I was recently notified of this excellent new release by Sounds of Sputnik, which features Ummagma – a very talented band whose great music has been featured on this blog before. Ummagma are also good people who provide encouragement for other artists. The album came out on August 25th, and the excellent album New Born can be ordered on Amazon. Check out some of the SoundCloud and YouTube links before and read more info on the bands and other musicians they worked with to create it!
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Sounds of Sputnik “New Born”
Release Date: August 25, 2014 on Ear To Ear Records
New Born, the debut album from Moscow’s Sounds of Sputnik, is a kaleidoscope of reverb-soaked guitar, calculated drums, thick bass, and angular guitars intertwined with ethereal vocals. This is extraordinary noise-pop, with layered harmonies, interlacing synth and distorted guitars. Sounds of Sputnik paired up with Canadian-Ukrainian duo Ummagma to co-write, produce, and record this album, to be released on UK label Ear to Ear Records. Ummagma’s Shauna McLarnon and Alexx Kretov both contribute solid warming vocals. This project leans heavily on a shared love of melodic dream pop, post-rock and shoegaze with each member bringing their own influences: aspects of Lush, Curve, My Bloody Valentine and No Joy cleverly blend with Hammock, Jesus & Mary Chain and The Twilight Sad to create remarkable “dream noise”.
Rewind about 12 years ago. Roman, Shauna and Alexx were collaborating a bit until Shauna and Alexx left Russia. After losing contact for an entire decade, the three finally reunited last year and quickly beginning to work on new material. This release is a timely show of beauty in the face of the current ugly situation occurring between Ukraine and Russia.
