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Lowsunday’s new single “This Is Not Heaven” descends with a roar.

Legacy postpunk-shoegaze outfit Lowsunday unveils ‘This Is Not Heaven’, the first taste of their forthcoming ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP’, forthcoming via Projekt Records, the video for which was produced by Jer Herring.

This is the second of two ‘duality’ releases, presenting the band’s first new material since 1999, following their ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine – White EP’. Showcased by ‘Love Language’, ‘Soft Capture’ and the latest single ‘Nevver’, the ‘White EP’ ranked second among Post-Punk.com’s Best EPs of 2025.

Formed in the mid-1990s in Pittsburgh, Lowsunday (initially known as Low Sunday Ghost Machine) emerged as a “retro-futurist” pioneer, blending darkwave and shoegaze long before the genres saw their modern revival. Their legacy was cemented with their debut album ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine’ and the 1999 masterpiece ‘Elesgiem’, both of which were re-released via Projekt Records over the past 18 months (for their 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively).

The band dissolved, leaving behind a cult reputation for mercurial sounds and blistering guitar work that set the stage for subsequent generations of alternative artists. Following a nearly 25-year period of inactivity, the band resurfaced as a duo in 2025—consisting of original members Shane Sahene (vocals, guitar, synth, bass, drums) and Bobby Spell (bass, guitar, drums).

“‘This is Not Heaven’ was the last song we recorded for the Black EP. We really enjoyed injecting the heavy synths on the chorus, the asymmetrical guitar leads and the driving bass line beneath an intricate and melodic rhythm guitar,” says Shane Sahene.

“We felt this song captured everything we are about in that it hits the refrains with a shoegaze atmosphere, more electronic choruses and lyrical transparency, much less vague than many of our songs… it touches on many aspects of our sound.”

Bobby Spell adds, “This was another really enjoyable song to write. The guitar textures and melody lines create a dark song with uplifting sections. The mood shifts in the choruses giving a feeling of brightness or a way out of melancholy”.

Crafting a sound defined by atmosphere, precision, and heartfelt shadow and depths since 1994, Lowsunday is now asserting their presence with a new force. While the ‘White EP’ explored light and texture, the ‘Black EP’ is ultimately the 2026 series’ darker counterpart and definitive statement.

Plunged into shadow and intensity with layered guitars, tight rhythms, and austere synths amplifying themes of isolation, reverie and introspection, the ‘Black EP’ distills Lowsunday’s vision into a sharper, more potent form — a bold declaration of their enduring artistic power.

‘This Is Not Heaven’ is available from digital platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP’ will be released on May 15th digitally. The ‘White EP’ is available now via Bandcamp and the Projekt Recordswebsite – the vinyl edition of both EPs are limited to 200 copies. The two anniversary reissue albums, as well as the limited edition 7″ of ‘Static / Besides’, can also be found on these platforms.

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The Real McKenzies drop a new single and a mom joke at the same time.

Vancouver’s Celtic punk legends The Real McKenzies return with “I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother),” the first single from their upcoming album On Yer Bike, arriving May 29 on Stomp Records. Landing March 27, the track marks a new chapter for the long-running band and the first taste of their next full-length following the closing of Fat Wreck Chords. Fans of The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, and Gogol Bordello will find plenty to raise a pint to here. Founded in 1992 by larger-than-life frontman and Scottish punk poet laureate Paul McKenzie, The Real McKenzies have spent more than three decades hauling their bagpipes, guitars, and battered touring van across continents. Along the way they’ve built a reputation as one of punk’s most relentless road warriors, delivering a wild collision of traditional Scottish folk and breakneck punk rock to generations of fans who know the difference between a ceilidh and a circle pit.

“I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)” arrives with the band’s trademark swagger fully intact. Equal parts pub anthem and cheeky Celtic mischief, the track barrels forward on roaring guitars, thunderous drums, and the unmistakable skirl of bagpipes, all wrapped around a chorus that practically demands to be shouted across a crowded barroom. It’s rowdy, irreverent, and proudly ridiculous in the best possible way, the sound of a band who know exactly how much fun punk rock can be when the pints are flowing and the pipes are blazing. The single offers the first taste of On Yer Bike, a thirteen-track blast of raucous Celtic punk that finds McKenzie sounding newly energized and the band tighter than ever. The album swings wildly through tales of love, history, literature, and outright lunacy, including the Sawney Bean trilogy, a trio of songs inspired by Scotland’s most infamous cannibal clan. Elsewhere, the band tackles everything from lyrical storytelling to pub-ready singalongs, with soaring bagpipes and heart-pounding rhythms anchoring every track.

