Meet some of the most exciting emerging musical talents to sign up with PRS for Music over the last quarter...
Pinkshinyultrablast
Five-piece noise makers Pinkshinyultrablast’s singular name takes over your mouth in the same way their music, an artful cacophony of distortion, soaring pop and krautrock rhythms, opens up your mind.
Raised in Russia, this St Petersburg outfit use the blissed out, feedback- fuelled guitars of British shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine, Lush and the Cocteau Twins as a launch pad for their musical skyscraping. Seven years in the making, 2015 debut album Everything Else Matters sees the outfit aiming even higher with female vocalist Lyubov floating in orbit above the heavy textures and mechanical invention concocted by her bandmates.
Their debut record’s eight songs, including the ace Holy Forest and album opener Wish We Were, are certainly in step with the 2015 return of original dreamers Slowdive and Ride. But Pinkshinyultrablast’s blend of harmonies and lovelorn pedals go far further, sucking on influences as far-reaching as Neu! Steve Reich and Sabres of Paradise. Their adoption of early bleep synth signals and motorik grooves alongside Lyubov's hazy melodic lines propel the band into their own ace, aural stratosphere.
‘Imagine the scope of a Caribou record, fronted by Elizabeth Fraser soundtracking a grizzly Raskolnikov crime’ comes straight from the band’s PR blurb but it’s an astute depiction of the group’s character. This international gang of stargazers draw on a shimmering musical past but have their hearts, synthesisers and amplifiers all pointed towards the horizon. Lie back, buckle up and float into space with them.
pinkshinyultrablast.bandcamp.com
Five-piece noise makers Pinkshinyultrablast’s singular name takes over your mouth in the same way their music, an artful cacophony of distortion, soaring pop and krautrock rhythms, opens up your mind.
Raised in Russia, this St Petersburg outfit use the blissed out, feedback- fuelled guitars of British shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine, Lush and the Cocteau Twins as a launch pad for their musical skyscraping. Seven years in the making, 2015 debut album Everything Else Matters sees the outfit aiming even higher with female vocalist Lyubov floating in orbit above the heavy textures and mechanical invention concocted by her bandmates.
Their debut record’s eight songs, including the ace Holy Forest and album opener Wish We Were, are certainly in step with the 2015 return of original dreamers Slowdive and Ride. But Pinkshinyultrablast’s blend of harmonies and lovelorn pedals go far further, sucking on influences as far-reaching as Neu! Steve Reich and Sabres of Paradise. Their adoption of early bleep synth signals and motorik grooves alongside Lyubov's hazy melodic lines propel the band into their own ace, aural stratosphere.
‘Imagine the scope of a Caribou record, fronted by Elizabeth Fraser soundtracking a grizzly Raskolnikov crime’ comes straight from the band’s PR blurb but it’s an astute depiction of the group’s character. This international gang of stargazers draw on a shimmering musical past but have their hearts, synthesisers and amplifiers all pointed towards the horizon. Lie back, buckle up and float into space with them.
pinkshinyultrablast.bandcamp.com
Rat Boy
Teenage singer songwriter Jordan Cardy is Rat Boy, and despite his moniker, he doesn’t live down a drain or own a greasy, pink tail. Instead tall tales are this 19-year-old Essex newcomer’s thing, all pulled through a filter of youthful exuberance and lo-fi love for a Tribe Called Quest, skateboards and art.
Coming on like The Streets’ Mike Skinner and the Beastie Boys necking white lightning at a Chelmsford bus stop, Jordan’s songs packs in plenty of musical and lyrical chaos charting the highs and lows of his teenage existence.
Debut release Sign On is the perfect way into his music, riotously lamenting post-school life and losing his job at Wetherspoon’s.
