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We started fleshing out what came to be False Figure in 2015, IAN and I had met through work and started jamming shortly after. We started doing something melodic yet driving, guitars howling through noisy delay and reverb but still driving with tangible melodies. This band drew a little bit of influence from classic California deathrock like Christian Death and Tsol Change Today? era with guitars even pulling influence from black metal. We wanted melodies that would stick in your head with beats that would move you. At the time we were very influenced by contemporaries in the bay and new york like Crimson Scarlet and Anasazi. In the past few years we've shifted towards a more pointed, airy and rhythm-driven song structure where each element has its space to breathe. This style is something that was touched on in our latest EP a promised end, but really got to shine in our latest LP. We aim to keep things flowing and concise. ‘all Killer NO Filler’ as they say. The themes of this release aren't a far departure from the previous releases. There's still an overarching presence of melancholy attached to these songs but not one that bogs the listener down. We aimed to present the music in a manic yet purposeful arrangement, mirroring our own lives and experiences, a controlled chaos. As a three piece attempting a big sound you have to be mindful of what you aren't playing (overplaying) as much as what you desire to play. The lyrics of this release come from our experiences at the time of writing, from failed relationships, to losing loved ones, to feeling the figurative noose tightening around one's neck as we struggle to negotiate to live in the capitalist hellscape that has become the San Francisco bay area where the margins are bursting at the seams."

Dark Entries Is Proud To Present The Debut 7" Of Figure Study, A Contemporary Band From New York. Figure Study Is The Manhattan Duo Of Nathan Antolik And April Chalpara, Who Share Writing And Production Duties, While April Handles The Vocals. They Began The Project In 2009, After Meeting One Another Through The Wierd Records Weekly Party, Where They Would Play Their First Concert Soon After. For Their Debut Single "Lesson One" They Utilized Small, Simple Analog Synthesizer Set Up Of All Vintage Roland Analog Synths And Drum Machine. Figure Study's Sound Includes Influences From Early Minimal Synth Music Such As Kirlian Camera, Nine Circles, And The Actor. All Songs Have Been Mastered For Vinyl By George Horn At Fantasy Studios In Berkeley. Each 7" Is Housed In A Specially Designed Jacket By N. Antolik And Includes A Postcard Sized Insert Of All Lyrics.

Back in print!

“Figure 8” is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, and the final album he completed before his death.

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (1969 –2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived for much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery", and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies.

Smith began his solo career in 1994, with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars (KRS). In 1997, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery"—included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting (1997)—was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998.

Smith had trouble with alcohol and other drugs throughout his life, while suffering from depression, and these topics often appear in his lyrics. In 2003, aged 34, he died in Los Angeles, California, from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, “From a Basement on the Hill”, which was posthumously completed and released in 2004.

Tallahassee, FL singer-songwriter Sarah Morrison’s debut studio album Attachment Figure depicts the strangeness of exploring new relationships with subtle and spacious electronic production. As a former live keyboardist in Locate S,1, Morrison co-produced Attachment Figure with fellow bandmates Ross Brand and Clayton Rychlik, both of whom also play in Of Montreal's backing band. She was motivated to experiment with looser song structures and more unconventional chord progressions by her collaborators’ fondness for avant-garde jazz, as well as Locate S,1 frontwoman Christina Schneider’s idiosyncratic writing style. Throughout the album, echoing keys, woodwinds, and guitar ripple like a moonlit lake from which Morrison’s voice emerges. Her presence is spectral, yet conversational, willing to conjure concrete imagery of mango-flavored vitamins and the warmth of phone chargers alongside ghost stories of mannequin corpses and epistolary curses, a balance shaped by an obsession with the theatrical sincerity of Kate Bush and Mark Hollis. Lyrically, Attachment Figure meditates on questions about identity, personal growth, and helplessness – whether within a relationship or the oppressive structures of society itself – often rooted in Morrison’s experiences growing up in the South. “There’s a connection between Southern hospitality and femininity and just allowing things to happen,” Morrison says. "I've been in many relationships with people who have used that 'southern charm' to their advantage. I think a lot of people, non-men in particular, put on this charm instinctively. It's a defense mechanism that I was interested in studying." Attachment Figure is perpetually suspended between states of being, harmony and dissonance, and contradictory sentiments we all hold as we enter into the arms of someone new, but ultimately, it’s guided by a desire for authentic love—and a flair for intricate, intuitive songcraft.