Over their long and famously chaotic career, The Real McKenzies have shared stages with everyone from NOFX and Rancid to Flogging Molly, Metallica, and the late Shane MacGowan. Along the way they’ve carved out a legacy as pioneers of Celtic punk in North America, long predating the wave of bands that followed in their wake. Their music has appeared in films, video games, and countless sweaty clubs around the world, but their real reputation has always been built the old-fashioned way: relentless touring, roaring crowds, and songs made to be sung at the top of your lungs. More than thirty years on, The Real McKenzies remain exactly what they’ve always been: a hard-partying, hard-touring, bagpipe-blasting force of nature. If On Yer Bike proves anything, it’s that the fire still burns bright. With “I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)” leading the charge, the band once again raises the banner of Celtic punk high, somewhere between a Highland march and a barroom brawl, inviting the whole world to sing along.

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Wheelchair Sports Camp team up with Jello Biafra and Radio Pete on their new single – “Make It Make Sense.”

Wheelchair Sports Camp is certainly not your average act. This genre bending, punk-powered hip-hop project is fronted by Kalyn Rose Heffernan – a wheelchair-using, profanely queer and tiny rapper, with a very distinctly high-pitched sense of humor. Backed by her gimp Greggy on drums, the band combines fantastic beats with an absolutely face-shredding live show. After playing shows everywhere they could, the band expanded into performance art, museum takeovers, politics, prison tours, permanent installations, theatre, film, and now the release of their newest album, oh imperfecta, on Alternative Tentacles Records.

They bring together contributions from Jello Biafra (twice), Radio Pete (who happened to come up with the name Dead Kennedys when Biafra was a teen in Boulder, CO, and this is their first time ever collaborating musically), Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), Olivia Jean, Junia-T, Amy Goodman, and some honorary WSC members: Qknox, Michelle Rocqet, Wes Watkins, RAREBYRD$, and many more; to create 11 absolute bangers.

The album surges forward right from the opening track of “Make It Make Sense”, Heffernan takes your attention vocally and holds it there, while bouncing back and forth with Biafra. Only to embrace the raw punk rock honesty of “EAT MEAT!”. This unflinching honesty is carried throughout the album. Heffernan holds nothing back. No matter if WSC is dancing through classic hip-hop flows with “DENIM” or moshing through Olivia Jean’s rock riffs with Jello Biafra on “DEAD,” the vocals and the beats seamlessly bring the different influences together. All while giving us a glimpse into Heffernan’s chaotic life with recorded calls from Kalyn’s wild ass Mama K. as interludes throughout the album.

“In an attempt to unlearn my perfectionism and finish the damn album, I picked up the drums for the first time since middle school and wrote EAT MEAT! with Greggy on guitar. It was the most fun we’ve had and it instantly felt good enough for the first time maybe ever? We were on to something, … if every dude can play mediocre guitar, why can’t I play shitty drums?“ says Heffernan, “It freed me from having to be the best rapper and out-bar every rapper in the bar. Come to find out I’ve been overcompensating my whole life because I am genetically imperfecta. Osteogenesis imperfecta is the name of my brittle bones disease and I’m realizing more and more how my body has been the center of attention since birth. Described in dehumanizing, demoralizing, and very unbecoming ways, it’s no wonder I’ve always felt like I had to be the best. This album is a collection of songs from the past decade and finished because we simplified: oh imperfecta.”

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Review: Strange Fruit – Drips EP

Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia Strange Fruit have been playing synth / motorik / krautrock / electro music for over a decade and have now released a wonderfully trippy new record – Drips.

Beginning with the bouncy, blissful “Pouvoir Moteur,” Dino Kristianto‘s repetitive, robotic beats instantly get your head and feet bouncing and the synth work by Baldi Calvianca and Irza Aryadiaz and Nabil Favian‘s bass line locks in the groove. John Tampubolon‘s guitar chords drift in and out of the track like a groovy ghost.

“Iridescent” is like a haunting goth synth track you once heard in a car ride one night and have been searching for ever since. The lyrics allude to how light and color can cause euphoric bliss under the right circumstances…and so can the entire track.

