V2 records news – Poliça – announces new album ‘dreams go’
POLIÇA Announces New Album "Dreams Go"
OUT 17 OCTOBER VIA MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES

Minneapolis-based band POLIÇA today announces news of their sixth album Dreams Go, due out October 17 via Memphis Industries. POLIÇA delivers their most emotionally resonant and texturally rich work to date—a poignant meditation on loss, resilience, and the fragile beauty of holding on. Written and recorded in the shadow of bassist Chris Bierden's glioblastoma diagnosis, the album is both elegy and act of preservation, capturing the band at a moment of profound transition.

To accompany the announcement, they share the album title track. Commenting on the track Channy Leaneagh says, "It's an anthem for the dreams we swallow, bury away while life goes on without them."

Since their emergence from Minneapolis' vibrant underground in 2011, POLIÇA has carved out a singular space in electronic indie-pop, blending shadowy synths, pulsating rhythms, and the unmistakable vocal presence of Channy Leaneagh—a voice that bends and refracts like light through water, shaped by intricate processing yet deeply human at its core. Co-founded by producer Ryan Olson, the band's alchemy has long been defined by its balance of warmth and detachment, with Chris Bierden's melodic bass lines and the dueling drums of Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson anchoring their hypnotic sound.

Their upcoming LP, Dreams Go, is a collection of eight new songs recorded at Pachyderm Studio in Minnesota, marking the band's final sessions with Bierden before he lost the ability to play bass. The record pulses with a raw, elegiac energy, a testament to the chemistry that defined POLIÇA's first decade.

While Bierden can no longer perform live, POLIÇA presses forward with a new addition of Alex Nutter, reimagining themselves once more with a new touring lineup. Produced by Olson and featuring guest production by Stockholm-based techno producer Peder Mannerfelt, Dreams Go doesn't just memorialize the past—it propels the band into the next phase of their evolution, proving that reinvention has always been part of their DNA.

Though born of grief, Dreams Go is anything but static. It breathes, shimmers, and ultimately insists on the power of making art in the face of uncertainty. Whether or not POLIÇA continues beyond this release, Dreams Go stands as a moving testament to the band's creative bond—and to Bierden's indelible role within it.

Dreams Go - song and lyrics by POLIÇA | Spotify

Tracklisting:

Carlines

Wound Up

Revival

Creeping

Wasted Me

Li5a

She Knows Me

Dreams Go

Tomorrowland news – Oscar And The Wolf - Core Stage afgesloten tijdens overweldigend debuut van After Hours op Tomorrowland

From light to darkness. Oscar and the Wolf onthulde gisteren voor een uitzinnig publiek een nieuw hoofdstuk in zijn artistieke parcours met de première van zijn dj-concept After Hours op Tomorrowland. Deze gloednieuwe liveshow onsprong uit het verlangen om een andere kant van de artiest te tonen – een kant die enkel 's nachts tot leven komt. In samenwerking met zijn vaste co-producer Aram Abgaryan (MARA) en vergezeld door twintig dansers, werd de volledig volgelopen CORE-stage gehuld in een nieuw gedaante: een nachtelijk universum vol dans, mysterie en emotie.

Het publiek werd meegezogen in een meeslepende mix van clubklassiekers, exclusieve onuitgebrachte tracks en persoonlijke favorieten – allemaal opnieuw vormgegeven in betoverende remixes.

Oscar and the Wolf op Tomorrowland 2025
"We hebben alles zelf gecreëerd: de sound, de flow, de opbouw. After Hours geeft me de ruimte om een andere kant van Oscar and the Wolf te verkennen. Het voelt intiemer, hypnotiserend en zonder twijfel gedurfder aan. Ik kan niet wachten om dit met mijn fans te delen."

