HIS CLANCYNESS premiere “Uranium” via NOISEY and EXCLAIM! Magazine. Isolation Culture LP was produced by Matthew Johnson (Hookworms) and Stu Matthews (Beak, Anika, Portishead) and will be released October 14th 2016. PRE-ORDER the VERY LIMITED North American Gatefold Vinyl HERE.

“A motorik rhythm accompanied by a layered lament synthetico paint a claustrophobic landscape – balanced by the warmth of analog recording – a slacker Kurt Vile meets the artistically lo-fi approach of Swell Maps, the austerity of Berlin Bowie and the romanticismo stramboide of the first 4AD releases” ~ NOISEY

“ascending guitar line, live drums and “Blade Runner synth” were added to the track at Geoff Barrow’s Invada studio in Bristol, UK. There might not be any bass, but there’s plenty of other sound play to keep your ears entertained” ~ EXCLAIM!
 

 
09/22/16 Montreal QC : POP MONTREAL w/ Nailbiter, Vallens, Tasseomancy
09/25/16 Toronto ON : Double Double Land w/ Psychic Ills
09/23/16 Ottawa ON : Pressed
10/01/16 Munich, Germany – Glockenbachwerkstatt
10/02/16 Berlin, Germany – ACUD
10/03/16 Hamburg, Germany – Club!heim im Schanzenpark
10/04/16 Rotterdam, Netherlands – Wunderbar
10/05/16 London, UK – The Waiting Room
10/06/16 Sheffield, UK – Bungalows & Bears
10/07/16 Liverpool, UK – The Shipping Forecast
10/08/16 Brighton, UK – Stiky Mike’s Frog Bar
10/09/16 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
10/10/16 Nantes, France – Madame Rêve
10/11/16 Lille, France – La Peniche
10/12/16 Luxembourg – De Gudden Wellen
10/13/16 Schorndorf, Germany – Manufaktur

FRESH SNOW share “Three-Way Mirror” stream via FLOOD Magazine & land SONG OF THE DAY over at UK’s THE LINE OF BEST FIT.   New LP “ONE” out this Friday // PRE-ORDER LIMITED WHITE VINYL HERE.

“Insistent looping electronics build and evolve around a simple, yet hopeful piano melody. This gradually becomes less organic, twisting and contorting as layers of keyboards and squelching 8-bit synths pile up before giving way to simple handclaps and undulating bass. It’s a delicate and euphoric listen – deservedly our Song Of The Day.” ~ THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“an earnest, aching love song. “Je prends un rendezvous avec mon homme dans la cinquième dimension, et je me regarde pour la première fois” a female voice says – in lightly arpeggiating layers of piano, the sound cascading in a bright drizzle until, suddenly, we’re off, click-clacking up to speed and out into space. It’s a deft and affecting piece of music delivered with refreshing minimalism” ~ FLOOD MAGAZINE

“Great bands know how to challenge themselves while capitalizing on their strengths, and Fresh Snow have done exactly that” ~ EXCLAIM!

“Fresh Snow continues to be the breath of fresh air post-rock really needs” ~ GRAY OWL POINT

“Fresh Snow tune somehow crept under my skin – not unlike what some might hear in the Stranger Things soundtrack –
pulsing and throbbing, creating something altogether animal-istic” ~ AUSTIN TOWN HALL

“Fact is Fresh Snow excel at pretty well everything they try on” ~ RIDE THE TEMPO

ONE is an incredibly wide-ranging beast, with each track mastering a different form,
texture or genre while still keeping a core focus” ~ METHODS UNSOUND

FRESH SNOW premiere another track from their brand new album “ONE” (9/9) // Stream “January Skies” via CLASH (UK). PRE-ORDER limited white vinyl via HERE.

“Fresh Snow seem to have returned from the wilds of Canada with their most visceral, immediate, and engrossing record yet – Epic musicianship that looks out towards the extremes” ~ CLASH

FRESH SNOW premiere their track “I Can’t Die” via the good people at THE FADER.
“ONE” LP is out September 9th in limited white vinyl and available for PRE-ORDER.

“I CAN’T DIE Is Eternally Menacing Krautrock – a classic krautrock marathon morphs into something sacred with the introduction of an Italian boy’s choir and church organ, and closes with warm psychedelic trails” ~ THE FADER

09/22/16 Toronto ON : Small World Music Festival – Ontario Place w/ Wally Badarou
09/10/16 Hamilton ON : Supercrawl – Baltimore House w/ Not Of, Several Futures, Nailbiter

Excited to announce TASSEOMANCY, aka Canadian twin sisters Sari and Romy Lightman, have joined Hand Drawn Dracula! The title track of their new album, Do Easy, is streaming via The Fader and the LP will be released November 18th via Bella Union (ROW) and Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada). *** Dates TBA + Limited Canada Only Coloured Vinyl Edition Pre-Orders HERE.

“glowing, dreamy retro-pop song, undercut with a little bit of melanchony – Romy and Sari’s lush vocals flit between pillowy and crystalline” ~ THE FADER

 

 

“Inspired by the wild flamingos of all the night karaoke soirees and the domestic manifesto of William S Burroughs’s The Discipline of DE, “Do Easy” is a iconoclast pop hit written from Romy Lightman’s sub-conscious in a basement apartment. Burroughs’s doctrine on finding “the easy way” struck me as something rare and I hung onto it like a piece of protection. Later on, I discovered that Genesis P-Orridge believed this text to be one of the greatest magic techniques for retraining the mind. Endorsed by Occultists, stoners, freaks, the ultra zen and the highly sensitive, Do Easy attempts to infuse the mundane with a gentle joy and a sense of simple delight. Tasseomancy’s choral interpretation was created with all this in mind. Additional vocals by Sari Lightman and arrangements by band members Johnny Spence on synth/piano and Evan Cartwright on drums with musical accompaniment by Brodie West on saxophone.” ~ TASSEOMANCY