Calvianca’s vocals on “Monopolar” sound like transmissions from orbit, and the rest of the track is something you’d want while doing a space walk to gather ore samples on an asteroid, or while drifting in a boat on an Indonesian river, or while making out at an afterparty…with an android.

The title track closes the EP and appropriately has Tampubolon’s guitar sounding like its melting like a slow-burning candle As if these four tracks weren’t cool enough, the EP includes the Jonathan Kusuma “Hypnodubmix” of “Iridescent” and four different versions of “Monopolar”: remixes by Tom Furse and Hardway Bros and then two live dub mixes (one with and one without vocals) by Hardway Bros. The Furse mix is especially good and makes the track even more psychedelic.

This is the kind of EP that makes you want to track down everything else a band has to offer.

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Austin Psych Fest 2026 lineup additions and schedule announced.

Austin Psych Fest 2026 is just around the corner! Today the festival is releasing the official schedule, along with lineup additions to their sprawling 2026 lineup. Austin Psych Fest takes over The Far Out Lounge May 8–10 with another wide-ranging exploration of psychedelic sound, bringing legendary icons, forward-thinking indie rock, global grooves, and deep-cut psych favorites to the big stage under the stars in South Austin.

The stacked 2026 lineup welcomes new additions to Friday’s roster including budding Austin favorites both garnering buzz for their enigmatic performances – trippy glam rock performance art outfit J’Cuuzi and electro-pop dance duo Almost Heaven. Saturday’s lineup additions include more Austin-based artists gaining traction – psych-rock band Dead Canyon Family Reunion and power-pop rock group Commercial Breaks.

Since its inception in 2008, Austin Psych Fest has embraced an expansive definition of psychedelia — not as a single genre, but as a feeling — tracing its roots from 1960s experimentation through modern interpretations shaped by reverb-soaked guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and adventurous songcraft. The 2026 lineup continues that tradition, spanning classic psych, indie rock, soul, cumbia, global psych, and everything in between.

Austin Psych Fest wouldn’t be possible without the support of its sponsors. The festival is excited to share the first round of this year’s partners, including Liquid Death, White Claw, Montucky Cold Snacks, Twisted X Brewing/McConohaze, KUTX and more to be announced.

Look out for final lineup additions to be announced soon, along with Kick Off and Night Shows across downtown Austin.

3 DAY PASSES and SINGLE DAY TICKETS available HERE. Early Bird Tickets have sold out and limited Tier 1 passes and tickets are still available!

FRIDAY, MAY 8

Willie Stage
3:40 – 4:10 PM — J’Cuuzi
5:05 – 5:50 PM — Glare
6:55 – 7:50 PM — Momma
8:45 – 9:40 PM — DIIV
10:30 – 11:55 PM — The Flaming Lips

Janis Stage
4:20 – 4:55 PM — Almost Heaven
6:00 – 6:45 PM — Holy Wave
8:00 – 8:35 PM — Boogarins
9:50 – 10:20 PM — Starcleaner Reunion

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Willie Stage
3:35 – 4:10 PM — Strange Lot
5:05 – 5:45 PM — Grocery Bag
6:45 – 7:50 PM — Ty Segall
8:45 – 9:45 PM — Melody’s Echo Chamber
10:45 – 11:55 PM — The Black Angels (20th Anniversary of Passover)

Janis Stage
3:00 – 3:25 PM — Commercial Breaks
4:20 – 4:55 PM — The Dead Canyon Family Reunion
5:55 – 6:30 PM — Annabelle Chairlegs
8:00 – 8:35 PM — Al Qasar
9:55 – 10:30 PM — New Candys

SUNDAY, MAY 10

Willie Stage
3:40 – 4:15 PM — Money Chicha
5:10 – 5:50 PM — Night Beats
6:50 – 7:55 PM — La Lom
8:45 – 9:55 PM — Thee Sacred Souls

Janis Stage
2:35 – 3:30 PM — Adrian Quesada (DJ Set)
4:25 – 5:00 PM — Como Las Movies
6:00 – 6:40 PM — Dumbo Gets Mad
8:05 – 8:35 PM — Trish Toledo

ADDITIONAL ACTS + NIGHT SHOWS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

VISUALS + VIDEO + ART INSTALLATIONS FROM:
TV EYE • MAD ALCHEMY DRIP//CUTS
SHELUSHY • ATTIC SPACE • SLIM REAPER • BILLGAZER
CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL SUN • FEVER DREAM
EL TALLER DE PIYAMAS • COSMIC DOMMY

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Dion Lunadon to release “Rare Gems Volume One” this June.