Met After Hours slaat Oscar and the Wolf een brug tussen de emotionele diepte van popsongs en de fysieke ontlading van clubcultuur. Het is een wereld waar dans en melancholie samenvloeien – een nachtelijke bekentenis in beats en beweging. Hier draait het niet om het najagen van trends, maar om het volgen van emotie, waar die ook heen leidt. In 2017 schreef hij geschiedenis als eerste liveact ooit op Tomorrowland. Voor een volle en uitzinnige menigte legde hij met After Hours opnieuw de lat hoger. To be continued.

www.tomorrowland.com 

Gent Jazz 2025 – Een smeltkroes van muzikaal talent, bruisende plek voor ontmoeting & beleving

In het bonte gezelschap van Kamasi Washington, Benjamin Clementine, Adja, Lander & Adriaan, Bandler Ching, L'Antidote, Johan Dupont Trio en Elijah Fox Trio trok Gent Jazz zonet de deur achter zich dicht. Met meer dan 100 concerten en 94 namen, waarvan 40 met Belgische roots, blikt Gent Jazz tevreden terug op een bijzonder geslaagde 24ste editie. Van 4 tot 19 juli vonden trouwe én nieuwe Gent Jazz'ers de weg naar de mooiste festivaltuin van Gent, in de unieke setting van de historische Bijlokesite. Met twee podia, 350 medewerkers en vrijwilligers, een gevarieerd en lokaal aanbod van foodstands en verborgen plekjes om tot rust te komen, genoten bezoekers van 92 uur muziek van de bovenste plank. Het dak van de tent ging er meermaals af, de vloer trilde onafgebroken van een enthousiast, dansend publiek, en er hing magie in de Gent Jazzlucht.

Of het nu ging om internationale kleppers met Herbie Hancock, Bonnie Raitt, The Roots, twee keer Max Richter, Ibrahim Maalouf, Branford Marsalis, Steve Coleman, Soulwax, Norah Jones, St. Vincent, Leon Bridges, Kamasi Washington, Benjamin Clementine of talent van eigen bodem met onder meer Philip Catherine Quartet, Nordmann, Naima Joris & Vitja Pauwels, An Pierlé Quartet: Gent Jazz bracht opnieuw een onvergetelijke mix van kwaliteit, ontdekking en beleving!

GENT JAZZ ALS KWEEKVIJVER
Gent Jazz profileerde zich meer dan ooit als kweekvijver én katalysator. Een plek waar artiesten dankzij het brede festivalpubliek een stevige duw in de rug krijgen in hun ontluikende carrière. Denk aan lokaal geweld als Jazmyn, Stace, Adja, Abel Ghekiere, Echofarmer, Kuna Maze, Bandler Ching, Helena Casella, de drie KASK-bands en natuurlijk de laureaten van Gent Jazz Talent 2025. Ook internationaal was er beloftevol vuurwerk: van Zoh Amba en The Philharmonik tot Naaz, Dana & Alden, Toby Lee, Joe Webb Trio, Hiqpy, Marysia Osu en veel meer...

GENT JAZZ ALS SMELTKROES
Achter de schermen broeide er op Gent Jazz bovendien heel wat moois. En dat was voelbaar tot op onze podia met muzikale crossovers en artiesten die tijdens het festival besloten elkaars set te verrijken. Zo voegde Brandee Younger met haar harp een betoverende laag toe aan de laatste twintig minuten van Makaya McCravens spel. Haar bassist Rashaan Carter en Ray Angry, toetsenist bij The Roots, voegden zich bij Kassa Overall, voor een extra diepe groove. Jamila Woods bracht een tikkeltje magie in de set van Baloji toen ze voor het eerst samen 'Gorgone' live brachten - mét full band. Bonnie Raitt zat op de eerste rij bij Herbie Hancock. Steve Coleman week geen minuut van Branford Marsalis' spel. Tal van jonge artiesten waren bovendien vol bewondering om samen met hun muzikale helden op de affiche te staan. Nectar Woode had de grote eer de avond voor Norah Jones te openen terwijl bluesbelofte Toby Lee mocht afsluiten voor Bonnie Raitt. En zo kunnen we nog even doorgaan…

