LAVA BANGERS II - LAZERBEAK


Now ten years removed from his first beat tape and having scratched the ambient itch, Lazerbeak is ready to return to the anthemic instrumentals he first became known for. His newest project, LAVA BANGERS II is a 20-track victory lap of sorts showcasing Beak’s myriad talents behind the boards. “It sums up the artist I am right now,” the producer says. “It’s everything from dance music, house, electronic. Of course, there’s still some hardcore hip-hop and nods to the ‘80s and ‘90s R&B that I love.” It would be reductive to call LAVA BANGERS II a return to form. Instead, it’s a marriage of all the producer’s lessons learned, a culmination of a musical journey marked by curiosity, joy, and passion.

IDES - DESSA


IDES is the latest EP from Dessa, available now on Doomtree Records.

CAMERON - LAZERBEAK


Cameron is the forthcoming LP from Lazerbeak, available October 1st on Doomtree Records.

PENELOPE - LAZERBEAK


The album’s title – named after Beak’s eight-year-old daughter and oldest child – is a reflection of this boiled-down, reflective approach and marks the second entry in his meditative instrumental trilogy. Inspired largely by his new life as a family man and a recent deep dive into all things mindfulness, self wellness, and gratitude, Penelope thrives on ambient atmospherics, gentle melodies, and carefully-crafted percussion to create its own pulsing sonic universe. Every musical element is allowed the time and space to breathe and grow into a full-fledged composition, and the lack of vocals allows Beak to explore a much richer musical sound bed, giving each instrument its own moment in a constantly revolving spotlight. Whereas 2019’s Luther relied on darker retrospection and murky electronics, Penelope steps out of the water and into the sunlight, gravitating towards warm guitar tones, rich analog synths, and live percussion to accentuate a much lighter and brighter vision. Lead-off track “Treetops” recalls the feeling of laying on a deserted island as palm leaves sway above in the breeze, while the acoustic strums and uplifting choral build of “River Wide” joyously weave together to create what could easily be the soundtrack to an outtake from The Lion King.

NEW DRUGS - CLOQUET


Cloquet, the collaborative duo of producer Paper Tiger and vocalist J.Gundersen, are back with the announcement of their upcoming sophomore album New Drugs and its powerful lead single “Breathing.” What initially began as a DIY file-sharing side project amongst friends quickly turned into a full-fledged band with the release of Cloquet’s 2018 self-titled debut album. Born out of a musical comradery and love for all things 90's dance and indie rock, Cloquet merges the worlds of electronic and post-punk to create something equally urgent and reflective, a sound that lives just as perfectly on the dance floor as it does barreling down the highway on a late-night drive.


NIGHT STONE - NIGHT STONE


Night Stone is the new electronic project from veteran producers Lazerbeak and ICETEP. Both artists have spent the last decade building a bulletproof discography of credits - Lazerbeak with everyone from global sensation Lizzo and bluegrass legends Trampled By Turtles to the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, and his own Doomtree crew; and ICETEP with Chicago’s first lady Psalm One, indie-rap behemoth Astronautalis, and singer/rapper/renaissance woman Dessa.


"FIVE ALIVE" - DOOMTREE


"Five Alive" is Doomtree's first full collaborative song since 2015. You can tell by the snarling distortion and booming 808’s that producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger have found new and bustling energy, layering the song with synth stabs, polyrhythmic percussion, and crushing bass. Meanwhile, vocalists P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Dessa, and Cecil Otter each take turns attacking the beat in their own unique and varied ways, showing off what has always made full-crew Doomtree tracks so intriguing.


SOUND THE BELLS: RECORDED LIVE AT ORCHESTRA HALL - DESSA & THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA


In 2019, Dessa performed two very sold-out shows with the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra. Sarah Hicks, Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, conducted the program—17 of Dessa’s strongest songs, ambitiously rearranged by musician and composer Andy Thompson. The concerts were held in downtown Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall, a striking venue with an unmistakable acoustic design. The venue was fitted with an array of suspended microphones to capture the performances, and the resulting live record Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall.


