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Mui Zyu

Hong Kong and London artist Mui Zyu will be releasing a new album, her second, “Nothing or Something to Die For.” It will be hit the shelves on May 24^th, from Father/Daughter Records. Her single, “Everything to Die For” is there, along with guest appearances by Miss Grit, lei,e, and Pickle Darling.

Her new single is “the mould.” A pop track with diverse instrumentation. About “the mold,” Zyu said, . “Mould is very cool, and the right kind can give you super powers. Unfortunately though, it’s less than ideal to be squeezed in to a mould that doesn’t fit snuggly. So I’m at the bottom of the rotten jelly bowl trying to work out what mould is the good kind, and what is the bad kind, and maybe realising none of it really matters at all, as long as I can get out of this steep, slippery bowl. This also marks a new approach for my writing indicative of the whole record in a kind of anti-overture-y way.”

Mui Zyu will be attending the SXSW in this month, and touring in the UK and Europe.

MUI ZYU – NOTHING OR SOMETHING TO DIE FOR TRACKLIST

1. satan marriage
2. the mould
3. everything to die for
4. donna like parasites
5. the rules of what an earthling can be
6. please be okay (feat. Miss Grit)
7. telephone congee i
8. speak up, sponge
9. what’s the password baby bird?
10. hopefulness, hopefulness
11. telephone congee ii
12. sparky (feat. lei, e)
13. in the dot (feat. Pickle Darling)
14. cool as a cucumber
15. 扮豬食老虎

MUI ZYU: 2024 TOUR DATES

Mar 2 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall (Dark Arts)
March 8 – London, @ Rough Trade East, Rough Trade Presents: International Womens Day
Mar 14 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room (FRIENDS:FOREVER presented by Jaded – 4pm)
Mar 14 – Austin, TX @ Central Presbyterian Church (Audiofemme official showcase – 7pm)
Mar 15 – Austin, TX @ Bethell Hall (Father/Daughter + The Luna Collective official showcase – 9:30pm)
Mar 16 – Austin, TX @ Downright Austin Backyard (British Music Embassy – 2:40pm)
June 14 – Ipswich, UK @ Brighten the Corners
Aug 30 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Aug 31 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
Oct 11 – Rotterdam @ Roodkapje
Oct 12 – Paris @ L’Archipel
Oct 23 – Birmingham @ Sunflower Lounge
Oct 24 – Glasgow, UK @ Glad Cafe
Oct 26 – Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
Oct 28 – Bristol @ Rough Trade
Oct 31 – London, UK @ King’s Place H2

18 New Songs that Came Out This Week.

From BrooklynVegan.com

BULLY – “ATOM BOMB”

Bully just began her tour supporting Grouplove last night, and today the grunge revivalist changes things up with a new piano ballad.

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DANA GAVANSKI – “EARS WERE GROWING”

The latest single from Dana Gavanski’s upcoming album LATE SLAP finds her going in more of a twitchy, whimsical art pop direction than usual, and she pulls it off well.

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RICO NASTY & BOYS NOIZE – “ARINTINTIN”

Veteran beatmaker Boys Noize and chameleonic rapper Rico Nasty have announced a collaborative EP, HVRDC0RE DR3AMZ, due March 29 via Sugar Trap/Atlantic/Big Beat, and here’s the four-on-the-floor lead single.

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NØ MAN – “MARCH OF IDES”

Majority Rule offshoot NØ MAN have shared the second single from their upcoming album Glitter and Spit, and it’s a screamo/hardcore rager that vocalist Maha Shami says is “about corrupt leaders breathing the same infected, power hungry air molecules of dictators from history and an inevitable countdown to their demise.”

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MARTHA – “A PRAISE CHORUS” & “CRUSH” (JIMMY EAT WORLD COVERS)

UK indie-punks Martha have shared covers of two Jimmy Eat World classics, and they do a great job of putting their spin on the songs without losing the charms of the originals.

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KAMAAL WILLIAMS – “EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE” (RADIOHEAD COVER)

Jazz/electronic musician puts a very cool spin on Radiohead’s classic Kid A opener.

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PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD – “YOUR SMILE IS A HOAX”

This is the first single from Psychic Graveyard’s Wilting which is out June 7 via Artoffact Records. Say the band: “‘This Butthole Surfers bass guitar sounds awesome! Let’s put some synth and bass guitar together.’ That was the main impetus for creating this song—the craving for a fuzzed-out bass guitar. Over the years, we’ve realized that our songs are birthed in pairs. ‘Your Smile is a Hoax’ is the sister to another Psychic Graveyard track off this upcoming album called “Haunted By Your Bloodline”. Both feature the use of two low-register instruments playing off of each other, with a higher synth note popping obnoxiously out of the mix. We feel as though it helps keep the chaos grounded. Those higher swirl elements come from a forgotten field recording of an ambulance passing by Nate’s house in San Diego. Lyrically, it fills in the listener on some of our experiences as an afflicted band in today’s world, traveling all over the place while we’re wounded, but somehow having a blast while we’re out there—bleeding everywhere.”

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STREET POWER – PROMO 2024

You can probably guess what a Boston hardcore band called Street Power might sound like, and their new two-song promo Triple B delivers on exactly the fury you were probably hoping for.

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HOW TO DRESS WELL – “NEW CONFUSION” & “NO LIGHT”

How To Dress Well has announced a new album, I am Toward You, along with the release of two new songs.

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ONE STEP CLOSER – “LEAP YEARS”

Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore band One Step Closer have announced their sophomore album, All You Embrace, due 5/17 via Run For Cover, and new single “Leap Years” goes in a glossier, more alternative rock-leaning direction than ever before. Read more here.

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KACEY MUSGRAVES – “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE”

Kacey Musgraves has shared a new single from Deeper Well, and you can read about it here.

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RICHARD THOMPSON – “SINGAPORE SADIE”

Folk rock legend and former Fairport Convention member Richard Thompson has announced a new album, Ship To Shore, due 5/31 via New West Records. Read about lead single “Singapore Sadie” here.

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EELS – “TIME”

Eels have announced a new album, EELS Time!, which will be out June 7 via E Works/Play It Again Sam. It’s their 15th album and is the result of their first in-person recording session since the pandemic.

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1. VINCENT – “BROKEN MAN”

St. Vincent announced her sixth album, All Born Screaming, and shared the first single, which you can read more about here.

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BEEN STELLAR – “PASSING JUDGEMENT”

NYC band Been Stellar have announced their debut album, titled Scream From New York, which will be out June 14 via Dirty Hit. On this one they worked with producer Dan Carey (black midi, Black Country New Road, Wet Leg). The first single from the album is “Passing Judgement,” which falls into angsty/gritty/sultry indie rock territory that recalls Gentlemen-era Afghan Whigs or ’90s/’00s NYC band Calla.

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CHARLI XCX – “VON DUTCH”

Charli XCX has unveiled the first single off her new dance music album Brat.

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THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS (TED LEO, MEMS FUGAZI, FAITH, OBITS – “LOVIN’ YOU AIN’T EASY” & “WE’RE DANCIN’”

Old friends and DC scene vets Ted Leo, Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Michael Hampton (Faith, Fake Names) and Sohrab Habibion (Edsel, Obits) got together as Foreign Correspondents to pay tribute to ’70s French-Canadian power-pop artist Michel Pagliaro on a new 7″ single that’s out via Outer Battery Records.

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MUI ZYU – “THE MOULD”

mui zyu announced her second album and gave us another early taste of it with “the mould,” which you can read more about here.