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Guilhem (Lost Love) announces vinyl release of debut full-length album Born & Bored!

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Guilhem, singer of Montreal-based punk rock unit Lost Love, is thrilled to announce the vinyl release of his debut full-length album, Born & Bored.

Available since March via the most popular digital platforms, the album received the vinyl treatment in classic black vinyl, limited to 300. It can now be pre-ordered online through Thousand Islands Records, who is distributing the physical release via its Canada and USA webstores, with worldwide shipping options available.

Here’s what Guilhem stated about Born & Bored:

This album was recorded in December 2019 at Mountain City Studio in Montreal, QC. After playing 150+ solo shows, I thought it’d be a great idea to record a full-length album but I didn’t want to stick to an acoustic guitar and my voice so I decided to build these songs in “full-band” mode. “Born & Bored” is 94% DIY (see credits for the remaining 6%) and is released 100% independently by yours truly.

In this album, I talk about stressful stuff, hopeful stuff, depressing stuff, death and love. The excitement of feeling young and the disappointment of being bored.

About Guilhem:

A singer-songwriter whose style is hard to put in a box, Guilhem makes infectious pop rock that reflects his punk roots and eclectic musical influences. From mournful ballads to rollicking feel good anthems, his sound is unified by his deeply personal lyrics and keen ear for catchy melodies. A founding member of Lost Love, Guilhem has been performing solo since 2012; between the two projects he has performed over 500 times. After self-recording two EPs at home, 2017’s “Songs Songs of Lost Love” and 2018’s “Bad Art”, he released his debut full length in March of 2020. “Born & Bored”, recorded at Mountain City Studio by Adrian Popovich and produced by Hugo Mudie, but released 100% independently, sees Guilhem’s coming into his own as a solo artist, experimenting with more complex arrangements without compromising his distinctive sound.

Guilhem: Official Website

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(review) Bobby Funk-Longing For The Bonging(TNSrecords)

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Bobby Funk are from UK and they release their debut album with TNSrecords. The whole record starts with kinda weird punk hardcore with uptempo, shouted vocals and Dunc suddenly transforms in almost doo wop inspired melody then to return into nervous noisy punkrock. The rawness and snotty punk is all over the the nine songs with titles like I`m a Cat or very fast hardcore punk miniature Put Your Hands On The Car which transforms into my favorite on this record K Grind being almost thrash punk hardcore and made for fist pumping in the air and stage diving. With song titles like Breakfast Means Breakfast or Best Friends With Kanye you just can`t go wrong indeed. This is energy filled, fast and furious punk hardcore and I can only imagine how fantastic this band must sound live.

 

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Sunliner release new music video for Average At Best

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Last month Sunliner released their new EP ‘Structure / Average At Best’ on Lockjaw Records and Paper + Plastick.

Now, Sunliner release a brand new music video for the track ‘Average At Best’. Made in lockdown with things, bassist Caffs found around his house.

Vocalist Jake McAllister shouts, “The ground’s moving, and I’m spinning plates,” on Average at Best, evoking the sense of modern overwhelm that we can all relate to.
Describing his songwriting, Jake says, “I always try to make lyrics personal and to tell an arc, but I want to the listener to feel like I could be talking about them. We all struggle, and all have our worries and problems. I might not be able to fix them, but hopefully we can make people feel even a little less alone.”

The EP is out on Lockjaw Records (UK/EU) and Paper + Plastick (USA) on 22 May 2020. and is available as a picture flexi-disc with a host of fun extras, and exceptional artwork from Eloise McAllister.

As an effort to help in these troubling times, Sunliner will be donating £1 from each sale of the Flexi-disc to Leeds North & West Foodbank.