LISTEN, WATCH MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND?S BE BRAVE

September 20th, 2011 , by

 We have the great pleasure of releasing All Things Will Unwind, the third album from My Brightest Diamond, on October 18th (October 10th in the EU). Though you can now preorder the album on iTunes or here, it’s a ways off though, so MBD was kind of enough to send up this docu-video of “Be Brave.”

Directed by longtime MBD collaborator Murat Eyuboglu, the video captures the studio recording of the song with a bit of performance from frontwoman Shara Worden and dancer Jessica Dessner. Emilliner created the hats, Lake Simons made the mask, and Noelle Marinelli did makeup. Our own DM Stith provides background vocals to the song and appears in the video. Read more info about the song here.

You can watch the video above, or you can buy the new single of the song right here on iTunes for $1.99. There’s a Prefuse 73 remix for free as well, just below.

My Brightest Diamond, “Be Brave (Prefuse 73 Remix)” by My Brightest Diamond

HALF-HANDED CLOUD RELEASE DOVE EP ON BURNT VINYL

September 16th, 2011 , by

 Record label Burnt Toast Vinyl has just released DOVE, a brand new EP from Half-handed Cloud. John Ringhofer of HHC has been working on the EP for several years now, and it’s as much a story as it is a record. He recorded the demos for DOVE in early 2008 and then played six  of the songs during a live vinyl pressing with the Henningham Family Press in London (see video above). In between recording for Stowaways, John finally finished the record  in the church where he used to live.

Songs are on one side of the limited edition EP, and op-art is etched on the other side. You can buy it from Burnt Toast Vinyl here, and we are carrying the commemorative poster of the event right here on AK.