Ola Tunji wint Gent Jazz Talent 2025 én publieksprijs!
De teerling is geworpen en de stemmen zijn geteld! Tijdens een speciale festivaldag stelden de drie laureaten van Gent Jazz Talent hun project voor aan de vakjury én het publiek. Ola Tunji overtuigde beide kampen en kaapt niet alleen de titel Gent Jazz Talent 2025, maar ook de publieksprijs weg!
Gent Jazz Talentdag is een schot in de roos
Dit jaar lanceerde Gent Jazz voor het eerst de gratis Gent Jazz Talentdag: een festivaldag waar het publiek kennismaakt met de jazz-sound van morgen en zelfs mee beslist wie in de prijzen valt. En de belangstelling was groot met een massale opkomst! De drie geselecteerde laureaten - Tomas Casella, Ola Tunji en Bex - speelden in primeur hun set op de Garden Stage, waarna het publiek kon stemmen en de vakjury, samen met de partners, de uiteindelijke winnaar(s) selecteerde.
Ola Tunji overtuigt zowel de vakjury als het publiek
Met zowel de meeste publieksstemmen als de goedkeuring van de vakjury werd Ola Tunji de grote winnaar van Gent Jazz Talent 2025. In de prijzenpot van zowel de publieks- als vakjuryprijs zit:
€12.000,
advies op maat via VI.BE,
ondersteuning van Sabam en PlayRight,
een residentie bij Ha Concerts,
opnametijd bij creative space Edmond,
een concert op Brussels Jazz Weekend én een podiumplek op de Main Stage van Gent Jazz in 2026!
Het volledige traject wordt in nauw overleg met de festivalorganisatie op maat uitgewerkt. Hoe het eindresultaat zal klinken en eruit zien? Dat ontdek je op Gent Jazz 2026 waarmee de eerste naam op de affiche alvast bekend is!
Jong Jazztalent Gent is een initiatief van Gent Jazz in nauwe samenwerking met Playright, Sabam, VI.BE, Brouwerij Omer-Vanderghinste, Ha Concerts, creative space en muziekstudio Edmond en Nona Kunstencentrum. Kunstencentrum nona biedt aan een van de laureaten een concert op BRAND! festival 2026.

Meer info www.gentjazz.com

Even voorstellen - Noah Vanden Abeele – MAGNOLIA
Met MAGNOLIA brengt pianist en componist Noah Vanden Abeele zijn meest persoonlijke werk tot nu toe: een intiem, puur en krachtig soloalbum waarin elke noot ademt van vrijheid. Bekend van Gent Jazz, Flagey en de Cinematek, raakt Noah met zijn intuïtieve spel recht naar het hart. Denk: de finesse van Max Richter, maar met een eigen stem die de stilte durft te omarmen. MAGNOLIA is geen muziek om gewoon te beluisteren — het is een ervaring.

Les Nuits Secrètes 2025 - Le festival a confirmé son savoir-fête pour cette édition 2025 !

Les Nuits Secrètes ont prouvé une fois de plus qu'elles étaient aussi intransigeantes que ferventes, aussi conscientes que débridées, aussi créatives que populaires !
Tout le week-end, 52 000 personnes ont vécu ensemble : des générations mêlées, des goûts mixés, des genres brassés, le tout dans une constante bienveillance  !
Cette année encore, les Nuits Secrètes ont été un véritable terrain d'expériences libres et multiples : de la masterclass de Damso au live incandescent de Santa, du reggae iconique de Biga*Ranx à l'énergie de Rilès en passant par les créations absurdes mais géniales de Roland Cristal et de Perceval, l'amour sans vergogne de Johnny et Wallace, et le talent audacieux de Miki, entre autres... La fête a déferlé sans s'excuser, et chacun·e en a profité sans complexe ni ridicule.
Plus de 70 artistes, 700 bénévoles, 30 associations, et plus de 1000 personnes qui s'affairent Nuits et jours : Il en faut des bonnes volontés, des talents et des métiers pour que pendant 3 jours la fête batte son plein..  son plein de cœurs, de rythmes et de plaisirs à partager. Et le public en redemande déjà !
Alors l'édition à peine finie, il est déjà temps de recommencer : les pass 3 jours pour l'édition 2026 seront en vente dès ce mercredi 16 juillet à 11h00, au tarif super mega early bird !

