NEW LP FROM SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS - "THE WEIGHTLESS SEA"

We're excited to announce the latest installment from NY/CT psych duo Spiral Wave Nomads, The Weightless Sea. The Nomads are Eric Hardiman (guitarist, psychic detonator, veteran of Albany’s colossal noise-tribe Burnt Hills, bassman of the lit-punk jammers Sky Furrows, and one half of the spectral duo Century Plants) and Michael Kiefer (Drifting North drummer, Twin Lakes co-founder, tempo-smasher of the free-rock duo Rivener and survivor of Myty Konkeror and its glorious progeny, the ecstatic psych-trio More Klementines). We are once again teaming up with Feeding Tube Records to release their 4th LP, The Weightless Sea, here in the US. But this time around, we're also stoked to have this one released across the Atlantic by the UK's leading purveyor of sounds from the cosmic underground, Cardinal Fuzz. Label head Dave Cambridge, The Cardinal himself, had this to say about the record:

"The Weightless Sea is exactly what it says: an ocean without gravity, where riffs flicker like dying stars and percussion ricochets like rusted satellites gone feral. It’s heavy without being sludge, it’s free without being chaos, it’s the ecstatic howl of two lifers chasing something bigger than language. It's a transmission from a parallel dimension where Hendrix never died, Can never stopped, and Sun Ra actually did get picked up by aliens and returned with a rhythm section made out of asteroids." 

We can't wait for folks to get their ears on this one. The record comes out October 17, and is now up for pre-order. Head on over to our store to check it out,

MICHAEL BEACH RELEASES NEW 7-INCH ON TWIN LAKES

We are pleased to announce the release of Michael Beach’s “A Horse/The Exhilarating Rise"-- our first on 7-inch vinyl.  Beach’s first single since relocating to San Francisco from Australia, "A Horse" is a clear display of the versatility he has become known for after multiple releases with Melbourne’s Electric Jellyfish (Ecstatic Yod/Twin Lakes). In the first sessions for his sophomore album, Beach brought together friend and co-producer Raymond Raposa (Castanets) and engineer Seth Lorinczi (Corin Tucker Band, Golden Bears) at Seth’s Little Golden Book Studio in Portland, Oregon. The tape hiss and sparseness of "A Horse" recall early Elliott Smith recordings mixed with upbeat Townes Van Zandt melodies, while the B-side offers a euphoric Glenn Branca-esque guitar drone with hints of White Light/White Heat-era Velvet Underground madness. Though they span a wide array of influences, both songs are held together by Beach’s single-handed approach to recording and an exploration of alienation, unity, sadness, and joy. There’s a depth to these songs that have kept them in heavy rotation here at Twin Lakes ever since Beach sent us the masters. The vinyl version of this two-song treasure officially drops on February 8th but can be pre-ordered here now. Digital downloads are immediately available on a name-your-price basis over at Beach's Bandcamp site.