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Keep Shelly in Athens – Leave In Silence
Here is ‘Leave In Silence’, the first single from Keep Shelly in Athens’ upcoming 3rd album ‘Philokalia’, through their own imprint Athenian Aura Recordings. Stream or Download it here: http://www.keepshellyinathens.com/leave-in-silence.html
Keep Shelly in Athens are RPR and Jessica Bell.
Philokalia Tracklist:
1. Leave In Silence
2. Marionette
3. Game Over (Daniel’s Scene)
4. Seattle
5. Philokalia
6. We Want More
7. Dark Light
8. Believe
Ocean Hope – Chamber Dreams: Remixes, Vol. 1
Greek dream-pop duo Ocean Hope (aka brother and sister Angeliki and Serafim Tsotsonis) have songs from their debut release ‘Chamber Dreams’ remixed and interpreted by Hush Hush family and friends, including Keep Shelly in Athens, Kid Smpl, Big Spider’s Back, Chants, Kimekai , Hanssen, Secret School, w. baer, Broken Deck, and ltdjamz.
Keep Shelly in Athens – Bright Morning / Blue Rooms
Keep Shelly in Athens return with two new tracks, ‘Bright Morning’ and ‘Blue Rooms’. Stream below and order here.
Keep Shelly In Athens – Now I’m Ready (Loframes Remix)
Keep Shelly In Athens second album, ‘Now I’m Ready‘, is a shimmering collection of beautiful pop songs, dusted with a light coating of sunshine, magic and unicorn tears. Now the album’s title track has been handed over to up & coming Anglo-French duo Loframes, themselves riding high off the back of their recent Hype Machine topping remix of Miami Horror.
Eschewing their more recent dancefloor focused production Loframes take their cue from the original, keep things nice and easy, put Ocean Hope’s blissed out vocals front and centre and deliver a laid back slice of synthpop perfection.
No. 16: Keep Shelly in Athens – Now I’m Ready
“Not your typical indie effort, un-beholden to tempo and style, the album skips across genre tropes with ease, each track guided by producer RΠЯ’s singular aesthetic and vocalist Myrtha’s unmistakable crescendos.”
Keep Shelly in Athens – Silent Rain (Last Chance Remix)
With their second album in shops now Greek act Keep Shelly In Athens have shared a new video for the album‘s title track ‘Now I’m Ready’ (already posted here) and a brand new uptempo remix from fellow Athenian Last Chance (aka Dimitris Papaspyropoulos), that could have been the perfect soundtrack for a speedboat chase or computer hacking scene in an ’80s film. Check it out below.
The duo are also about to start an epic tour of North America this weekend. See full dates below.
Keep Shelly In Athens Fall Tour
w/ Support From Different Sleep
Oct. 31, 2015 – Washington,D.C. @ U Street Music Hall
Nov. 03, 2015 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Nov. 04, 2015 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Nov. 05, 2015 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Nov. 07, 2015 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
Nov. 09, 2015 – Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory
Nov. 10, 2015 – New Orleans, LA @ Hi-Ho Lounge
Nov. 11, 2015 – San Antonio, TX @ Limelight
Nov. 12, 2015 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room
Nov. 13, 2015 – Dallas, TX @ The Foundry
Nov. 14, 2015 – El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace
Nov. 16, 2015 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Nov. 17, 2015 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Nov. 18, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Bahia
Nov. 19, 2015 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Nov. 20, 2015 – Oakland, CA @ Awaken
Nov. 21, 2015 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset
Nov. 22, 2015 – Vancouver, CANADA @ The Cobalt
Nov. 23, 2015 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
Nov. 24, 2015 – Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
Nov. 25, 2015 – Walla Walla, WA @ Main Street Studios
Nov. 27, 2015 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
Nov. 28, 2015 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
Nov. 29, 2015 – Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom
Nov. 30, 2015 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
Dec. 01, 2015 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Dec. 02, 2015 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency
Dec. 03, 2015 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
Dec. 04, 2015 – Toronto, CANADA @ The Drake Hotel
Dec. 05, 2015 – Montreal, CANADA @ Fairmount
Video: Keep Shelly In Athens – Now I’m Ready
Greek duo Keep Shelly in Athens have just shared the official video for the title track of their new excellent album, Now I’m Ready, which features the musical talents of another Grecian downtempo duo, Ocean Hope.
