March has gone and Spring has sprung. If you were too busy trying to top up your vitamin D levels with every weak little sunbeam then fear not, we have collected everything featured on Wake The Deaf in one handy little playlist. Follow the links in the tracklisting to be whisked away to the relevant pages.

We are taking a short break over Easter to gather our thoughts and hopefully return with something shiny and new. No promises just yet but keep an eye here, Twitter or Facebook for developments. Until then!

Tracklisting:

1. i. – Danielle Fricke
2. Dk/Pi – Aero Flynn
3. Summering – Summering
4. Chapter 1 – Human Behavior
5. Dogs 1 – Vio/Miré
6. A Home Just Over Yonder – Frankie Duff
7. M.M.G.A.T.M – Field Medic
8. Broken Necks – Eskimeaux
9. Maybe I’m Wasting My Time – Jake Rollins
10. God is Laughing at Me – Butterfly House
11. Hold Me Like a Child – GOOD, GOOD BLOOD
12. Invisible Cities – Beat Radio
13. Somebody Kill Me Please – LVL UP
14. The Plane – Andrew Hung
15. Roles Reversed – Kid In The Attic
16. Floral Mattress – Naps
17. Tennis – Derek Piotr
18. The Day is Past and Gone – Jean Ritchie
19. The Day is Past and Gone (Variations) – Sarah Louise
20. Buffalo Bones – Wes Tirey
21. Don’t Go – Radical Dads
22. Lucky Man – Joplin Rice
23. Billy Madison Victory Song – Krill
24. Demise – Psalmships

March 2015 Roundup from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Brian Sendrowitz of Beat Radio (who we have written about quite a few times) is working to put out more music on his label Awkward for Life Records this year, and this split 7″ with Kid in the Attic is the first to be released.

Kid in the Attic start things off with ‘Roles Reversed,’ a charged song of passion and wistful angst with lead Maia Macdonald’s intimate vocals reminiscent of Stars. Confronting relationships and self in all of their uncertainty, the song ditches the pop romance of True and Eternal Love in favour of something less clear and more true, emotions that are susceptible to the erosion of time. “This is how change begins” sings Macdonald, “little light little crack in the door gets in”.

Beat Radio’s offering sees Sendrowitz combine rock principles with electronics to create a track that sits somewhere between indie pop/rock and Architecture in Helsinki. Unlike many of his peers, for whom the use of synths is a self-indulgent flourish, Sendrowitz builds the track on his electronics, dropping the guitar and drums to a supporting role. As ever with Beat Radio, the lyrics are impassioned and somehow nostalgic, as if written from some time beyond the event where every circumstance, both good and bad, takes on an endearing glow.

The record is out on the 10th March and you can put your order in via the Awkward for Life Bandcamp page.

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If You Wait Long Enough, released on the 11th June, contains covers from a range of artists including Sam Moss, Thibault Rivrain and Wilder Maker, not to mention Beat Radio, Kid In The Attic and Stratton himself.

Full Tracklisting:

1. Matthew Carefully & the Memorial Concern – Who Will
2. Wilder Maker – The War is Over
3. Beat Radio – You Divers
4. Kid in the Attic – Do You Remember the Morning
5. NY Lights – If You Wait Long Enough
6. Sam Moss & The Ineligible Bachelors – The Relatively Fair
7. Zachary Cale – Bluebells
8. David Garland – Vile Bodies
9. Alexandra Drewchin and Aaron Roche – Post Empire
10. Trevor Wilson – Colt New Marine
11. Jesse Rifkin – Katydid
12. Thibault Rivrain – Honey Diamond
13. Will Stratton – For Franny Glass (live on WNYC’s Spinning on Air)

Not only is this a great idea to help Will get back on his feet but it is also an effective way to raise awareness of the disease. It seems that cancer is affecting us all in one way or another but if we can increase the dialogue about it, especially in “cool” circles such as independent music, then we can remove the taboo nature of the disease and save as many lives as possible. You can pre-order the album right now on Bandcamp.

Also, if you’re not familiar with Stratton’s music, then I suggest you check out his Bandcamp page, starting with  last year’s Post-Empire.

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