Rendez-vous les 10, 11 et 12 juillet 2026, pas à Ibiza, pas à Coachella, mais toujours à Aulnwa !

www.lesnuitssecretes.com

Even voorstellen – The Charlatans announce new album ‘we are love’
THE CHARLATANS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "WE ARE LOVE" OUT 31ST OCTOBER VIA BMG
NEW SINGLE 'WE ARE LOVE' OUT NOW
The Charlatans - We Are Love (Official Visualiser)
The Charlatans kick off a new era today with the news of their 14th studio album, "We Are Love", out 31st October via BMG. The announcement comes accompanied by the album's first offering, title track 'We Are Love', which the Manchester five piece debuted live this month at a landmark hometown show at Castlefield Bowl.

One of the best loved UK bands of the last four decades, The Charlatans' career spans 13 albums, 22 Top 40 singles, three Number One albums and era-defining anthems like 'The Only One I Know', 'North Country Boy' and 'One to Another'. "We Are Love" launches a bold new era, one that finds them at peace with their past whilst looking forward to a bright future.

Lead single 'We Are Love' is a celebratory statement of intent, an urgent, limber, clattering love song to the human race. Propelled forward by driving drums and anthemic guitar riffs, frontman Tim Burgess describes it as "like an open top car ride in the credits of your favourite movie driving along the coast to somewhere amazing". One of the first tracks to emerge from the album, it became a pathfinder for the record, as Collins explains: "Early on we thought it felt right. And it turned out that way: first single, title track, second song on the album. And things started forming around We Are Love. There was a certain energy to it that drove us forwards".

An eight year gap between albums is the longest ever for one of the UK's most enduring bands. A combination of covid, solo projects, life's complexities and the fact that its five members - Tim Burgess (vocals) Martin Blunt (bass), Mark Collins (guitar), Tony Rogers (keyboards) and Pete Salisbury (drums) - live scattered across Europe, meant that it took longer than usual for the stars to align at the right place, right time, right vibe. They took the time to carefully select a recording A-team of production duo Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange and Lightspeed Champion) and Fred Macpherson (Spector, Rachel Chinouriri, Jessica Winter, Taahliah), plus legendary producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries), alongside a list of engineers, mixers and collaborators that reads like a who's who of alt rock greatness. The result has been well worth the wait.

Recorded at two places that are totemic in The Charlatans' history - Rockfield in Wales and their own Big Mushroom space in Middlewich, Cheshire - Burgess cites hauntology and psychogeography as two concepts that swirled in his head as the band dug into the album making. For one thing, their return to storied farm studio Rockfield for the first time in almost 30 years - since they made fifth album "Tellin' Stories" - was an important step. As a band they hadn't been there since keyboard player Rob Collins was killed, in the middle of that album's sessions, in a car crash at the bottom of the track leading to the farm. Throughout the record you can hear The Charlatans' awareness of the stuff that's made them - the highs and the lows; the desire to honour their own mighty legacy, whilst not being defined by it. A career-long drive to be progressive and innovative.

Tim Burgess explains: "The whole idea of hauntology and psychogeography is represented by us going back to Rockfield, where so much history has happened for The Charlatans. That was important as a way of honouring every member who's played in the band. So we're honouring ourselves, our past, feeling that energy and reincarnating it, doing something fresh, brand new".

This introspection brought home the fact that love is the glue that has held The Charlatans together for so long, and that's reflected in the 11 tracks that make up this forward-thinking, future-facing  album.

We are The Charlatans. We Are Love.

The Charlatans - "We Are Love" tracklist:

Kingdom of Ours

We Are Love

Many A Day A Heartache

For The Girls

You Can't Push The River

Deeper and Deeper

Appetite

Salt Water

Out On Our Own

Glad You Grabbed Me

Now Everything

Even voorstellen – Joviale - Announces debut album, ‘Mount Crystal’

Joviale - Announces debut album, ‘Mount Crystal’, out 12 September 2025 via Ghostly International
Aug 25 "HARK!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsja6VD8Vw
Sept 25 "blu" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GzILkIPP8

LIVE Nov 16 - Antwerp, Belgium – Trix

London-based multidisciplinary artist Joviale announces their debut full-length album, Mount Crystal, due September 12 2025 via Ghostly International.

