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Our Mother  release their debut EP A.O.B. on 29th April 2016 and today the band have premiered the video for ‘Surprise Machine’ with Nowness.

Directed by Josh Fletcher and Max Smith, the stunning clip beautifully visualizes the song, which is itself packed with Eno-esque ambience and myriad horns backed by digital horsepower. Joseph Charlton of Our Mother says of the video: “What we’d seen of Max’s before we really liked. He’s got a kind of Scandi-aesthetic — the look is quite cold and clear but there’s some latent menace too. We also wanted something relatively playful, which has come off really well in the end product.”

Co-director Fletcher adds: “Speaking with the band we were keen to make something that felt unapologetically from the British Isles and to explore the idea of tradition vs our modern way of life. With the repetition of the ‘its happening again’ line in the chorus and the bass pulsating away throughout the song, we immediately saw the potential to show this quite normal suburban existence, seemingly on repeat.”

A.O.B Order Links  Vinyl  Apple Music  Spotify

Really loving the Wes Anderson vibes in the video for Sometimes by Oscar.

Shot in various locations in and around Los Angeles, the video finds Oscar on a fantastic journey through small town America, taking in a plethora of sights and sounds. Oscar’s energetic performance is matched perfectly by the weird and wonderful rag-tag bunch of people he meets along the way – including (in no particular order) a teenage vape club, a lawn bowling club and even a singles square dance team!

Very excited to announce our first ever reissue from London duo Rexy, and their debut album Running Out Of Time (ROOT), in conjunction with Samantha Urbani (of Friends) new URU label. Originally released in 1981 and long since out of print, the LP has become a coveted find for fans of leftfield pop, and through the rewards of its wry, forward-looking song-craft, has been championed by the likes of current artists such as Ariel Pink, Joey Negro, Connan Mockasin and MGMT.   More information on the release here.

You can listen to ‘Alien’ from ROOT over on Pitchfork who premiered it recently along with a cover of the original from Samantha!   Plus, you must go and read this fantastic  i-D feature on Rexy, featuring a cover of the album title track from Connan Mockasin. This is a very special record. Pre-order the album from Rough Trade, ourselves, Piccadilly or iTunes. 

We are very excited to introduce you to Our Mother a Tottenham-based four-piece consisting of John Hartley, Paul Kowalewski, Liam Garrett and Joseph Charlton.

We will be releasing their debut ‘A.O.B’ EP, on April 29th, 2016. Super limited to just 300 copies worldwide, pressed on Heavyweight vinyl with a free download code – it can be pre-ordered here.

The first track to be taken from the EP is “Surprise Machine”, a Wurlitzer ride of a track, hurling the listener headfirst into their idiosyncratic world.  What initially begins as a brooding and subtle late night jam quickly explodes into an addictive chorus augmented with a flurrying, waltzing trumpet. Hartley’s pitch-shifted vocals singing ambiguous yet sinister-leaning lyrics that become an instrument in themselves – another cog operating in Our Mother’s complex and fascinating machine. The band themselves describe the track as “a techno-pop song made of indiscernible instrumentation. Eno ambience, myriad horns and digital horsepower work as axles and pistons to power a vehicle of both repetition and unexpectedness.”