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PR: KODACLIPS – Gone Is the Day (single)

04/19/2024 Monica Melissano

Artist: Kodaclips
Title: Gone Is the Day
Format: digital single
Release date: February 23rd, 2024
Label: Sister 9 Recordings
Genres: Heavy Shoegaze
Hometown: Cesena (IT)
PR Territories: Worldwide

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Kodaclips were founded in the second half of 2021 by four friends living in and around Cesena, nearby Italy’s north Adriatic Coast.
Each member came from a different artistic background, ranging from psychedelia to stoner and progressive, and in Kodaclips these sounds melt, together with 90’s vibes.
Heavily influenced by the second wave of shoegaze, especially by the italogaze scene, Kodaclips enjoy to experiment with melodic and arrangement ideas.
They made their stage debut towards the end of 2021 and, after a few local shows, they were chosen as opening act for of A Place to Bury Strangers Italy tour.

Kodaclips released their debut album Glances in September 2022 (Overdub Recordings).

The album title was a tribute to one of their main influences, quoting the lyrics from Don, Aman, the 3rd track from the masterpiece Spiderland by Slint.

Early 2023, the single Not My Sound put them into focus of the international shoegaze scene, with a video premiere on Backseat Mafia and heavy rotation on DKFM and Eardrum Buzz.

Gone Is the Day, released on February 23^rd, 2024, is the first single anticipating Kodaclips’ second album of the same title, due out on September 06^th on Sister 9 Records from Manchester, UK.
The shifts between lighter and heavier sounds reflect the inner voyage behind the composition, exploring and confronting the scars left on the Self from dysfunctional family relationships.
The sound is shoegaze with post punk and psychedelic vibes: deep reverberations and abrasive distortions, while the vocals hang on in hypnotic spirals.
Gone Is the Day was produced by Kodaclips themselves, with mixing and mastering by James Aparicio.

GONE IS THE DAY MEDIA LINKS

Post-Punk.com (US) – video premiere
Indie for Bunnies (IT) – video premiere
DecayFM (US) – New Tracks Weekend
PlasticMag (UK) – review
The Pentatonic (UK) – review
Selection Sorties (FR) – news
Switch On (IT) – news
Traks (IT)
Radiocoop (IT)
Arearock (IT)
Joy of Violent Movement (US) – review
Eat This Rock (GR)
Last Day Deaf (GR) – review
Afternoiz (GR)
The Punk Head (US) – Interview
Diario de Shows (BR) – News
Headbangers News (BR) – Review
Mystic Sons (UK) – Review
Dulaxi (UK) – Review
Dancing About Architecture (UK) – review
Human Pleasure Radio (NZ)
Os Garotos de Liverpool – Playlist

LITM Indie Rock Picks – Playlist

The Musical Road – Playlist

Best of the Noir Week – Playlist

Indie Dock Recommended – Playlist

Diary of a Music Nerd #6 – Playlist

Press Play! – Playlist

Indie Rock Hits – Playlist

TJPL Fresh! Playlist

Rock Muse – Playlist

Sinusoidal’s Rock Monthly Mix – Playlist

Swiispa Rock – Playlist

Best New Songs 2024 – Playlist

Indie Rock and Alternative – Playlist

Testing Rock – Playlist

KIMU – New Music Spotlight – Playlist

Tunesaround Finds – Playlist

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PR: PLATONICK DIVE – Carpet Ceiling (single)

04/03/2024 Monica Melissano

Artist: Platonick Dive
Title: Carpet Ceiling
Format: digital single
Release date: April 05th, 2024
Label: Moment of Collapse
Genres: Post Rock
Hometown: Livorno (IT)
PR Territories: Worldwide except G/A/S

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Platonick Dive hail from Italy and “Silence Against Noise” is how they like to describe their music.
Ambient digressions, geometric constructions and feedback explosions along with a passionate approach to electronic music, deep synths and dreaming guitars.
The band have built their career around the notion that music is therapy and, by definition, an essential part of our lives and evolution.
They continue to find hope in the process of creating music.
Since their first years the band has taken this tailored craft on the road with several European tours, sharing the live stage with the likes of Explosions In The Sky, Efterklang, Blonde Redhead, Jon Hopkins, Four Tet, These New Puritans, Gold Panda, Sun Glitters, God Is An Astronaut, This Will Destroy You, If These Trees Could Talk to name just a few.
During the last years Platonick Dive explored new feelings and paths composing soundtracks for films and advertising.

Discography:
2013 Therapeutic Portrait
2013 Therapeutic Portrait Remixes
2015 Overflow
2015 Overflow Remixes
2018 Social Habits

Carpet Ceiling is the first single from Platonick Dive’s new album Take A Deep Breath, to be released in Autumn 2024 by influential German label Moment of Collapse.
It’s like a return to the origins but with the eyes always looking to the future.
It’s a dreamy, soundscape ride track with an emotional and epic climax. Basically is a song about life, the importance of being yourself and taking care of you everyday.
It’s a track where you can totally immerse yourself: to rest and chill, to focus and work, to dance and jump, to run and drive, to have sex, to therapize yourself.

