November’s New Tunes Guides continue today with highlights from The Royal Oui and Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas.
The Royal Oui have entirely self-produced their first full length album, which is set for release on February 11th next year. Adrienne Pierce and Ari Shine are a husband and wife duo who between them have won John Lennon Song of The Year awards, had albums nominated for Grammys and toured with the likes of Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shifflet, Jane Siberry and Damien Rice. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas hail from Detroit and currently have their ‘Demons’ EP out via Instant Records – the label of legendary producer, songwriter and record executive Richard Gottehrer; when speaking of Jessica Hernandez, Gottehrer said: “Every now and then a voice comes along that speaks directly to us through the music. I felt it the first time I heard Jessica and believe it’s only a matter of time until she touches us all.”
These and eight other picks of the week can be found by scrolling through our latest collection, and you can catch up with all our previous editions by clicking on the New Tunes Guide logo below.
“A three piece from Limerick, Andrew (drums), Aoife (bass/vocals) and Niall (guitar/vocals) have been Sisters since July 2012. ‘Hush Hush’ was recorded in September 2013 in Metropolis Studios, London. The track was produced by Alalal (Rufus Wainwright, The Rapture, The Vaccines and Metronomy). It will be released on December 2nd 2013 on Just Off Pop Records.”
Lucius are signed to the Mom + Pop label in the US, and are planning an album release next year. They played a show in London this month, and have ‘Don’t Just Sit There’ uploaded to Soundcloud.
“The Creature Comfort played their first London show earlier this month,following the release of their self-titled debut. Hailing from Manchester, The Creature Comfort once had a residency at The International and were managed by Gareth Evans (The Stone Roses). Until a sudden disbandment meant they disappeared without trace. Fuelled by The Creature Comfort’s founder and frontman, Ben Le Jeune, this year has seen the band’s debut-that-never-was completed and released.”
“We were looking for a good studio in London after a very bad studio experience and after an extensive search found Press Play which turned out to be Andy Ramsay’s studio,” Sound Menagerie‘s songwriter Stephen C Wilson says. “Andy loved the band so much that not only did he get involved with production he also played drums and percussion parts on the songs, as well as drafting in Stereolab band-mate Joe Watson to play keyboards.”
“Comprised of five tracks, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas’ ‘Demons’ EP is out via Instant Records. ‘Demons’ is also Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas’ first release on Instant Records, the label of legendary producer, songwriter and record executive Richard Gottehrer.”
“With her new single ‘Wires’ out on Secret City Records, Basia Bulat has announced details of a UK tour to take place in February 2014. The dates are part of a big European tour which will take in Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. ‘Wires’ is the latest single to be taken from Basia’s new album ‘Tall Tall Shadow’.”
“Sheffield’s quintet Pocket Satellite consists of Maya Zosmer, Carl Haag, Richard Falk and siblings Ruth and Tom Dixon, fifteen instruments and red balloons. Since self producing and releasing two previous EPs, ‘Toy Train’ and ‘Paper Aviator’, the band have been touring across Europe whilst immersing themselves in the studio, resulting in their EP ’8-BIT ME’.”
“Vancouver’s The Royal Oui have announced they will release their self-titled debut full-length on February 11th, 2014 through File Under: Music in Canada. The duo have shared the new single off ‘True’. Self-produced, ‘The Royal Oui’ LP features eleven tracks.”
“Ten years as a singer and guitar player in various bands paved the way for French songwriter Arno Sojo’s new solo incarnation, named Sweet Gum Tree. This year saw him put the final touches to his forthcoming debut album. It was produced by David Odlum (Gemma Hayes) and Peter Deimel (Deus, Anna Calvi) at Studio Black Box in the French countryside. Among the guest musicians who joined the sessions, the stellar Isobel Campbell duets on ‘Bird of Passage’.”
“After releasing their second album ’Rituals’ in September, Fenech-Soler follow the album release with ’In Our Blood’, the first release on new home So Recordings on November 25th. The recording process for ’Rituals’ took place in a multitude of locations over the course of 2012.”
