Rok Lok Records: Four New Releases (Order Anura, Stars Are Insane, Hiders, and Bird Songs)

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ORDER ANURA "SNAILS & SLUGS" CASSETTE

It has been a few years since I first heard of Order Anura with its debut self titled cassette that I obtained in a trade with with the project's creative force Ivan Heemskerk. The brooding organ/keyboard drones mixed with lower register vocals and minimal yet reverb soaked drum machine produced beats offered something rather different than the sounds that was dominating the modern lofi/cassette culture movement. at the time. And in many ways the same could be said about this latest eight song effort titled "Snails & Slugs". Order Anura creates music that I would classify as a lofi brand of melancholy dream pop that is a cross between Cocteau Twins and lovesliescrushing. On the surface the music of Order Anura comes across as a soundtrack of a bleak landscape but upon engaging with this release a colorful world of varied tones and melody is revealed."Snails & Slugs" is an edition of 40 white cassettes with a glossy full color, double sided j-card and full color labels. 

Listen here: https://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/snails-and-slugs [roklokrecords.bandcamp.com] » 

STARS ARE INSANE "TO BE THERE" CASSETTE

A companion piece to 2017's "To Be Here", long running home recording project Stars Are Insane is back with its tenth full length effort "To Be There". On this new album Stars Are Insane marries the more melodic markings of its discography with the sonic foot print of the previous album that explored reverb soaked, ambient shoegaze creating a slo core opus. Serving as a collection of quasi love songs to not only others but the world around us and the experiences we have in them. Quelling the anxiety getting out into open spaces and embracing the fragility but recognizing the extremely fortunate nature of it all. "To Be There" is a collection of ten songs that celebrate the notion of being able to reflect and appreciate being there regardless of being removed from the moment.For fans of lofi bedroom pop/shoegaze/ambient like Flying Saucer Attack, Dump, Sentridoh and Yo La Tengo. Limited to an edition of 40 white cassettes with full color labels and full color j-cards.

Listen here: https://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/to-be-there [roklokrecords.bandcamp.com] » 

BIRD SONGS "IN & OF" CASSETTE

It seems as if every moment of every day we are inundated with a seemingly excess of sounds that it is almost hard to discern one from another. Bird Songs and it's five song cassette release "In & Of" while reveling in layering a variety of sounds ranging from field recordings, natural ambiance, tape hiss, minimal guitar melodies and drones each sound breathes freely. And at the moments where it seems as if all the sounds produced will cave in on one another it all melts away in a sea of calm much like in the aftermath a wave crashing upon the jagged rocks of a shoreline. Bird Songs should appeal to fans of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Azusa Plane and Love Letter. "In & Of" is limited to an edition of 30 white cassettes with full color j-cards and hand stamped/painted labels.

Listen here: https://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-of [roklokrecords.bandcamp.com] » 

HIDERS "SLOW BURN" CASSETTE

Following up 2014's wonderful "Bloom", Glasgow's Hiders is back with a brand new release called "Slow Burn". Featuring eight tracks of fuzzy guitar jangle indie rock Hiders builds upon the strong foundation laid down on the previous release. Waves of warm, dissonant guitar chords and churning bass rhythms move the songs forward with honest, subdued vocals bringing it all home. In a age where many vocalists reach for that higher register James Morgan makes an even stronger presence with his laid back almost ambient vocal melodies. Channeling the sounds of Sonic Youth, Polvo, North of America mixed with the pop sensibilities of The Posies, Hiders comes out swinging with this brand new release. Limited to an edition of 40 white cassettes with full color glossy j-cards and full color printed labels. 

Listen here: https://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-burn [roklokrecords.bandcamp.com] » 

COMING SOON!