Co-produced by Joviale with John Carroll Kirby, Jkarri, and Kwaku Konadu, Mount Crystal, is an ascendant, conceptual album. The songs are electric and soulful, dashed with jazzy experimentation, rhythmic rock, and vibrant sound design, all realised with a cast of collaborators including Sam Wilkes, Carter Lang, and Will Miller. Initially imagined as a play, Mount Crystal brims and bursts with life - peril, humour, and the buzz of the human spirit - conjuring a metaphysical climb that transcends the audio format. With plans to further manifest the vision as a live set and more, Joviale sets the course:
"Mount Crystal's lore is driven by the embodiment of desire, danger, and desperation. A mirrored dimension in a distant reality where nothing is left unsaid. These chapters crave to tear apart the illusion of pleasure by alchemising the unrelenting pain I've experienced in my efforts to love, deny, and embrace the sweetest melodies with the sweetest friends."

The album's second single, the super-charged centrepiece, "HARK!", crosses sinister funk with serene majesty. "Not even them mountains can stop you! Not even them angels can help you!" Joviale shouts into the horizon as records scratch, guitars solo, and voices shriek and laugh. The group leaned into an evil groove during its recording, where Michael Jackson's Thriller was a studio playlist staple. Joviale said about the track, "some things don't make sense, but we can still have fun in that uncertainty".

"HARK!" follows the release of the album's debut single, "Moonshine", which built to rhythmic bliss with James Mollison of Ezra Collective on saxophone, and previewed an electric, soulful, and jazzy new direction for Joviale.

Inspired by the comedic musical mastery of Prince's 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon and the offbeat surrealism of David Lynch's Twin Peaks, Joviale first saw Mount Crystal as a murder mystery, hypothetically casting each collaborator as a character in the story. Co-producer John Carroll Kirby (Steve Lacy, Frank Ocean, Solange, Kacey Musgraves) became the American cop investigator tracking a series of murders in a strange British hotel. Joviale and contributors Fabiana Palladino and Laura Groves are entertainers at the hotel; co-producer Joshua Gaskin-Brown, aka Jkarri (PinkPantheress, Nia Archives, Bel Cobain, Natanya), is the resident handyman always at work in the periphery, and so on. The loose framework immediately set a relaxed, anything-goes mentality to recording sessions spread over various makeshift studio set-ups, including Joviale's living room during a month-long stay in Barcelona. "We all have one thing in common, which is that we love to jam as musicians and love to have a stupid time and we will work from each other's houses," says Joviale. "In this trio with John and Joshua, I felt very much in the lead; they'd be like, 'we get it,' and that's because we were able to jam through it."

Joviale's personality reverberates across Mount Crystal's densely detailed world. They speak with swagger and sing skyward, cutting through rubbery basslines and angular strums, synthesised horns and harps, unruly beats, and unusual sound bites. The antithesis of background music, these songs leap from headphones much like an engrossing movie makes itself known on screen. Joviale's sonic references span Sade, Kate Bush, Janet Jackson, Todd Rundgren, '60s girl groups, Japanese composers, and "the freaky guys and girls and the divas of the '80s… glamorous rock'n'roll, Rick James, Prince, Quincy." Artists who prioritised playful ambition and bravado.

While set up as fictional abstractions, songs also reflect Joviale's lived-in experiences: broken-hearted letdowns, realisations, and the search for clarity and truth. Sequencing arcs upward and back down as if scaling its namesake. Lyrics detail dynamics between the self and others.

Beyond metaphorical mountains and murder mysteries, Joviale's debut album is a statement of artistic identity and purpose. A work that speaks to patience and collaborative ethos, surrendering oneself to music-making, and letting the process lead you somewhere new. Mount Crystal reveals itself as the pop record it's been reaching for. "We have come a long way," Joviale sings on the hand-clapped "Wishing"  - a second voice responds, "I go where I need to go" - and in that moment, in accord with their crew, Joviale confirms acceptance and the lesson learned, that life keeps going.