Dion Lunadon has a habit of dropping crazy, wild records on a consistent basis and now he’s about to release Rare Gems Volume One.

The album is comprised of ten rare and unreleased studio tracks recorded between 2016 and 2026 and also features fan favorites, 1976 and When Will I Hold You Again.

The first single is the unreleased track, Dead Or Alive, which is already out for your listening pleasure.

Rare Gems Volume One is now available for pre-order. It will be available on 12” black vinyl and a very limited edition run of 2-tone liquid smoke vinyl, CD and digital download.

These bundle options are available through Dion’s Bandcamp page:

LIMITED EDITION 12” VINYL BUNDLE

Limited Edition 2-Tone Liquid Smoke Vinyl + Black Vinyl + Digital Download

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION 12” VINYL BUNDLE

Limited Edition 2-Tone Liquid Smoke Vinyl + Black Vinyl + Digital Download + Limited Screen Print ACID Blotter Art

TRACK LISTING

Dead Or Alive (Unreleased)

Crush (Unreleased)

1976 (Com/Broke 7” B-Side ICR-107)

I Owe You (Nothing) (Unreleased)

Head On (Unreleased)

When Will I Hold You Again (Bandcamp Only)

The Enemy (Talk-Action=Zero Comp. Volume One)

The City Is Ours (Talk-Action=Zero Comp. Volume Two)

Destroyer (Unreleased)

No Class (Unreleased)

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Review: American Sharks – Not Dead Yet

Austin, Texas’ American Sharks have returned after a five-year hiatus with a new rocker of an album titled Not Dead Yet for all of you out there figuring they were finished.

The opening title track takes off like someone stomping the gas pedal of a muscle car outfitted with flame throwers and machine guns. “Flowers for the Dead” (featuring a guitar solo by David Sullivan of Red Fang) has the flame throwers on that car burning down everything along a funeral procession while a dog growls and barks as they pass and toss an empty beer can at it. “Goodbye, my love, goodbye,” Roky Moon sings, preferring to send his dearly departed out on a high note.

“I saw a demon on my left. I saw a lizard on my right,” Moon says in the beginning of the absolutely slamming “Going Insane,” letting us know about weird visions he’s having both in and out of sleep while Aaron Echegaray goes bonkers on lead guitar. “Fuzz War” is suitably fuzzy for its title. “I need blood, I need something real,” Moon sings on “Give Me Blood.” His vocals become echoed and distorted as he tries to find anything concrete in the illusions in which he’s living.

“Bang Yer Head” (with solo Mike Derks of GWAR) is a fun classic metal track that you can imagine was a blast for them to record. Nick Cornetti goes wild with his snare hits, sounding like he went through several of them while playing it. Zach Blair of Rise Against stops in for his own guitar solo duty on “The Machine,” which almost reaches hair metal territory, and The Sword‘s “Kyle Schutt” unleashes a solo of his own on “Sunny Sunday,” an upbeat track with sad lyrics (“It ain’t been the same since you were last around…I’ll be sittin’ here waiting for you.”).

The album ends with “They Want Peace” featuring Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol‘s Leo Lydon not only contributing another guest guitar solo but also backing vocals. “Hey, man. I need water. Could you spare a little please?”, Lydon asks. They’re looking for compassion in a world that’s lacking it. It can also be allusion to the Southwest’s growing and dire water shortage issue.

The world’s not dead yet, and American Sharks are trying to tell us that we can do something about it. We don’t need to just roll over and die. We can keep banging our heads and rocking out and watching out for each other. Someone you know needs a boost. Crank this and wake them up.

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Review: The Darts – Halloween Love Songs

The Darts’ frontwoman / keyboardist Nicole Laurenne noted back in 2024 that there weren’t a lot of good, modern Halloween-themed songs, let alone albums. You get “Monster Mash” and a handful of others that get dragged out of their tombs every year, but nothing new has come along in decades. So, she and her bandmates (Rebecca Davidson – guitar, Lindsay Scarey – bass, Rikki Styxx – drums) set out to fill that void and created Halloween Love Songs.

