Plutonic Rainbows

Vaporwave artist NMESH returns this Friday with a new album, Pharma on Orange Milk Records. It's the first album since 2014's Dream Sequins.

You can preorder the new album here.

Update: Tapes have are already sold out in 5 hours. However, other retailers may have it in the next few days. There will also be a repress later in the year.

This excellent Bandcamp vaporwave release available this week warps us back through time to strolling through a shopping mall in 1990. Midnight Deluxe has done a great job of creating the ambience of that vanished age from the muzak-inspired vapidness of Money and Minds to the slightly sinister Mannequins.

The digital album is available now on Bandcamp.

This last Sunday (23rd), the inimitable singer of the much-adored Cocteau Twins made a rare public appearance and discussed the Blue Bell Knoll album with John Grant. The full interview is available at The Quietus.

Elizabeth Fraser:

"I listened to Blue Bell Knoll for the first time in years and I cried, I just thought it was so lovely," says Fraser, remembering the creative process as an opportunity for the band to escape the pressures of their private lives. "It was quite a difficult time, and I think we just decided to throw ourselves into the creativity. Getting immersed in that process and not worrying about how it would be perceived or the outcome, just going with the flow without expectations, no endgame, just enjoy it, and if it's not working try something else."

Friday 28th of July sees a new album from the San-Francisco based artist that continues his trademark sound of distorted loops and grainy ambience he has perfected over the years. LIF is his first new work since Music For Raising and follows on from the excellent Sisters released last year.

Preorder digital at Bandcamp.