WORLD'S FAIR "We Can't Be Magic" LP
STARS ARE INSANE "Broken Heart Headquarters" lathe cut 10 inch




AVAILABLE RELEASES:

(RL123) Hiders "Slow Burn" cassette
(RL122) Bird Songs "In & Of" cassette
(RL121) Stars Are Insane "To Be There" cassette
(RL120) Order Anura "Snails & Slugs" cassette
(RL119) Love Letter "A Very Young Mountain" cassette
(RL118) Graham Repulski "The Photographer Is Upset" lathe cut 5 inch *4 copies left*
(RL117) Anevayblue "Trails" cassette
(RL116) Stars Are Insane "To Be Here" cassette
(RL113) Soda Lilies "Love Cemetery Tapes" cassette *2 copies left*
(RL112) Blueblack "Destroy" cassette *6 copies left*
(RL111) Atariame "Weirdo Goes to the Disco" cassette
(RL108) Kkidss "Anemia" cassette
(RL107) The Only Ghost In Town "Peculiar Smiles: 2010-2015" cassette *4 copies left*
(RL105) Graham Repulski "Success Racist" cassette *2 copies left*
(RL104) Kkidss "Candy" cassette
(RL103) Shivering Window "Days I've Lost b/w Clean Hell" 7 inch
(RL100) Restaurnaut "Birth" cassette
(RL98) Love Letter "Collecting Loss" lathe cut 10 inch *2 copies left*
(RL97) Cestine "Other Half/Bright Encounter" cassette
(RL96) Jan "Let It Ride" cassette *4 copies left*
(RL95) Mormon Toasterhead "Memory/Monument" double cassette
(RL93) Love Letter "Gentle Memories" cassette
(RL92) World's Fair "Leisurely" 12 inch
(RL89) Love Letter "It Brought Us Something We Had to Know" cassette *1 copy left*
(RL88) Snow What "So Far So Good" 12 inch
(RL86) The National Park Service "Winter Clothes" cassette
(RL85) Stars Are Insane/Monogamy "split" cassette *2 copies left*
(RL83) White Blush "White Blush" cassette
(RL81) Abandoned Houses "Untitled Spirals" cassette 
(RL79) Imaginary Pants "Channels b/w Seacliff" 7 inch
(RL75) Bare Pale "If It Is" cassette *2 copies left*
(RL73) Dude Japan "Simple Living" cd (reissue w/ bonus tracks)
(RL72) Dude Japan "Will You Meet Me There?" cd
(RL70) Eureka California/Good Grief "split" 7 inch
(RL62) Mike Naideau "Singles Club #6" cassette *1 copy left*
(RL61) Hanna Elson "Singles Club #5" cassette *2 copies left*
(RL57) Make It Plain "Somersault" 7 inch
(RL53) Giant Peach "Callous & Strange" 7 inch 
(RL51) Brick Mower "Why Are We Doing This?" 7 inch *6 copies left*
(RL45) Yes Sensei "In Excelsis" cd *3 copies left*
(RL43) Sandy City "Surfin' WA" 12 inch
(RL38) Fellow Project "Boots" 7 inch *3 copies left*
(RL34) Marshall Teller/Halftime Parade "split" 7 inch *1 copy left*
(RL33) Yes Sensei "3 Songs" 7 inch *3 copies left*
(RL31) Yes Sensei "s/t" cd
(RL26) On the Might of Princes "The Making of a Conversation" cd
(RL24) BRRR "s/t" 7 inch *1 copy left*
(RL20) Empty Silos Echo War "Inner Working Mechanics of a Failed Construct With Puritan Cement" cd *2 copies left*
(RL19) Imagine If the Sun Fell "s/t" 7 inc *1 copy left*
(RL16) Yes Sensei "We Who Transplant Sustain" cd
(RL15) Yes Sensei "What I Do Best is What I Do Worst" cd
(RL14) End I "s/t" 7 inch *2 copies left*
(RL13) Bookstore "s/t" cd
(RL11) Space Robot Scientists "We've Got a Time Machine" cd
(RL08) v/a "The Hope Machine" cd
(RL07) Stars Are Insane "Anonymously Yours" cassette (reissue)
(RL06) Explosivo! "The Uh Oh EP" cd


Distro Update:
Alastair Galbraith & Robert Scott "On Golden Road" cassette
Jeremy Hegge "Short Glimpses From Mmabolela" cassette
Little Whirls "Rearrange the Comfort Zones" LP


Order at http://www.roklokrecords.com or https://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com