Mount Crystal album tracklist
The Mountain (intro)

Snow

Heavy

Crush

HARK!

Foul Play

Let Me Down

Moonshine

Both Ways

MC (intermission)

Beam

Blu

Disappear

Wishing

Great Gigs In The Park 2025, De Casino (Kiosk), Sint-Niklaas – Wat een editie!
Great Gigs in the Park, jouw jaarlijkse muzikale inleiding tot een zwoele zomer, was met alweer 16 eigenzinnige concertavonden in de idyllische setting van het Casino-park een schot in de roos. Wat een editie!
Meer dan 30 bands en artiesten uit binnen- en buitenland zetten het grote terras van De Casino in vuur en vlam -soms uitbundig, soms heel ingetogen- en er viel geen druppel regen! Tami Neilson! Pokey Lafarge! Nouvelle Vague! Trixie! Alex, Geike en Raymond! De nostalgie van Fischer-Z en Robert Cray! De funk van Sheile E.! De vibes van ons eigenste Steppin' Tone …
De vijfde editie van dit jonge festival gaat de geschiedenis in als een bijzonder muzikale editie met veel waardering voor onze eigenzinnige en soms alternatieve programmatie, maar vooral ook drie warmbloedige weken weken vol ontmoeting en collectieve verpozing.

Vreugde, melancholie, tijdloze parels, zweverige herinterpretaties, harde gitaren, explosieve elektro of dromerige indie... Deze editie had het allemaal.
Steppin' Tone XL, The Orb + Jennifur, Hooverphonic + Arend Delabie, Portland (try-out) + TJE, Pokey LaFarge + Hadacol Tremblers, Tami Neilson + Billie Congé, The Slackers + Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra, The Robert Cray Band + Fred & The Healers, Vive La Fête + Affaire, Trixie Whitley + Iskander Moon, Nouvelle Vague + Charlotte & Reinhard, Fischer-Z + Salvia, High Hi (try-out) + Ciska Ciska, Sheila E. + Fred Gata, Ray Collins' Hot Club + Thee Andrews Surfers

Great Gigs 2026
Save the dates! Great Gigs 2026 vindt plaats van 10 juni tot 5 juli 2026.

www.decasino.be

Even voorstellen – Jaywood announces third album ‘Leo Negro’

“sun baby” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmQOAkdigDM

JAYWOOD ANNOUNCES THIRD ALBUM LEO NEGRO
DUE SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 VIA CAPTURED TRACKS
“ASSUMPTIONS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9nIwkgGI4U
LIVE 11/02/26 botanique brussels

JayWood is the enigmatic, artistic outlet for boundary-pushing musician and singer-songwriter Jeremy Haywood-Smith. Though he was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in his native Canada – the renaissance creative currently resides in Montreal, QB, where he serves as a postal worker for his day job – that’s the least interesting thing about him.

He announces his mind-bending forthcoming album, Leo Negro, due for release September 5, 2025 on Captured Tracks. As displayed on the recently released, genre-blending singles “BIG TINGS” feat. Tune-Yards and “UNTITLED (Swirl),” JayWood can’t be pigeonholed, and album track “ASSUMPTIONS” is no exception to that rule. As trippy, and in-your-face as the whole album, the hip-hop production here is laced with psychedelic flourishes and a braggadocious, neo-soul energy owing as much to Tyler, the Creator as it does Stereolab and fellow Québécois indie darlings Men I Trust.

Speaking on the origins of the album title, JayWood laughs and says it "...came from the main concept of the album which is identity. I asked myself the question of ‘What are some things that make me who I am, no matter what changes occur in life?’ and funnily enough, I was getting really into astrology at the time due to fact that 70% of my friends are queer femmes. I was trying to understand what it means to be a Leo. On the other hand, I’m moving through life as a black man in spaces that don’t always understand me or will try to categorize me.”

