5 Tewns Vol.19 _ Spring Equinox Edition
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Another week in the blood-soaked hyperreal hellscape that is 2026. Another week of watching other people’s traumas unfold from the comfort of your timeline, between adverts for power hoses, nightclubs and hair plugs. Another week of cosmic guilt — of attempting to live a normal life with your own children, while other people’s children are being brutally murdered far away, broadcast direct to your phone. Write to your MP. Protest. Support a charity. It’s Spring Equinox today, Alban Eilir. Time for change. We all have agency. Do whatever you can.
Here are some tunes.
Golden Fields Laboratory – Pollinate
I stumbled upon Pollinate by Australia’s Golden Fields Laboratory by accident — I was actually looking for Golden Shields. The universe wants what it wants, I suppose, and I’m overjoyed that she delivered this. I can lose myself entirely in Pollinate’s playful arpeggios and long modulated drones. I wish the world sounded like this all the time. The birds outside the window seem keen as well.
Low End Activist – Atomic Clock feat Jammz
Blackbird Leys bass alchemist, Low End Activist, returns with more shattered industrial grime. Murky PlayStation ambience, intermittent glitches and heavy subs clash under Hackney legend Jammz’s vocals: “The more time I spend chasing money to buy me more time, the more it consumes.” An ode to modern living.
Onyon – Pferdchen, Bis Bald
Irreverent post-punk from Leipzig band Onyon’s latest album, Pale Horses. With keyboard flourishes that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Devo or B52s record and nonchalant vocals about a little horse, this has fixed many a miserable afternoon for me this week, and my youngest likes it too.
Dagmar Zuniga – Even God Gets Stuck In Devotion feat Austyn Wohlers
The weather is ever-changing, and so is my mood. Life is complicated, and the world sucks in a big way right now. I find that when life is grinding, it helps to have pure, honest music (usually country) and some nice mountains to look at. So, I’ve been listening to this beautiful hymn from Dagmar Zuniga and watching the clouds roll over Serra do Marão.
Billy Fuller – Three Blind Mice
As a huge fan of Beak>, I can’t overstate how excited I am for Billy Fuller’s upcoming solo album Fragments. This week saw the release of “Three Blind Mice” — a sprawling kosmisch grind with an ominous fugue on the synth that has been haunting my tiny bumpkin brain all week. The release is accompanied by an excellent video by Echo Panda, which you can see here.
Until Next Week! x