Corridor is releasing “Jump Cut,” an ecstatic new single that is accompanied by an absolutely bonkers, GIF-tastic official video from award-winning filmmaker and designer Winston Hacking (Flying Lotus, Run The Jewels, Andy Shauf).
“Jump Cut” is a highlight from Mimi, the group’s forthcoming album, out this Friday, April 26th worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Bonsound.
Winston Hacking offers this of the video, “Our video reflects the song’s theme of grappling with the overwhelming influence of technology and feeling adrift in its wake. Using AI to enhance archival footage resulted in a deliberate distortion, symbolizing the potential consequences of our intertwined relationship with it. It invites reflection on how technology blurs the lines of our identities and infiltrates every aspect of our lives.”
Mimi is Corridor’s first new album in four years and includes the aforementioned “Jump Cut” along with “Mon Argent,” “Mourir Demain,” and “Camera,” and was produced by Corridor and Joojoo Ashworth (Dummy, Automatic) at Studio Gamma in Montreal and mastered by Heba Kadry Mastering in Brooklyn. All songs on Mimi were composed by Corridor, with lyrics written by guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Robert.
Corridor’s Mimi—which, fun fact, is also named after Jonathan’s cat—is a record about “getting older” and “figuring out new parts of life”—but despite any claims of transitional growing pains from the band, Mimi is also a record bursting with new energy and life. The band expands on the sounds of Junior and delivers an album with a distinct rhythmic pulse reminiscent of post-punk’s own classic era of melding dance and rock textures.
Corridor’s international tour plans for 2024 to support Mimi resume May 9th in Amsterdam, NL where they will be performing a free show at Skatecafe (presented by Dr. Martens) and currently ending November 16th in Caen, FR at Le Cargö. North American tour dates are to be announced soon.
Spring & Summer 2024 Thu. May 09 - Amsterdam, NL - Skatecafe (Free Show) Sat. May 11 - Esch-sur-Alzette, LU - Out Of The Crowd Festival Mon. May 13 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Wed. May 15 - Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club Thu. May 16 - London, UK - Shacklewell Arms (Free Show) Fri. May 17 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival (Green Door Stage) Fri. May 17 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival (The Mucky Duck) Sat. May 18 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival (Patterns) Wed. May 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court Thu. May 30 - McGill, NV - Schellraiser Festival Fri. Jun. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw * Thu. Jun. 20 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival Sat. Jun. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Westward Festival Fri. Jul. 19 - Baie-St-Paul, QC - Le Festif Festival
Fall 2024 Wed. Oct. 02 - Quebec, QC - Secret Location Fri. Oct. 04 - Montreal, QC - Le National Wed. Nov. 06 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie Thu. Nov. 07 - Lorient, FR Festival Indisciplines @ Hydrophone Fri. Nov. 08 - Amiens, FR - La Lune des Pirates Sat. Nov. 09 - Lille, FR - L’Aeronef Sun. Nov. 10 - Laval, FR - 6PAR4 (Matinee Show at 5.30pm) Tue. Nov. 12 - Limoges, FR - Jean-Gagnant Wed. Nov. 13 - La Roche Sur-Yon, FR - Quai M Thu. Nov. 14 - Bordeaux, FR - Rock School Barbey Fri. Nov. 15 - Rouen, FR - Le 106 Sat. Nov. 16 - Caen, FR - Le Cargö
Stereogum caught the band’s live set in Austin this past March and raved, “Corridor were a formidable machine onstage Wednesday night. Performing on the Swan Dive patio at a SXSW showcase arranged by Pop Montréal and M For Montréal, the band blitzed through song after song with a contagious kinetic force, building cathedrals of sound at time-lapse speed. Waves of lysergic vocal harmonies coalesced over a pair of spiky interlocking guitars (sometimes with their capos placed so high on the neck) and a rhythm section that added an off-kilter funky jolt to your average motorik backbeat. At the center of the action, beanied and bespectacled, Dominic Berthiaume danced hard — like a composer swept up in his creation — on the handful of songs where he handed off the bass to auxiliary man Samuel Gougoux.”
Mimi is available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders of the album from megamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers in North America will receive the Loser Edition on Baby Pink vinyl. LP orders from Mega Mart 2 (the new, UK-based sibling site to the world-famous Sub Pop Mega Mart) and select independent retailers the UK and Europe, will receive the Loser Edition on Blue vinyl. All whilst stock lasts.