This scoff at small town frustration, played with a half grimace, half smile on its face is so well done Rat Boy has landed a deal with Parlophone, plays all over BBC 6 Music, plus a busy festival season ahead. Looks like he didn’t need that job at Wetherspoon’s after all.
ratboy.co.uk
Teenage singer songwriter Jordan Cardy is Rat Boy, and despite his moniker, he doesn’t live down a drain or own a greasy, pink tail. Instead tall tales are this 19-year-old Essex newcomer’s thing, all pulled through a filter of youthful exuberance and lo-fi love for a Tribe Called Quest, skateboards and art.
Coming on like The Streets’ Mike Skinner and the Beastie Boys necking white lightning at a Chelmsford bus stop, Jordan’s songs packs in plenty of musical and lyrical chaos charting the highs and lows of his teenage existence.
Debut release Sign On is the perfect way into his music, riotously lamenting post-school life and losing his job at Wetherspoon’s.
This scoff at small town frustration, played with a half grimace, half smile on its face is so well done Rat Boy has landed a deal with Parlophone, plays all over BBC 6 Music, plus a busy festival season ahead. Looks like he didn’t need that job at Wetherspoon’s after all.
ratboy.co.uk
Klaves
22-year-old Mikolaj Gramowski was born and raised in the Polish city of Pozna? and initially immersed in the vast record collection of his parents. This influential funnel provided his young ears with a thorough schooling in jazz and classical before morphing into a passion for the late night bump of electronic producers Joy Orbison and Nicolas Jaar.
Fast forward to the present day and Mikolaj has turned this love into his own productions, touring with Jaar as well as becoming the first signing to PMR Beat Club. Its parent label – PMR - is well known as the home of Disclosure, Jessie Ware and Julio Bashmore and has set the agenda for club and chart music over recent years. Their endorsement of Klaves in releasing his debut 12 inch People/Oh No is an indication of the esteem his speaker rattling productions are currently held in. Look out for more upfront club cuts from nu-house-whiz Klaves across 2015.
facebook.com/klavesmusic
22-year-old Mikolaj Gramowski was born and raised in the Polish city of Pozna? and initially immersed in the vast record collection of his parents. This influential funnel provided his young ears with a thorough schooling in jazz and classical before morphing into a passion for the late night bump of electronic producers Joy Orbison and Nicolas Jaar.
Fast forward to the present day and Mikolaj has turned this love into his own productions, touring with Jaar as well as becoming the first signing to PMR Beat Club. Its parent label – PMR - is well known as the home of Disclosure, Jessie Ware and Julio Bashmore and has set the agenda for club and chart music over recent years. Their endorsement of Klaves in releasing his debut 12 inch People/Oh No is an indication of the esteem his speaker rattling productions are currently held in. Look out for more upfront club cuts from nu-house-whiz Klaves across 2015.
facebook.com/klavesmusic
Port Isla
Indie rockers Port Isla are a four piece group birthed in Norwich after the core trio at their helm bonded at University back in 2011.
Four years later and the band are doing their best to prove the maxim, slow and steady wins the race, gradually attracting an ever-increasing snowball of plaudits and praise. Last year’s self-released debut EP Steamroller and following support slot with George Ezra on his sold-out UK tour were the first indications that their hard work has been worthwhile.
They have since played at The Great Escape festival, Latitude festival, Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Glastonbury and signed a deal with Parlophone. Recent activities involved unveiling their new EP A.L.I.V.E and playing Bushstock at London’s Bush Hall as part of the Communion Records live outing…
Portisla.com
Indie rockers Port Isla are a four piece group birthed in Norwich after the core trio at their helm bonded at University back in 2011.
Four years later and the band are doing their best to prove the maxim, slow and steady wins the race, gradually attracting an ever-increasing snowball of plaudits and praise. Last year’s self-released debut EP Steamroller and following support slot with George Ezra on his sold-out UK tour were the first indications that their hard work has been worthwhile.
They have since played at The Great Escape festival, Latitude festival, Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Glastonbury and signed a deal with Parlophone. Recent activities involved unveiling their new EP A.L.I.V.E and playing Bushstock at London’s Bush Hall as part of the Communion Records live outing…
Portisla.com