The first side of the album consists of tracks that Laurenne describes as “full of colorful, early-evening energy, the kind of songs you could blast while the neighborhood lights are flicking on.” “Midnight Creep” simultaneously is a fun rock tune, a new dance craze, and a spooky stomper with sizzling keyboard work from Laurenne and a fun solo by Davidson. “Zombies on the Metro” is about both the living dead consuming flesh and the living consumed by the daily grind (“The nine-to-five will steal your soul.”).

Styxx’s beats on “Blood Runs Cold” move from psychobilly to punk to almost jazz at one point. “Vampires in Love” is another fun one destined for your goth romance playlists. Scarey’s bass is a sinister snarl on “Dream Ghost.” “Every Night Is Halloween” is a fun way to end Side A with its promise of the holiday lasting as long as you want.

Side B (“…the soundtrack for after dark, when the bonfire is raging.”) starts with the appropriately fiery “Apocalypse” – a song inspired by the Apocalypse Tapestry in Angers, France. “The Devil Made Me Do It” might be your new favorite makeout / rock out song. “Darkness” gets a bit heaver, and “Up in My Soul” gets way funkier, bringing in surf elements and some of Styxx’s wickedest beats on the record.

“Haunt Me” is the song you’ll want to play after everyone but your lover has left the party and the candles are still lit (in a magic circle or pentacle being optional). “Shadow” has great vocals throughout it, not only from Laurenne but also the rest of the band singing with her. The closer, “Late Drive,” sends us out with a cruise across the desert and all the weird things one sees and imagines on such a trip.

It’s a cool record and The Darts not only understood the mission (“Let’s make a cool new Halloween record.”), they nailed it.

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Interview: Carbon Decoy

In case you’re not aware, Caron Decoy is an excellent doom / psych-rock band out of Detroit, Michigan whose newest album, Crush the Sun, explores mythological themes while unloading cosmic, colossal riffs. The trio of Jared Jordan (bass), Earl Mudd (guitar), and Casey Rowe (drums and vocals) were kind enough to participate in a short interview with me about their influences, other Detroit bands, and interests outside of music.

7th Level Music: I’m intrigued by your band’s name. Why the play on carbon decay, changing it to decoy?

Carbon Decoy: Honestly, it was just two words that we thought sounded cool when put together. We definitely were thinking of atomic structure and matter using the word carbon (evident with our first single “Atomic #6“), but there wasn’t much else that went into the name.

7LM: Greek mythology themes are prominent on Crush the Sun, with the story of Icarus and the characters of the Sirens being in the forefront on those tracks. Has mythology always been a favorite subject or inspiration, or did all of you gravitate toward it on this record for a particular reason?

CD: Mythology is definitely something that we all have a strong interest in and a subject we likely will continue to draw inspiration from.

7LM: Some riffs on Crush the Sun reminded me of heavy southern rock, and the opening riff on “Forest of Lies” has a great blues sound to it. Are some of those 1970s bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and Mountain or Delta blues artists influences on all of you?

CD: We are all very influenced by the bands from the 70s. Mountain is a huge inspiration for the entire band. Creedence Clearwater Revival is another. The Delta Blues are at the core of many of our songs and a lot of Earl’s guitar work.

7LM: That being said, are there any influences you all have that some of your fans might find surprising?

CD: A lot of folks might be surprised to find out how influenced the entire band is by classic/outlaw country music. Honestly though, you never know what we are listening to when we’re cruisin’ in Casey’s Safari. Willie Nelson, Herb Alpert + The Tijuana Brass, Electric Wizard, Wu-Tang Clan, CCR. It’s like a box of chocolates in there.

7LM: While we’re on the subject of bands and other musicians, are there any other Detroit scene bands you all love and think more people need to hear?

CD: Detroit is thriving and busting at the seams with great music. We could go on and on and undoubtedly will forget someone, but just a few of our favorites include Glass Chimera, Cherry Drop, Sonic Smut, MRKT, Eck!, The Cult of Spaceskull, The Velvet Snakes, Dunamis, Winds of Neptune, Duende! and so many more.

7LM: Do you have any tour plans soon, or festivals you hope to make it to in 2026?