GREAT HITS - SHREDDERS


After a six-month break from the road, Shredders are back with the announcement of their sophomore album Great Hits. Written and recorded in a similar fashion to Dangerous Jumps, Great Hitsfinds the the four-piece gelling in ways only two decades of friendship can achieve. The production is crisper than ever as Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger combine forces and take on genres outside of the typical hip-hop scope. Lead single "Suburban Base" is an ode to the breakneck drum n' bass that Paper Tiger grew up on, and "Vanilla ISIS" connects with the house and dance music that Lazerbeak has gravitated towards over the years. All the while, Sims and P.O.S lock into a frenetic pace, trading bars as quickly as they do pop culture references, and putting a clinic of cadence and wordplay. The result is the first truly cohesive Shredders album. What started as a loose side project has morphed into a full-fledged band firing on all cylinders. And if Great Hits is any indication, they're just getting warmed up.


LUTHER - LAZERBEAK


Luther finds Beak stripping every sound back to its individual core. Seven meticulously slow-building and expansive instrumental meditations that ebb and flow with a newfound patience and restraint rarely seen from the producer. The album title – a simultaneous tip of the hat to Beak’s all-time favorite singer, Luther Vandross, as well as his four-year-old son lovingly given the same name – is a reflection of this boiled-down, reflective approach. Inspired largely by his new life as a family man and a recent deep dive into all things mindfulness, self wellness, and gratitude, Luther thrives on ambient atmospherics, gentle melodies, and carefully-crafted percussion to create its own pulsing sonic universe.


CLOQUET - CLOQUET


Cloquet is the cutting-edge synth-pop duo of Doomtree producer Paper Tiger and vocalist J. Gundersen, whose debut self-titled album will be released on October 26th via Doomtree Records. The pair joined forces last year after working together on several multimedia design and visual projects, bonding over their shared affinity for 90’s indie rock and dance music, and have been hard at work in the studio ever since.

6666 - Four Fists


Four Fists knows how to keep a promise; it just might take them, like, seven years to do it. After initially releasing a debut 7’’ back in 2013, the duo finally release the full-length they set out to make long before life took a hold of them both.


Artería Verité - Sims, Air Credits & ICETEP


Rap music from the near and bleak future; or more aptly, from next week’s dystopia. Artería Verité is a concept album that ended up being more future-realist than conceptual.


Chime - Dessa


Dessa’s third full-length album Chime (Doomtree Records) has been praised as one of NPR Music’s Favorite Albums of 2018. The opening track “Ride” is noir, mean, sexy; “Fire Drills” was crafted from a snippet of an iPhone field recording Dessa made in Turkey; “Half of You” is infectious, up-tempo pop; “5 out of 6” features a unusual looping riff that gives way to a gale-force chorus that begins, I’m the phoenix…and the ash. Chime showcases Dessa at her finest—she’s fierce and tender, deft, and passionately curious.


Dangerous Jumps - Shredders


Dangerous Jumps is the debut album from the four-piece SHREDDERS: P.O.S and Sims on the raps, Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger on the beats.


All Hands - Doomtree


Both the catchiest and densest album in the group's catalog, All Hands adeptly walks a tightrope of immediately memorable hooks and in-depth lyricism that rewards repeated listens. The result is equally worthy of up-to-11 trunk-rattling drives as it is late-night headphone sessions.


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Chill, dummy - P.O.S

P.O.S steps even further into genre-blurring territory with Chill, dummy, his first official release with Doomtree Records since the release of his debut album Ipecac Neat. The album reflects on the past three years since a near-fatal kidney transplant sidelined him from making music and deals with the the difficulties of trying to maintain peace of mind and navigate through a confusing world, which is becoming increasingly more alienating. P.O.S' production fingerprints are all over this one as he maneuvers through a wide range of sprawling beats contributed by himself, usual suspects Lazerbeak and Ryan Olson, and newcomers Cory Grindberg and Makr. Several friends touch down along the way to offer up biting commentary and varying points of view (Allan Kingdom, Astronautalis, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Vernon, Open Mike Eagle, Busdriver, and Lady Midnight, to name a few), but the album never suffers from an oversaturation of scattered voices, instead using everyone's individual ethos and strengths to build a unifying call to arms. The result is P.O.S' most bold, honest, and daring work to date, so Chill, dummy.

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