOODLY THOUSANDS – Sunshine Hair E.P. (Shelflife, 2015) Il caro vecchio vinile 7”, fortunatamente assistito dall’irrinunciabile edizione digitale, è tornato ad essere il formato d’elezione per piccole gemme indie-pop, distillate in particolare da band agli esordi. È il caso degli irlandesi di provincia Goodly Thousand, capitanati dal chitarrista e songwriter Colm Dawson, che a ben…

[streaming] Goodly Thousands – Sunshine Hair

Shelflife presents the “Sunshine Hair” from Goodly Thousands, coming March 24th on limited 7″ vinyl and digital formats. The EP is the follow up to the nearly sold out debut 7″ “Honest / I Wish”, which has earned a great deal of praise from guitar pop fans worldwide. The band started in 2010 in the small…

THE LUXEMBOURG SIGNAL – The Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife, 2014) Oltre ai pionieristici tentativi di catturare frequenze notturne in onda media (che tempi!), a una prima lettura la denominazione The Luxembourg Signal potrebbe non raccontare molto di quanto racchiude al suo interno. Si tratta, di fatto, di una band al debutto, anche se i curricula artistici…