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Americana UK debuts Beekeeper Spaceman’s new video for “Icicles,” noting its “lush, spacious, ethereal sounds… The song swirls in melodic and dreamy layers over truly warm, deep bass.”

Here is the absorbingly atmospheric animated video for ‘Icicles’ from indie-folk duo Beekeeper Spaceman. Musically, the song swirls in melodic and dreamy layers over truly warm, deep bass.  The intriguing words, such as, “Walk away. I’m lonely by design,” fit well with the lush, spacious, ethereal sounds that rise up and grow through the song.  The main songwriter, singer and guitarist Greg Browderville says: “‘Icicles’ is a demented Christmas song that ambles like a bummed-out, beat-driven Beach Boys tune as the song’s main character explores the tug-of-war between the freedom of youth and the domesticity of adult relationships.”

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Paste Magazine reviews The Handsome Family’s new album, Hollow (out 9/8), noting, “with descriptions of Santa Claus sharpening ‘his claws’ and Satan snoring, The Handsome Family make sure to leave you with images vivid enough to show up later in your dreams.”

The Handsome Family got a boost last year when Phoebe Bridgers turned in a bleak cover of their already wrenching Christmas-adjacent song “So Much Wine.” It was a nice shoutout for the husband-wife duo, yet Brett and Rennie Sparks have been making harrowing music together for 30 years. Their power remains in full effect on their latest, Hollow.

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No Depression reviews The Handsome Family’s new album, Hollow (out 9/8), noting, “As the planet protests its mistreatment with increasing intensity, Hollow is a witty yet sobering reminder that humanity is only part of the bigger picture.”

From Sonny and Cher to George and Tammy to Ike and Tina, husband-and-wife teams have made all sorts of remarkable music over the years. Add to this distinguished list Albuquerque’s Handsome Family, the handiwork of spouses Brett and Rennie Sparks, who’ve practiced their wonderfully bent take on Americana for three decades. The marvelous Hollow, the couple’s 11th studio album and first in seven years, reaffirms their mastery of what Brett describes as “Western gothic,” drawing on traditional forms and highlighting the intractable strangeness of the natural world — at least when it’s viewed from a “civilized” perspective. Depending on your mood, the songs can be darkly funny or profoundly unsettling, or, more likely, both at once.

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KUTX 98.9 names Beekeeper Spaceman’s new single, “Locusts and Honey,” Song of the Day!

The skeleton crew consists of guitarist-singer-songwriter Greg Brownderville and producer/multi-instrumentalist Spencer Kenney, who named themselves after their multi-media narrative Fire Bones‘ second chapter. Thanks to a consistently mellow pairing of indie rocket science and soundtrack-apt cinematic flourishes, Beekeeper Spaceman’s not only made contact with Leon Bridges, Black Pumas, Shakey Graves, and Erykah Badu…they’ve supported all of the above. Beginning in late June, Beekeeper Spaceman began harvesting their honeycombs and sharing the gooey, acoustic-driven gold on streaming, one single per month, all amassing towards a bustling hive and hyperdrive of an eponymous debut album.

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Vents Magazine debuts new Mega Ran single “That’s Okay” feat. Kadesh Flow

Mega Ran NYC Rooftop by Jeff Moses
Mega Ran. Photo by Jeff Moses.

Today we are pleased to premiere rapper, DJ, author, Guinness World Record holder, and new father Megan’s new single “That’s Okay,” a glimpse into what’s probably Ran’s best album yet with Buddy’s Magic Toy Box.

The laid back flow of “That’s Okay” and Mega Ran’s New Orleans jazz-singer chorus is heightened by Kadesh Flow’s trombone. It deals with patience and potentially subconscious microaggressions when it comes to the names of some people of color and folks with tough to pronounce names. PoC will understand this most, and people who haven’t experienced it can learn to empathize with it.

New album Buddy’s Magic Toy Box is out on September 15th.

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Glide Magazine debuts new single from Beekeeper Spaceman, “Locusts and Honey,” noting its “cinematic flair and prog tenacity.”

If there ever was a profound inspiration behind a song, Beekeeper Spaceman undoubtedly earns a medal for its Greek mythology allegory. On their new song “Locusts and Honey” that Glide is premiering (below), the voice in this song is John the Baptist’s, or to use the scriptural language: ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”

“In ‘Locusts and Honey,’ the prophet-singer knows he’s about to be beheaded, but he stands there, ten toes down, and taunts his feasting murderers. In the second verse, he says, ‘Who’s got the platter? Baby, get the dagger. I got the laughter.’ Then in the chorus he reminds his killers that, just like Orpheus, he’ll keep on singing even after death: ‘Dancing money can’t unsing wild song.’ It’s quite a mic drop for wild John,” says primary songwriter/ singer/guitarist Greg Brownderville.

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