What people are saying about Corridor: “Lead single ‘Mourir Demain’ exemplifies this – the jagged edges nod to post-punk, but there’s a sense of 60s baroque pop, too. The lilting French language vocal is intoxicating, while the slightly martial feel to the drumming underneath gives it an adde. d intensity.” CLASH
“I’d rather listen to this all day than the 300th band that wants to be the next Idles.” AUSTIN TOWN HALL
“The first single from Mimi is “Mourir Demain,” which with its prominent acoustic guitars sounds unlike anything Corridor have ever released before.” - BROOKLYN VEGAN
On May 24th, Australian group Girl and Girl will release their vibrant debut full-length, Call A Doctor, on CD/LP/DSP via Virgin Australia (AU/NZ) and Sub Pop (ROW.)
Following the single release of “Hello” and “Mother” comes the new official video for “Oh Boy!”
Girl and Girl frontperson Kai James shares: “I’d had Oh Boy! half written for a few years before we got round to recording it. I really loved the first half and had kind of psyched myself out of finishing it. When it was finally demoed early last year, this big sort of chaotic, sprawling word vomit poured out of me that seemed to tie the whole thing up nicely, it’s brimming with joy and misery and sarcasm, all things girl and girl.”
Tayla Lauren directed the video. Click HERE to watch.
Girl and Girl will embark on a 20-date North American run opening for fellow Aussie band Royel Otis on April 23d at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul, MN, with additional appearances at Eurokennees in France and End of the Road in the UK in July and August. These shows are not to be missed. If you need some proof, you can watch some reels that fans have posted here. See below for a complete list of shows.
Tue. Apr. 23 - St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall * WED. Apr. 24 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * Fri. Apr. 26 - Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall * Sar. Apr. 27 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar * Sun. Apr. 28 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop * Tue. Apr. 30 - New York, NY - Racket * Wed. May 01 - New York, NY - Racket * Thu. May 02 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater For The Living Arts * Fri. May 03 - Washington, DC - The Howard * Sat. May 04 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle * Wed. May 08 - Austin, TX - The Parish * Thu. May 09 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves * Sat. May 11 -Denver, CO - The Perplexiplex at Meow Wolf * Wed. May 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge * Thu. May 16 - Hollywood, CA - The Fonda Theater * Fri. May 17 - Santa Barbara, CA - Soho Restaurant & Music Club * Sat. May 18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop * Mon. May 20 - Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater * Tue. May 21 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret * Wed. May 22 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater * Thu. Jul. 04 - Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Fri. Jul. 05 - Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Sat. Jul. 06- Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Sun. Jul. 07- Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Thu. Aug. 29 - Dorset, UK - End Of The Road Fri. Aug. 30 - Dorset, UK - End Of The Road Sat. Aug. 31 - Dorset, UK -End Of The Road Sun. Sep. 01 - Dorset, UK -End Of The Road
* w/ Royel Otis
Call A Doctor is available to preorder now on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com, select independent retailers (US), select independent retail stores (EU/UK) & Mega Mart 2 (the new, UK-based sibling site to the world-famous Sub Pop Mega Mart) will receive the Loser Edition on White vinyl. All colored vinyl versions are available while stock lasts.
“…every member of Girl and Girl is too young to have experienced the garage rock revivalism of Y2K firsthand, save Aunty Liss, the drummer who supports her nervy nephews in this band of Australian post-punk traditionalists. Fronted by the wiry Kai James — handsome and jittery, never reclusive — the group treated sacred post-punk texts as if they were a common language when they played the 13th Floor, giving their barbed hooks and sideways riffs real kick. They’re carrying a torch without succumbing to nostalgia or formalism, all because they’re intoxicated by the noise they make.”- [SXSW 2024 Show Review] RollingStone
“The band’s circuitous riffs feel reminiscent of early Car Seat Headrest – the type of material that could mint a future cult classic.” - [10 essential new acts you need to see at SXSW 2024] NME
“that’s Girl and Girl like a warped mix of Talking Heads, Rolling Blackouts and bits of post-punk but led by a man with a mullet and one of their aunts plays drums in the band. I enjoyed them, some good melodies. That was Girl and Girl with Hello.” - [SXSW Review] BBC 6 Music with Steve Lamacq
“Brisbane four-piece Girl and Girl are ones to watch in the world of sharp-tongued raucous-riffed garage rock…Girl and Girl’s all too rare multigenerational collaboration brings a fresh angle on the post-Strokes garage rock sound.” - KUTX Radio
“Emotional mayhem that’s relatable, and very catchy.” - Rolling Stone (AU)
“There’s something special about this group…Their music has a raw and unfiltered feeling which elevates it far above your run-of-the-mill “indie” and gives it a near-euphoric flavour.” - [“Hello”] Life Without Andy
“A perfect dose of indie – punk rock at its best.” - [“Hello”] Happy Mag
Today, Thursday, April 18th, DEBBY FRIDAY shares “To The Dancefloor,” a new, high-powered anthem available worldwide on all DSPs through Sub Pop. The track, recorded in Toronto and Detroit, is co-produced by DEBBY FRIDAY, Graham Walsh, and Detroit’s rising ghettotech connoisseurs, HiTech.