The band teamed up with FACES (the directorial collaboration between Gareth Warland and Noelle Rodrigues) to create this dreamy music video. “We wanted to give the video a ’70s Ektachrome feel and took influence from the beautiful films and Polaroids of Tarkovsky and the photography of David Hamilton,” says Warland. “We have always been big fans of female vocalists and “Now I’m Ready” is a song sung by a woman about a woman, so it was a natural choice for us to develop a female protagonist,” notes Rodrigues. “We are very interested in strong female characters, so often we find ourselves building ideas around female leads.”
Now I’m Ready is out now on Friends of Friends. For KSiA tour dates go HERE.
Keep Shelly in Athens – Now I’m Ready LP (full stream)
Greece’s Keep Shelly In Athens release their 2nd album tomorrow via Friends of Friends and have now uploaded it in full to Soundcloud:
At eight songs and 45 minutes, the album strikes a concise, yet imposing figure, each individual effort comprised of enough peaks and valleys to bring the listener to the edge and back again. Lifted off by lead single “Fractals”, Now I’m Ready is not your typical indie effort, un-beholden to tempo and style, the album skips across genre tropes with ease, each track guided by producer RΠЯ’s singular aesthetic and vocalist Myrtha’s unmistakable crescendos.
Keep Shelly In Athens ‘Now I’m Ready’ LP is out on October 16th via Friends of Friends.
Keep Shelly in Athens – Silent Rain
Greece’s Keep Shelly In Athens return in October with their 2nd album, ‘Now I’m Ready‘, following on from releases on labels like Cascine, Planet Mu and Forest Family. Ahead of it’s release the band have shared a new track off the album, ‘Falling Rain‘, which is now publicly streaming on Soundcloud.
‘Now I’m Ready’ LP, their second official LP and their most emotionally mature, sonically adventurous effort to date, is out on October, 16th via Los Angeles outlet Friends of Friends.
Pre-order:
Vinyl, CD: keepshellyinathens.bandcamp.com/merch
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/now-im-…ady/id1033295691
Keep Shelly In Athens – Now I’m Ready LP
Born in the midst of a creative surge in the pop-leaning underground, Greek act Keep Shelly In Athens have been a force in the indie world for the last half decade, releasing projects on Cascine, Gorilla vs. Bear label arm Forest Family and British heavyweight Planet Mu. Now, the Athens-based duo arrive on Los Angeles outlet Friends of Friends with the ‘Now I’m Ready’ LP, their second official LP and their most emotionally mature, sonically adventurous effort to date.
At eight songs and 45 minutes, the album strikes a concise, yet imposing figure, each individual effort comprised of enough peaks and valleys to bring the listener to the edge and back again. Lifted off by lead single “Fractals”, Now I’m Ready is not your typical indie effort, un-beholden to tempo and style, the album skips across genre tropes with ease, each track guided by producer RΠЯ’s singular aesthetic and vocalist Myrtha’s unmistakable crescendos.
And whether you’re locked into a long road trip, careening around a city or looking over the Mediterranean, Keep Shelly In Athens bring an arresting pathos to the proceedings, felt everywhere from the breakbeat-led madness of “Hollow Man” to the ever-building, hypnotic vocal qualities of “Now I’m Ready”. It’s only the duo’s second official LP, but considering their release history on outlets as diverse as Cascine, Forest Family and Planet Mu, it’s no surprise that their arrival on Friends of Friends is such an unabated success.
Out on Friends of Friends on October 16, 2015. Preorder links:
iTunes: http://geni.us/KeepShellyNowReady
Bandcamp: https://keepshellyinathens.bandcamp.com/album/now-i-m-ready
