SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 15, 2018 @ NOON EST

Paupière Share “Défunte Lune De Miel” Video On Brooklyn Vegan

“Paupière” contains both the French words for “skin” and for “stone”, organic and mineral, sensitive and hard. And it’s this singular duality that the young Montreal trio, consisting of Julia Daigle, Eliane Préfontaine and Pierre-Luc Begin, plays with on their fascinating new album, À jamais privé de réponses. The debut full-length follows an EP they released in 2016.

Sophie Meiers teams up with producer Lederrick for new track “Fade Away”

Colorado’s Sophie Meiers has teamed up with Lil Peep producer Lederrick on the new track “Fade Away” which is streaming now at Pigeons and Planes and on her SoundCloud.

She will be releasing a new EP this fall via Kobalt and is currently collaborating with producers Dylan Brady (The Neighbourhood) and Clayjay.

Lil Peep Featuring Clams Casino “Four Gold Chains” Available Now

The video for “Four Gold Chains,” the new track from Lil Peep, premiered yesterday on the main stage at Rolling Loud Festival and is now available on all DSP’s. The track features Clams Casino and debuted last night in between the sets of Post Malone, one of Peep’s friends, and Future, one of his greatest influences. Peep originally announced his collaboration on November 15th, 2017, the day of his passing, and the track was officially announced on Peep’s Twitter account last night. “Four Gold Chains” is the first of Lil Peep’s solo work to drop posthumously and follows “Spotlight,” the collaboration released earlier this year with Marshmello.

If Walls Could Talk Release Music Video For “Sleepless”

Alternative pop-rock quintet If Walls Could Talk aim to create an experience for their fans through their theatrical sound and engaging live performances. In 2016 the band released their debut EP, What Would They Say?, which features tracks that are structured like a classical aria while others blend elements of rock, rap, and pop. The band recently announced a re-release, titled What Would They Say? Deluxe Edition, which is set for release on June 8th, 2018 and includes new tracks as well as three revisioned acoustic tracks. Today, If Walls Could Talk has partnered with Punchland for the premiere of their brand new music video for the band’s latest single, “Sleepless.”

Video Premiere: If Walls Could Talk — Sleepless

The Line Of Best Fit Premieres ‘Black Bangs’ By “Patzy”

Based in Nashville, TN, Patzy is comprised of long time friends, Patrick Sewalk and Logan Todd. After playing together in a handful of bands over their formative college years, they teamed up in mid-2017 to start recording a full album’s worth of material. Patzy draws from rock/folk sounds of the 60’s, as well as from more modern pop/psychedelia. On record, members Patrick and Logan play/perform the majority of the parts, but live Patzy features up to 5 members.

SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI Release new single “lo”

Entitled Io this ambient post metal journey is a progressive and introspective four and a half minute epic seamlessly progresses from a spaced out bass and ambient electronic synth to a mesmerising hypnotic climax!

The single Io is accompanied by a video of the band in their natural habitat on the coast of Kent, UK their rehearsal warehouse and is interspersed with plenty of idiosyncrasies and footage one would expect from the debut video from Sons of Alpha Centauri.

NameLess & Piracy f. Mickey Factz, “Going To War”

Toronto rap artists NameLess & Piracy present “Going To War”, their new single featuring Mickey Factz, which appears on Kin6dom, their new album also featuring Marvwon, Ness, Chilla Jones, Quest Mcody, and Cambatta.

Erike Sparks wants to get out of East London – releases brilliant new track and video

Erike Sparks is an artist who has a truly focused vision of how he wants to communicate with his audiences. Having grown up in East London, his message to working class people of all races and ages is to be true to themselves and the genuine friends around them. This message of believing in yourself and those who stick by you through thick and thin, is reflected not only in his lyrics but only in his latest video to his track Infrared Beam. Shunning the obvious route, Erike has filmed his video in the wilds of Scotland, showing his single-mindedness and unwillingness to conform with the habits which drive many of his age to crime.

WATCH – Odette Releases New Video For ‘Take It To The Heart’.

Sydney singer songwriter Odette burst on to the scene last year with her stand-out debut single, ?Watch Me Read You?. The song resonated strongly with its poetic, syncopated, spoken-word verses and landed at #56 on Australia?s triple J?s 2017 Hottest 100. Now comes her debut album ?TO A STRANGER?, a further insight into the world of this immense young talent, set for release on July 6 through EMI Music Australia. Pre-order HERE:

Discover MACHINE GUN, the newest compilation of Club Late Music

Club Late Music is an open-source music label that reflects a contemporary, post-internet attitude and personify the instantaneous and global nature of today’s culture.

Delta Sleep return with new single/video ‘El Pastor’

Today, Brighton math-rock band Delta Sleep announce their return, sharing a new video for their first single in 3 years entitled ‘El Pastor’. The new single is taken from the bands highly anticipated second record, which follows on from their widely acclaimed debut album ‘Twin Galaxies’, which earned plaudits from the likes of Clash, GoldFlakePaint, Q, Rock Sound and more. Further details to be announced…

BATTS (FFO Courtney Barnett, Angel Olsen) | Shares new video

In the midst of her U.K. tour, BATTS? is today sharing the official film clip for her latest single ‘Shame’?. Having spent the first half of the year touring to sold out audiences around Australia with Didirri and in the midst of a UK tour alongside Cub Sport and Communion Music?, the anticipation for BATTS’ debut album grows as the Melbourne singer-songwriter continues to introduce her music to global audiences.