“To The Dancefloor” is a cheeky hybrid of electronic music genres and FRIDAY’s first single release of the year. Its Sims-inspired official video, directed by DEBBY FRIDAY with camerawork by Stella Gigliotti, is a nod to online NPC trends and virtual reality games of the early 2000s.
Of the video, DEBBY says, “I <3 the internet. I got the idea from watching Youtubers and TikTokers and thinking about how I used to spend hours playing games like Sims 3 and IMVU.”
“To The Dancefloor” follows DEBBY FRIDAY’s 2023 release, GOOD LUCK, her acclaimed Polaris Music Prize-winning, full-length debut. The album was co-produced by DEBBY and Graham Walsh (METZ, Holy Fuck) at Candle Recording Studio in Toronto and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York. Following the Polaris win, she released the sprightly-paced “let u in” single that September.
DEBBY FRIDAY’s international tour schedule for 2024 resumes Friday, June 7th in St. Johns, Newfoundland at the Lawnya Vawnya Festival and currently runs through Thursday, August 29th - Sunday, September 1st in Dorset, UK at the End of the Road Festival. Please find a complete list of dates below.
Fri. Jun. 07 - St. Johns, NL - Lawnya Vawnya Festival
Sun. Jun. 23 - Vancouver, BC - Westward Music Festival
Fri. Jun. 28 - Toronto, ON - Toronto Pride
Fri. Jul. 19 - Sat. Jul. 21 - Yellowknife, NT - Folk On The Rocks
Fri. Aug. 02 - Katowice, PL - OFF Festival
Fri. Aug. 16 - Saint-Malo, FR - La Route De Rock
Thurs. Aug. 8 - Rees Haldern, DE - Haldern Pop Festival
Sat. Aug. 17- Sun. Aug. 18 - Hamburg, DE - MS Dockville
Sun. Aug. 18 - Pukkelpop Hasselt, BE - Pukkelpop
Thu. Aug. 29 - Sun. Sep. 01 - Dorset, UK - End of the Road Festival
Fri. Aug. 30 - Eindhoven, NL - Hit The City Festival
DEBBY FRIDAY’s “To The Dancefloor,” “let u in,” and GOOD LUCK are available now worldwide from Sub Pop.
Past praise for DEBBY FRIDAY:
“With perhaps the most confident and promising debut album of the year, the Toronto-based electronic musician Debby Friday creates an alluringly dark, industrial backdrop for her slinky self-mythologizing and galvanizing pep talks to herself. “Speak up, speak up, Friday Child,” she intones on the intention-setting opener. “Say what you came to say.” Does she ever.” [GOOD LUCK] “The Best Albums of 2023” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Album of the Week” [GOOD LUCK] - STEREOGUM
“GOOD LUCK is an assured and frequently surprising debut that feels like a trip into the lascivious, eclectic wormhole of Friday’s world – and with so much to take in, and so much fun to be had, you won’t want to leave.” 8/10 - CRACK
“DEBBY defies easy categorization, mixing rap, electro, post-punk, industrial, techno and more into a glitchy, bruising and bitcrushed blend that is fiery, magnetic and all her own.” [GOOD LUCK] - BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week” [GOOD LUCK] - TREBLE
“There’s an extraordinary elasticity across GOOD LUCK’s
masterful production that makes repeated listens not just enjoyable but irresistible.” “8/10, Album of the Week” - LOUD & QUIET
“Fans of Azealia Banks, JPEGMAFIA, SZA, Yves Tumor, and even Nine Inch Nails could all find themselves at home in her world. And soon enough, with her innovation and confidence, it seems like the rest of the world will, too.” “The Rising Artists You Need To Know” - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
“Packed into a succinct, live-wire 33-minutes, GOOD LUCK is testament to how effectively Friday can capture life in all its dense, unpredictable emotions.” - CHICAGO READER
“Welcome to Planet Debby: If you wandered into the back room
at Empire Garage and Control Room at the right moment on Thursday afternoon, you found yourself in the middle of an interstellar rave in full swing. Toronto experimental artist Debby Friday was onstage, performing a thudding electro-rap song with hints of Azealia Banks and Donna Summer…Leaping off the stage into the small crowd, she demanded that they come closer — “I need your energy!” — and kept on chanting,
in a long vamp that bent space and time.” “Highlights from SXSW 23, Day Three” - Rolling Stone
“In contrast to the pulse-quickening tempos and noisy synths of her past music, her production is deft and graceful, with a skipping beat and cascading backing vocals. ‘Lady Friday/All you do is rеbel,’ Friday chastises herself—tough talk against a fragile, gorgeous sound.” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] “Best New Track” - PITCHFORK
“One of the young year’s most audacious bangers” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - BILLBOARD
“Hyperpop can sometimes come off as abrasive but in the hands of Canadian singer DEBBY FRIDAY it’s soulful, even elegant.” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - NYLON
“A graceful entrance into yet another territory: lush R&B”[“SO HARD TO TELL”] “Now Playing” - NPR MUSIC
On Friday, June 7th, Man Man will release their new album, Carrot On Strings, on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide through Sub Pop Records.
