Archive for April, 2012

BG021 | ALLIGATOR INDIAN Spring I’m In

Posted in Band Update, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on April 23, 2012 by bleedinggold

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Spring I’m In launches opportunely enough at the cusp of the season, but the recording process originally had Alligator Indian beginning work in their mountain retreat, the Rainbow Reservation, shortly after the summer release of their Football EP with Bleeding Gold. The resultant sound files came across like a worn out copy of Simon Reynold’s post-punk opus Rip It Up and Start Again dropped in a vat of lysergic acid diethylamide, if they may be so bold. And if’n they mayn’t, let’s just say it’s pretty not so bad. The aural constructs begin with a blistering sci-fi tale of a world where tyrannical governments mandate who a citizen can become betrothed to. From there, themes and sounds shift between fuzzy post-pop, a cappella bursts of vocals, and industrial cries for contentment.

Available on ‘CosmicPurple’ or Classic Black vinyl and CASSETTE here.

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BG016 | SONGS FOR WALTER Meet Me At The Empire 7″

Posted in Band Update, Music with tags , , , , on April 22, 2012 by bleedinggold

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Buy 7″ here.

A Kind Of Tribute

Posted in Band Update, Music with tags , , , , , , on April 21, 2012 by bleedinggold

David WarrenA Kind Of Tribute

Dark Fruit

Posted in Band Update, Music with tags , , , , , on April 17, 2012 by bleedinggold

Dark Fruit Cover Art

In a vanguard effort to introduce their debut LP, Alligator Indian chose the tune “Dark Fruit” to single-handedly represent the album. Balancing lyrics that deal with hope, loss, death, Florida wildfires, and of course vampires, “Dark Fruit” twists through haunting ivory interplay between Mister Church’s and Miss Bubble’s keys before erupting in tribal triumph and percussive payoff. To further articulate the audio, analogue auteur The Cyclist and pop patron Heart Island reimaginatively mixed, or “remixed,” the song. The sparse drone of The Cyclist’s version cuddles alongside Heart Island’s saccharine dance, creating a trio of immersive and entertaining tracks built around one unit of song.

BG020 | HARPOON FOREVER | Life-Size Cut-Out 7″

Posted in Band Update, Music with tags , , , , , , , on April 4, 2012 by bleedinggold

HARPOON FOREVER

For fans of The Replacements, Pavement, Grateful Dead, Woods, Silver Jews, Guided By Voices and general classic rock radness. Red or Black vinyl. Buy HERE. Also available on iTunes.