Sofia Portanet show announced for next March!

Upset The Rhythm presents…

SOFIA PORTANET
Friday 5 March
PinUps, 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £8.50 | https://link.dice.fm/K1gxTBKbw8

SOFIA PORTANET works in a cool, measured fashion, allowing the Berlin-based pop auteur to sketch out a vivid, enticing sonic universe. Born on the 9th November 1989, Portanet entered the world as the wall was brought down - now she’s kicking new walls and barriers by re-inventing Neue Deutsche Welle for a new generation. Singing in English, French and German, Portanet has been taking their sound international with performance in USA and Europe since signing to Berlin label Duchess Box Records. Since releasing her debut single in 2018, she has become one of the most interesting newcomer artists in Germany with praise garnered including "Best newcomer for 2019" from Klaus Fiehe and "Germany's next big international popstar" from Lauren Laverne. Brand new album ‘Freier Geist’ is a record that proudly wears its influences of German music from 70s and 80s with inspirations from Ingrid Caven, Hildegard Kneef, Ideal as well as international artist such as Yma Sumac and John Maus. The album was written by Sofia Portanet and her collaborating producer Steffen Kahles at their Berlin studio. Reminiscent of 'Heroes' era Bowie and Kate Bush, Portanet’s music shines bright with an austere glamour.
https://sofiaportanet.bandcamp.com/



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Sleeper & Snake - 'Fresco Shed' album announced, video unveiled!

Here’s the catchiest song about corrupt, deregulated housing development you’ll hear all year! Sleeper & Snake unveil their first single ‘Flats Falling’! Sleeper & Snake are Amy Hill and Al Montfort, staunch champions of the Aus-underground, writing homespun, mordant watercolour pop. Warbled keys, fizzy sax interludes and pointed lyrical pep all at hand.

‘Flats Falling’ is a crystalline assembly of cello, drum machine and plucky bass which freewheels around, curlicues of sax sparking off amid the duo’s matter-of fact vocal parade: “Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer. The place has a curse.” Enjoy!

New album ‘Fresco Shed’ is out on Sept 25th, a total triumph of substance over style from an endlessly creative duo determined on surprising all (themselves included) with each new song. Pre-order up now, including a highly limited baby-blue vinyl option:
https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

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Vintage Crop - 'The North' video

Vintage Crop share their chilly vision of ‘The North’ here in this brand new vid!
Try and get this icy blast of an anthem out of your head I dare you!

Vintage Crop’s forthcoming belter of an LP, ‘Serve To Serve Again’, is out August 7th through Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade, enjoy! Pre-order here now.




The North is built on a riff that has been rattling around my head for the last 3 years, we could never find the right way to use it. The lyrics struck me on my birthday in 2019, we were in Europe on tour and we had played 28 shows in the past 30 days. I took the rough sketch of the song home with me & after a few weeks the final iteration of “The North” was complete.  Jack Cherry of Vintage Crop

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Es - 'Severed' video unveiled!

Es’ new video ‘Severed’ just premiered on Post-Trash: “a quarantine video done right, full of kitchen, garden, and shower performances that are defiantly goofy but as deadpan as can be”! Now is the time to learn to drum using utensils! ‘Severed’ is taken from Es’ phantastic debut album ‘Less Of Everything’, out now aptly, Nostradamus much?