Stream DUEL’s “Live At The Electric Church” now on The Obelisk!

Austin heavy riffers DUEL are premiering their fuel-driven new record “Live At The Electric Church” today exclusively via The Obelisk. The hook-filled 6-track is out this Friday on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Review & Full Album Premiere: Duel, Live at the Electric Church

The Nectars release ‘We Will Run’ video ahead of UK tour & album release

Emerging from the depths of New Jersey and brewing up a storm on New York’s underground music scene, new band on the block The Nectars have shared the video for their new single ‘We Will Run’, taken from their upcoming debut album Sci-Fi Television, out May 25th. The video premiered with This Feeling/Gigslutz yesterday who called it a “summer indie banger”.

Annabel Allum shares the raucous ’em(ily)’ out via Killing Moon Records

Guildford-based starlet Annabel Allum shares explosive new cut Em(ily), her third offering from forthcoming EP Sorry I’m Not Perceptible out later this month. Providing her latest dose of folk-style storytelling crossed with snarling fuzzy indie licks, Allum’s enigmatic personality shines through once more alongside a series of scintillating hooks, creating further anticipation ahead of her appearance at BBC Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend on 26th May.

ANTONIO RAMSEY Releases The Music Video To His Single, “RITUALS”

“I wanted a simple, yet vibey, video for “Rituals” – something that felt like love in the late 90’s, but I framed the lyrics in a much fresh way”, mentions Antonio. “For some reason the word “Rituals” popped into my head and I started thinking about past relationships where we started out so in love, making sure we did certain things every week to keep and strengthen our bond, to now we just sit at home and do nothing or barely talk to one another,” he adds.

CHARLIE PUTH’S JUST-RELEASED ALBUM “VOICENOTES” CERTIFIED GOLD

Voicenotes, the just-released sophomore album from multi-GRAMMY® nominated singer/songwriter/producer Charlie Puth, has been certified Gold by the RIAA, for total album equivalents exceeding half a million in the U.S. alone. Already a global success, the album shot to #1 at iTunes in over 70 territories around the world. Arriving everywhere last Friday, Voicenotes is highlighted by a trio of hit singles – the 3x-Platinum “Attention,” platinum-certified followup “How Long,” and current single “Done For Me (feat. Kehlani),” which climbs into the top 20 at Top 40 radio and top 15 at Hot AC radio this week.

Psych-rockers KOYO release sci-fi inspired single ‘Jettisoned’

Psychedelic rockers KOYO are releasing new single ‘Jettisoned’. The track is taken from their critically acclaimed self-titled debut, which made the top 20 album lists for Classic Rock, Prog Magazine and Louder Than War.

Personality Cult (LA post-punk) share searing new single “Loose Ends”

With vocal similarities to Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, frontman/songwriter James Clifford deliberately employs rough production techniques to add a punk flavor to new wave-inspired songwriting. Personality Cult sounds like the direction New Order may have taken had they attended the sessions for Raw Power, or if The Smiths had abandoned guitars and got into Kraftwerk. Propulsive drum machines clash with abrasive guitar lines, while Clifford’s evocative baritone keeps everything balanced with lyrics that touch on uncertainty, isolation, youth, and finding hope in obscure places.

New > Shygirl Shares Video For ‘Gush’

“Cruel Practice” is only the 4th release on the NUXXE label, which Shygirl founded alongside Coucou Chloe and Sega Bodega, yet they are proving themselves to be the sound of London’s most fwd thinking club music of 2018. Today she unveils the moody visual for single ‘Gush’, premiered on The Fader.

Saint Sister Billboard Premieres Single “Twin Peaks” Out Now

Trading the sombre delibracy of 2016’s “Tin Man” (Via Communions Single’s club) and the subtle sweeping expanses of last year’s “Causing Trouble,” here we find the group exploring a more direct approach to their songwriting. Pushing themselves away from their comfort zone has resulted in a single distinct from their earlier harp based Irish folk. “I think, for our first album we’ve pushed past the edges of our sonic extremes” confirms MacIntyre, revealing an exciting teaser of the album to come.

CHAOS CHAOS RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM TODAY,FEATURING “PINK POLITICS”

LA-based sister duo Chaos Chaos, whose single “Terryfold” with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland soared to #33 on the Billboard Hot Rock Song chart, release their highly anticipated self-titled debut album today. The album premiered on L’Officiel USA who raved that Chaos Chaos “rings with reverberations of musicians like Lorde, tapping into this generation’s appetite for spirited synthpop, vibrant beats, and pensive lyrics”. The 10-track album features lead single “Pink Politics”, which Billboard raved as “a defiant dance jam, whipped together during a polarizing time in history”.

AVOID Releases New Single, “Father Centipede”

Seattle-based heavy rock outfit AVOID has released their new single, “Father Centipede” through Revival Recordings. The track, with accompanying stream video, can be heard on the Revival Recordings YouTube channel now!