FRESH SNOW perform “January Skies” live for EXCLAIM! TV ~ from their second full-length album “ONE” ~ available September 9th, 2016 via Hand Drawn Dracula on limited white vinyl // PRE-ORDER HERE

“The genre-jumping quartet let their imaginations run wild with their cosmic, electronic-based music, focusing heavily on ambience and groove – another awe-inspiring performance” ~ EXCLAIM! TV

VALLENS share the exclusive video premiere of “Devour”, directed by Benjamin Portas, via Andy Warhol’s INTERVIEW MAGAZINE (founded in 1969). CONSENT is available now on limited blue vinyl and premium digital: goo.gl/V4kY7T

“The Lynchian influence returns full force in the Toronto-based ensemble’s new music video for “Devour” – a twisted boudoir photo shoot – a troubling meditation on identity – the gentle shoegaze soundtrack” ~ INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

08.17 Ottawa ON // Arboretum Festival – Bar Robo w/ Beliefs
09.02 Toronto ON // Smiling Buddah w/ Elsa
09.09 Hamilton ON // BaltimoreHouse w/ Fake Palms
09.22 Montreal QC // POP Montreal w/ Tasseomancy

HDD is happy to announce that HIS CLANCYNESS (rooted in Italy – Canada) will release their sophomore album, “Isolation Culture”, on October 14th via Hand Drawn Dracula (CAN/US/ROW) and Tannen / Maple Death (EU/UK). PRE-ORDER via HDD HERE.

CLASH has the premiere stream of the title track; “The woozy, cassette-tape feel in the production nods towards the DIY scene, but the chugging bass and nagging vocals feel more like Talking Heads – arch post-punk bulldozers Pere Ubu.” ~ CLASH (UK)

Recorded at Portishead’s Invada Studios with engineer Stu Matthews (BEAK>, Anika, Portishead) and Matthew Johnson, the album already has the attention of The Line OF Best Fit, Tiny Mix Tape, Impose Magazine, Brooklyn Vegan, and BBC Radio 6.
 

 
EU/UK TOUR
08/05 Pesaro, Italy // Villa’n’ Roll Fest w/ Soft Moon
08/06 Verona, Italy // Malalido
08/19 Molfetta, Italy // Eremo
08/20 Pisticci, Italy // Sputnik Festival
08/21 Rosignano Solvay, Italy // Festa Democratica
08/30 Milano, Italy // Carroponte w/ Any Other
10/01 Munich, Germany // Glockenbachwerkstatt
10/02 Berlin, Germany // ACUD
10/03 Hamburg, Germany // Club!heim im Schanzenpark
10/04 Rotterdam, Netherlands // Wunderbar
10/05 London, UK // The Waiting Room
10/06 Sheffield, UK // Bungalows & Bears
10/07 Liverpool, UK // The Shipping Forecast
10/08 Brighton, UK // Stiky Mike’s Frog Bar
10/09 Paris, France // Point Ephemere
10/10 Nantes, France // Madame Rêve
10/11 Lille, France // La Peniche
10/12 Luxembourg // De Gudden Wellen

NAILBITER premieres “SPIRAL” over at THE FADER from his upcoming “SWORM” EP out August 5th via Hand Drawn Dracula!

“Starting off with craggy static pulses of a top secret radio transmission, it veers into a potent blend of rudimentary beats and distorted laser beam synth improvisation, Pete Swanson meets Giorgio Moroder style.” ~ THE FADER

Sworm EP (HDD052) ~ All Songs Produced/Mixed/Recorded by Josh Korody, except “Sworm” Recorded at Studio G Brooklyn with Jeff Berner (Psychic TV). Mastered by Jarod Gibson (Odonis Odonis).

PRE-ORDER SWORM EP HERE
1) Sworm
2) The Hunt
3) Spiral
4) Malgorithm
5) Shield

VALLENS debut album CONSENT is available now on limited BLUE VINYL!

CLASH (UK PREMIERE) – “Consent’ is topical, powerful, and wholly invigorating”

NOW Magazine (ALBUM OF THE WEEK) – “From its melancholy start to its fantastic finish,
Consent is a twisted fever dream truly evoking the band’s namesake.”

EXCLAIM! Magazine (8/10) – “the type of record one should listen to with eyes closed,
to fully allow the mind to be swept away on a journey that both delights and disturbs, in the most enchanting of ways”

CBC RADIO3 (INTERVIEW) – “Consent is layered in a cloudy haze of dusky guitars over mysterious melodies,
dreamy synthesizers seemingly taken from the lost tapes of a David Lynch film score, and shadowy, post punk grooves.”

DAILY VICE (INTERVIEW) – “Robyn Phillips of Vallens wants you to believe women”

 
07.09.16 Toronto ON // Smiling Buddah w/ Casper Skulls, Yi
08.17.16 Ottawa ON // Arboretum Festival w/ Beliefs

VALLENS premiere ‘KAREN’ video, directed by Allison Johnston, via the FADER. >>> PRE-ORDER LP NOW !!!

“The Toronto band doesn’t pull any punches in their abstract new clip. ~ explores ashen, textured rock music that’s often
shoegaze-y, but songs like “Karen” nod toward Sonic Youth’s tightly wound and distraught melodies” ~ THE FADER

06.10.16 Brooklyn NY // Northside Festival – Alphaville w/ Dead Leaf Echo
06.18.16 Toronto ON // The Garrison w/ Greys, Speedy Ortiz
08.17.16 Ottawa ON // Arboretum Festival w/ Beliefs