Following the album’s lead offering, “Iguana,” comes the group’s striking new video for “Tastes Like Metal,” which was Directed by illustrator and filmmaker Joe Cappa.
Man Man’s Ryan Kattner shares: “With a little luck, a time machine, and a more accessible band name and face, this song has the potential to be the minor radio hit that finally helps fulfill my dreams of making it big in Japan.”
ClickHEREto watch “Tastes Like Metal.” Disclaimer: Sub Pop and Man Man do not advocate or endorse the use of any of the drugs in this video.
As previously announced, Man Man has shared North American dates supporting Carrot On Strings. Click here for a complete list of shows.
Carrot On Strings is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders in North America from megamart.subpop.com, select independent retailers, and in the UK/Europe from Mega Mart 2 (the new, UK-based sibling site to the world-famous Sub Pop Mega Mart) and select UK/EU independent retailers will receive the Loser Edition on Transparent Orange. All color vinyl versions are available while stock lasts.
Man Man
Carrot On Strings
Tracklisting: 1. Iguana 2. Cryptoad 3. Tastes Like Metal 4. Mongolian Spot 5. Blooddungeon 6. Carrots On Strings 7. Mulholland Drive 8. Pack Your Bags 9. Alibi 10. Cherry Cowboy 11. Odyssey
This past weekend, musician and actress Suki Waterhouse made her Coachella debut, headlining the Gobi Stage to a massive crowd of adoring fans. She premiered new songs live, delivered a spot-on Oasis cover, and even gave an adorable gender reveal on stage. You can now watch a live performance of “Faded,” her new song released last week worldwide on Sub Pop.
Of her Coachella set, Billboard said, “…She was embedded in one of the more luxurious sets the Gobi tent has likely ever seen (the aesthetic could perhaps best be described as “English teatime in the park”). In addition to performing fan-favorite tracks like “Johanna” and “Nostalgia” as well as newer songs like “Faded” and “OMG,” the singer-songwriter surprised the crowd by debuting a pitch-perfect cover of Oasis‘ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” so solid even the Brothers Gallagher themselves may have approved.”
Suki Waterhouse will perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, again closing out the Gobi Stage on Friday, April 19th.
Suki Waterhouse’s “Faded” was released with the ebullient “My Fun” late last week. Teen Vogue called the songs “vibey, summery, and chilled.” Rolling Stone said “‘My Fun’ is a laidback spring stunner, while ‘Faded’ is a mellow rocker backed by acoustic and strings. It features one hell of an opening from Waterhouse.” Meanwhile, PASTE included “My Fun” in its “Best New Songs” column, saying, “Beached out and carefree, Suki’s feel-good lyrics gleam through the bubblegum-sweet production.”
“My Fun” was composed by Suki Waterhouse, Natalie Findlay, and Jules Apollinaire, with lyrics by Waterhouse and Findlay, and produced by Apollinaire. “Faded” was composed by Waterhouse, Raj Jain, and Peter Labberton, with lyrics by Waterhouse and Jain, and produced by Jain, Labberton, Eli Hirsch, and apob. Both songs were mixed by Blue May and mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios. “My Fun” and “Faded” will be on her forthcoming album, due out later this year.
Later this summer, she’ll appear at Seattle’s Day In Day Out on Saturday, July 13th.
Suki Waterhouse has been working nonstop as a musician since the 2022 release of her Sub Pop debut, I Can’t Let Go. She followed the album with the standalone single and official video for “Nostalgia” and the Milk Teeth EP (featuring the Gold-certified single “Good Looking,” which went viral on TikTok and peaked at #1 on Spotify’s Viral USA Chart). In 2023, Suki released the single and official video for “To Love,” the song “Everyday’s A Lesson in Humility,” a summery collaboration with Belle and Sebastian, and in August, joined Local Natives on a reimagining of their single, “NYE.”
Last year, Suki played to some of the largest crowds of her career in South America (Lollapalooza in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile), the US (Governor’s Ball, Ohana, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits Festivals), and Mexico (at Corona Capital). Suki also starred as Karen Sirko in “Daisy Jones & The Six,” the Emmy-nominated Amazon Prime Video limited series based on the popular book by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
