in retrospect...: August 2013

Friday, August 30, 2013

tune in: White Poppy

pc: Georgia Love

White Poppy, the solo project of British Columbian Crystal Dorval, will release her debut self-titled full-length LP September 3rd on Not Not Fun.

The record is a gorgeous, experimental exploration of washed out psychedelic melodies, fuzzy guitars and floating vocals imbued with the warmest of tones and blurry harmonies. Initially recorded onto a four-track cassette, the album was a work in progress for over a year, but the end result was well worth the wait.

Following the album's release, White Poppy will embark on a West coast tour starting this fall, with all dates below.

"Party at the NSA" YACHT

PAY WHAT YOU WANT DOWNLOAD - http://partyatthensa.com/

YACHT is donating 100% of the sales of their new song, "Party at the NSA" to fight against the unwarranted surveillance and wiretapping of U.S. citizens by the NSA. Download the song directly from http://partyatthensa.com for a pay-what-you-want donation and YACHT will give 100% of the money to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit leading the fight against the NSA's illegal mass surveillance program.

"Party at the NSA," a joyous send-up of the security agency, is a team effort. Comedian Marc Maron, a strong advocate of digital rights who has extensively advocated against Patent Trolls, plays the guitar solo on the song. YACHT and Maron share a strong belief that the Internet should be a free space for ideas. "We live much of our lives online; we should be outraged by the extent of the NSA's domestic spying programs," the band says. "Instead, we are sinking into a dangerous indifference. Insidious forces are at work. Help us reverse the entropy."

YACHT believes in a free and open Internet, in transparency, and in collaboration. Please spread the word about "Party at the NSA;" together, we can help the Electronic Frontier Foundation work to protect us from the encroaching surveillance state.