Carpet Ceiling official video is a collection of personal footage by Gabriele Centelli shot during the Iceland roadtrip he made is summer 2023.
It’s like a film documentary, an emotional ride around Iceland with a mesmerizing epilogue surrounded by the epic waterfalls.

For fans of: Explosions In The Sky, Tycho, Mogwai, God Is An Astronaut, The Album Leaf.

MEDIA LINKS
Rumore Mag – Video Premiere
Mystic Sons – Review
“Brimming with warm and immersive textures, a shimmering aesthetic, and a progressive nature at its heart.”
The Little Garden – Review
“An immersive and soothing number that mediates the cognitive capabilities of a listener, the single is a must-hear for contemporary music and therapeutic music fans.”
It’s All Indie – Review
“Carpet Ceiling” is enriched with dreamy guitar tones that are laced with reverb and angelic noises that feel like they’re almost touching the inner workings of your head.”
Berlin On Air – Review
“Carpet Ceiling” really becomes a listening experience. There are wonderful and ever-growing textures that shape the arrangement and make it so unique.
Thoughts Words Actions – Review
“Their ability to produce captive, easy-listening, marvelous landscapes where all the instrumentations shine in the limelight goes beyond comprehension throughout the entire composition.”
Expansion Radial – Review
“It is a piece that completely envelops you, a dreamlike sound journey that culminates in an epic and emotional climax. Rich nuances and textures, relaxing and inspiring.”
Radio Armazem – Review
“The track slowly blossoms into an articulate and meticulous instrumental, full of strategic math-rock breaks, but also with a safe and dimensional cohesion of its own identity.”
Switch On – News
Suffissocore – News
Son of Marketing – News
White Light // White Heat
Post-Rock/Instrumental – Playlist

Post-Rock:Best Tracks – Playlist

Upbeat Instrumental Rock – Playlist

Pure Indie – Playlist
Post-Rock Radio – Playlist

Shoegaze Italia – Playlist

Cinematic Music – Playlist
New Tracks: Post-Rock & Post-Metal – Playlist

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PR: THE WHISTLING HEADS – Well…I Mean (single)

01/24/2024 Monica Melissano

Artist: The Whistling Heads
Title: Well…I Mean
Format: digital single
Release date: February 09th, 2024
Label: Disasters by Choice
Genres: Post Punk, Indie
Hometown: Messina (IT)
PR Territories: UK, EU, USA
RIYL: The Rapture, Idles, Folly Group, Fontaines D.C.

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Do you remember when Indie Rock was for dancing and sing-a-along?
Those nights at Proud Camden sweating in fluo skinny jeans with The Rakes, These New Puritans, Arctic Monkeys, Gang of 4, The XTC, The Cribs, Bloc Party and so many more?
Well, The Whistling Heads cannot remember it, cause they’re still in their teenage years, but they are doing it with the vitality of a generation sick of boredom and confinements.

The Whistling Heads released early September 2023 the ace debut album Dull Boy on Disasters by Choice, then played more than 30 promotional dates in Italy, and are planning to cross any border in 2024, with Well…I Mean being the first of a series of singles planned for the forthcoming months.

Built on a catchy Moog riff, Well…I Mean will stick to your ears, a genuine dance-punk tune which could fit well in the DFA library.

PRESS QUOTES
Well…I Mean is that rarest of things, a song that will tick so many boxes and appeal to discerning tatsemakers, movers and shakers no matter which musical tribe they belong to, as well as more mainstream pop-pickers and general chart aficionado too. Music for the masses? Abso-flippin-lutely!
Dancing about Architecture (UK) + The Big Takeover (USA)
“Well… I Mean” evades easy labelling. It’s the sweet spot where catchy pop hooks and infectious melodies intertwine with the swagger of indie and the driving force of rock, all delivered with a refreshingly raw edge.
Cougar Microbes (UK)
A band who knows exactly how to write a funky indie-rock tune.
It’s All Indie (UK)
The Whistling Heads bring a bold, unapologetic sound that is bursting with energy and swagger.
Lost in the Manor (UK)
With its lively intensity making an enduring impression on everyone who hears it, this song begs to be felt as much as heard. Uplifting, inspiring, and moving the soul, is a testament to the power of music. Dulaxi (UK)
It’s this catchy, conversational vocal style that makes the track so accessible for those not usually accustomed to post-punk. The catchiness extends well beyond the vocals though, with guitars and synths that will have you having a little bop in your seat.
Hardbeat (UK)
Full of light punk attitude, danceable rhythm and compelling lyrics, the band kick off 2024 with a stellar new single that’s sure to strike a chord with fans around the world.
Plastic Mag (UK)