He continues, “I know the main identifier for Leos is that they’re super confident and massive social magnets and leaders, but in recent years, I've had a harder time leaning into that specific energy, so I started to just dismantle the idea of confidence and leadership by doing somewhat of the opposite. I started to get more vulnerable and share more things about myself: insecurities, fears, anxieties, my scarier truths and my experiences as a black person. Through that, I weirdly started to feel a little more confident. Which brings me to my last point about the title. I now live in Montreal and one thing I realized while trying to learn the language is that the descriptions of things are at the end. For example ‘black cat’ would be ‘chat noir,’ and if I look at my album title, it kinda translates to ‘black confidence’ in my mind."

On the song out, JayWood says “‘ASSUMPTIONS’ feels like it’s giving myself permission to step into some new sonic territory. It’s fun and playful while still being pretty focused and lyrically consistent, which is new for me. It's also one of the funniest songs I’ve ever written. It’s literally about my crippling imposter syndrome but at the same time, I'm staking my claim as a solid artist and a producer.”

The video’s director, Trent Wayne, while speaking on the production said “JayWood set the tone for us—playful, unpredictable, and musically rich— making a great foundation for the video. Inspired by the song’s genre-blending, we built a narrative to match: starting in a comically chaotic party scene, drifting into a Yo Gabba Gabba!-inspired graveyard, and featuring a cartoon version of Jay performing created by Pete Though, which was sent through a VCR for added analog grit. Our production designer, Sophia Kotowski, built a functional CD-player gravestone that became a psychedelic centerpiece. Collaborating with Captured Tracks to spotlight innovative artists like JayWood is a real privilege for our team.”

Leo Negro Track Listing:
01.) WOOZY

02.) PISTACHIOS

03.) BIG TINGS (feat. Tune-Yards)

04.) J.O.Y

05.) ASSUMPTIONS

06.) GRATITUDE

07.) ASK 4 HELP

08.) PALMA WISE

09.) DSNTRLYMTTR

10.) UNTITLED (Swirl)

11.) SUN BABY

Even voorstellen – Purity Ring – announce self-titled album
P U R I T Y   R I N G ANNOUNCE SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 26
AUG 25 single "imanocean” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWuQ2dO-qM
JULY 25 SINGLE AND VIDEO "place of my own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTukPlUdunw

Trailblazing electronic pop duo Purity Ring announce their highly-anticipated self-titled LP due out on September 26 via the fellowship. Their new single, "place of my own" out today serves as a fresh preview to the album.

"place of my own", is a euphoric and pulsating 2025 trance anthem that takes us out of place and time. The words "all i want is a place of my own / some way to be alone" serve as a spell over the blissful synth melodies that have become a signature of Purity Ring's sound. The track takes the listener to a series of disappearing places: "come find me where the ocean's gleaming off the sky / come find me where the cliffside calls / we're out of time." Yearning for a sense of belonging amid places that are slowly fading out of view on a burning planet. This new single brings us the glimmering satisfaction we've come to expect from this duo, yet it lingers with the melancholy feeling of slipping away.
"This is one of those songs that came into being with ease and immediacy. We were in a hazy forest in the mountains, and the beat felt just like the cloud we were in. It was succinct and ready for the type of lyrics that imbued places we dream of, places we wish we could exist in, places we see everyday but are just out of reach. In the end, this song is meant as a sort of spell in the way that maybe we can reach these places if we watch our steps carefully, if we take the time to build them for ourselves."

Purity Ring's self-titled fourth album marks the beginning of a bold new chapter as the band's most immersive release to date. Long known for their fusion of body horror imagery and ethereal electronics, the duo now shift their focus from the physical to the fantastical, crafting a concept album that serves as the soundtrack to an imagined RPG. Inspired by games like Nier Automata and Final Fantasy X, the record tells the story of two hapless characters - embodiments of mj and Corin - on a journey to build a kinder world amid the ruins of a broken one. But this is no escapist fantasy: it is the first step of forbidden dreaming, of imagining a place where the vulnerable are heeded, where grief is spoken aloud and held collectively, where family is a verb rather than a noun, where hope and home can bloom together.

Purity Ring Tracklist:
relict

many lives

part ii

place of my own

red the sunrise

memory ruins

mistral

the long night

Imanocean

between you and shadows

mj odyssey

broken well

glacier ::in memory of rs::