CD: We are taking it pretty easy in 2026. Jared added a new baby to his family this year. We have a short Midwest tour planned for the fall, and will likely add a few one-off dates through the summer.

7LM: I always like to wrap up with this story and question: I once heard an interview with Ray Charles, and in it he said he sometimes got a bit depressed because most people only wanted to talk to him about music. So, outside of music, are there other things you’re all fascinated with, or interested in, or just enjoy?

CD: Earl is an incredibly talented photographer and has a passion for film. Jared has a small farm and loves working cattle and gardening. Casey is an extremely skilled builder and loves working with his hands.

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Francis of Delirium remind us “It’s a Beautiful Life” with her new single.

Francis of Delirium—the project of Luxembourg-based musician Jana Bahrich—announces her second album, Run, Run Pure Beauty, out May 29th via Dalliance Recordings, and releases the single/video, “It’s a Beautiful Life.” The epitome of a modern artist, Jana does most things herself, no matter how painstaking—writing, producing, directing, often handpainting t-shirts the day of shows when the band have run out of merch. This has given her band, Francis of Delirium, a unique identity, with her rock confessionals breathing a new life into the genre and her paintings creating a striking design aesthetic.

Francis of Delirium released their first single, “Quit F**king Around,” in 2020 as Jana was finishing high school. Shortly after its release, she signed to Dalliance Recordings and proceeded to release three EPs: All Change (2020), Wading (2021), and The Funhouse (2022). While the EPs fizzed with promise, the debut Francis of Delirium album, Lighthouse (2024), landed its punches. Seeking a more vulnerable and open sonic palette, Jana wove in pop elements to create anthems that celebrated heartbreak and love. Paste praised the album as “a rewarding experience that captures a talented, young artist at the crossroads between adolescence and adulthood,” and NME raved, “Bahrich’s choruses, almost every one, are lump-in-your-throat gorgeous.”

Produced by Jana and long time collaborator Chris Hewett, and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, Dirty Projectors, Silver Jews), Run, Run Pure Beauty continues in this vein, notably on the previously released, “Little Black Dress,” and today’s new single, “It’s a Beautiful Life.” The song immediately hits with an undeniable chorus and euphoric guitars. Lyrically, Jana is searching for beauty within, basing the song on vignettes snatched from moments away: “A coffee I had with a pianist who was about to play a Philip Glass piece at the Philharmonie in Berlin, watching a couple break up on a New York City park bench, walking past a choir rehearsing in a basement, and examining a loneliness that feels ingrained into daily life,” Jana says. “I’m not denying pain but trying to find the beauty alongside it.”

The song’s must-watch video, directed by Kiyan Agadjani, captures the eternal teen movie summer with aplomb. Of Agadjani, Jana says, “He sent me his short film Arman & Elisa and I was incredibly impressed. A year later, I went to him with an idea about gay basketball and he was in. We started referencing movies like Little Miss Sunshine, Space Jam and Juno and wrote a treatment about a rag tag team called ‘The Rats’ going up against a professional team, ‘The Giants’. The video ended up being about perseverance and connection, both on and off screen. We cast a lot of our friends, musicians, artists and filmmakers from Luxembourg and I’m still not totally sure how it happened, but it took us eight months to finish.”

Watch the Video for “It’s a Beautiful Life”

Live, Francis of Delirium are Jana (guitar and vocals), Jeff Hennico (bass), and Denis Schumacher (drums). Together, their brilliant quiet-loud dynamic and tight interplay elevate Jana’s songs. Over the last five years, they’ve headlined shows, played festivals, and toured across Europe and North America with the likes of Blondshell, The Districts, Horsegirl, Briston Maroney, Soccer Mommy, and Bôa, who they will support in Europe this spring.

Run, Run Pure Beauty is an excavation of hope in bleak times; its songs of discovery, despair, and perseverance ultimately serve as a mirror on its creator and is a brilliant next installment in the Francis of Delirium arc.

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Watch the Video for “Little Black Dress”

Francis of Delirium Tour Dates
Sat. April 18 – Paris, FR @ Élysée Montmartre *
Mon. April 20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso *
Tue. April 21 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich *
Thu. April 23 – Ursus, PL @ Klub Progresja *
Fri. April 24 – Poznań, PL @ TAMA *
Sun. April 26 – Köln, DE @ Bürgerhaus Stollwerck *

* supporting Bôa

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