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LIE 081 LIE 081 UNDER SHOOTING STARS - "Making pillows out of sweaters" (7 songs)

In their words, “it's like eating vanilla ice cream in your dark living room in the middle of the night...wearing your robe and your bedroom slippers...suddendly, you realize you're missing something or someone...and then you start humming a song”. To put it my way, Sid and Lei write the most candid and heartfelt bedroom pop that I have heard in a while.

LIE 082 LIE 082 THE SHIFTIES - "The apartment/factory songs" (10 songs)

Foursome from the Windy City playing Sixties-inspired pop with great guitar work and memorable hooks.

LIE 083 LIE 083 SAUVIE ISLAND MOON ROCKET FACTORY - "Stolen: Honda Dream" (10 songs)

Mellow, crepuscular and haunting. Portland psychedelic pop visionaries strike again.

LIE 084 LIE 084 FRIDAY BRIDGE - "The lady Julie" (7 songs)

Armed with toy synthesizers and a Mac, Friday Bridge makes sweet-and-Swedish pop music.

LIE 085 LIE 085 BANK HOLIDAY - "Turkish delight" (7 songs)

Formerly known as Arsenal, Bank Holiday hails from Southern California and plays a mix of shoegazer, psychedelia and indiepop.

LIE 086 LIE 086 THE SORAYAS - "s/t" (9 songs)

Loud, superfast, overwhelming noisepop from Sweden.

LIE 087 LIE 087 STOP THE WHEEL - "Come through" (10 songs)

Home-recorded folk (and slightly pop) tunes by our friend Francisco, who also plays bass for the Italian Sub Pop band Jennifer Gentle.

LIE 088 LIE 088 HUGH J AND THE PICNIC - "In my hands like a snake" (12 songs)

Fourth album (and apparently the last under this denomination) of very lo-fi acoustic pop from Exeter, England, by the man behind the actionpop label.

LIE 089 LIE 089 MIKE FERRARO - "Forgotten how to lose" (10 songs)

Artfully crafted minimalistic melodicism from Hoboken, NJ.

LIE 090 LIE 090 SQUARES - "s/t" (7 songs)

Two-piece project from Philadelphia playing minimal pop with acoustic guitars, organ and beeping electronic noises.