Match made in heaven collaborative hit single from New Zealand-based artists Claire Mahoney (Thistle Group) and Benedict Quilter (P Wits). Recorded and mixed by Stefan Neville, mastered for vinyl by Lasse Marhaug. 45rpm, edition of 200 copies.

Vinyl closer to NM

Probably the most charismatic figure of all the Italian prog scene, Antonio Bartoccetti (Antonius Rex) began his career going to Milan from the Marche, forming Jacula, Dietro Noi Deserto (even with a single on Decca in 1971!), and Invisible Force (another lonely single in 1971). Not a real band but just a group of musicians working beyond the leading figures of Bartoccetti and Doris Norton: Zora from 1977, on the small Tickle label with an outrageous cover that was replaced with a different one a year later. Zora includes a reworking of a Jacula's Tardo pede in magiam versus track (Morte al potere is a third revised version of U.F.D.E.M.); their main elements are as usual church organ, dark atmospheres, lyrics dealing with occultism. This edition reproduces cover and music exactly as the original.

Another fantastic and explosive album by Heldon.

Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s legends "Heldon", is one of France's best known experimental musicians and is a key figure in the development of rock music fused with electronic music. The perfect symbiosis between the musicians allows them to create an amazing sound full of power and energy....

For fans of Krautrock.

Another fantastic and explosive album by Heldon.

Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s legends "Heldon", is one of France's best known experimental musicians and is a key figure in the development of rock music fused with electronic music. The perfect symbiosis between the musicians allows them to create an amazing sound full of power and energy....

For fans of Krautrock.

3LP is a triple gatefold + full downloadFUTURE BIBLE HEROES are comprised of celebrated songwriter Stephin Merritt (THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE 6THS, THE GOTHIC ARCHIES), longtime friend and collaborator Christopher Ewen (FIGURES ON A BEACH, THE HIDDEN VARIABLE) and MAGNETIC FIELDS pianist-singer-manager Claudia Gonson. The band released two albums, "Memories of Love" (1997) and "Eternal Youth" (2002), and three EPs, all of which they are repackaging as one large collection for simultaneous release via Merge, along with their new album, "Partygoing". For vinyl, The EPs is digital-only content.

An Album Of Intricate Minimal Wave/Post Punk From Daniel Holt's New Project Human Figures. You May Know Holt As The Head Of Ardetha Records, But He Also Has An Impressive Resume Of Experimental Synth And Ambient Projects, Such As Synth Duo Vault, And The Mind-Melting Techno 12? For L.I.E.S. Records And Frigio Records Under His Own Name. Human Figures Is A Completely New And Personal Avenue Of Expression For Holt. "Footsteps" Is Liminal, Lonely And Misty With Negative Space Between Each Instrument. Each Note Invokes A Warm Hypnagogic Atmosphere, Tinged With Fluttering Anxiety. Through These Eight Tracks, This Multifaceted Musician Shows Another Side Of His Art With Guitars, Basslines And Drum Machines. The Mournful "Lifted Burden", With Its Cowbells And Echoing Vocals Swaddled In Warm Strings, Sets The Tone. Haunting Notes Are Supported By A Staccato Beat As Holt's Melancholic Vocals Sail In "40 Days" Before The Bare Brilliance Of "An Open Heart." A Spread Of Influences Is Drawn On For Human Figures: The Post-Punk Rawness Of "For My Angel", The Synth Romance Of "Footsteps" The Cold Reductions Of "Passing Beyond Body." Sombre, Stirring And Superb. Ffo Of The Minimal Vibes Of Records Like Solid Space "Space Museum", Dark Day "Exterminating Angel", The League Of Nations "Music For The New Depression", Lives Of Angels "Elevator To Eden" ... Limited Edition Of 300 Copies. Co-Released By Frigio And Bfe Records.