Name: Guardian Singles
Brand: Guardian Singles

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TIM161LP

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-30

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793420071575

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Artist

Guardian Singles

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

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Temporary Residence

Temporary Residence is an independent music label based in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 1996, the label has been dedicated to releasing innovative and boundary-pushing music across various genres. With a diverse roster of artists and a commitment to artistic integrity, Temporary Residence has become a trusted name in the music industry. Whether you're a fan of experimental rock, electronic music, or ambient soundscapes, you'll find something unique and captivating from this influential label.

Over the years, Temporary Residence has built a reputation for discovering and nurturing talented musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. The label's catalog includes critically acclaimed albums from artists such as [l203831]. These artists have gained recognition for their distinctive sound and uncompromising approach to their craft.

As an independent label, Temporary Residence takes pride in its ability to provide artists with creative freedom while also ensuring they receive the support they need to reach new audiences. By fostering strong relationships with its artists and collaborating closely on every aspect of album production and promotion, Temporary Residence creates an environment where musical vision can flourish.

Guardian Singles hail from Auckland, New Zealand, home to (among many things) storied label Flying Nun and just about every great indie band of the last century. After seeing the band's livestream from Auckland for Gonerfest 17 in fall of 2020, Trouble In Mind is honored to welcome the band to the roster and reissue their excellent 2020 self-titled album outside of New Zealand for the first time. 

Formed in 2015, by Thom Burton on guitar (SoccerPractise, Moppy) and Fiona Campbell on drums (Vivian Girls, Coolies), the band hit the ground running, supporting touring bands in New Zealand like METZ, slots on the Chronophonium festival and tours in Australia. The band had recorded what would become their debut album in early 2018, simply as Campbell puts it "We just wanted good versions of the songs in our live set we were playing at the time." The addition of Yolanda Fagan on bass (Na Noise, Echo Ohs) and Durham Fenwick on lead guitar (Green Grove) solidified the current lineup in late-2018, and Auckland label Moral Support released it in a micro-edition of 150 copies in the spring of 2020. 

The debut album packs a wallop; driving guitar lines dance across the rhythm sections propulsive throb hearkening back to greats like Mission of Burma, The Wipers and The Sound. Opener Tea Lights Exploding does just that, with an instantly memorable hook amd sticky guitar line written as Burton explains as "a sort of f- you to a certain kind of pervasive rape culture and culturally lobotomized idea of masculinity that I was seeing too much of", followed by the moody Being Alone. Roll Undead is next, with its persistent shuffle springing forth over a synth-siren before breaking open into an anthemic howl of a chorus. Side one closes with the crunchy stutter-step of Never Gonna See The Rain Again.

Side two doesn't let up, with aptly-titled opener Can't Stop Moving's ragged guitar sting hanging in the air before the band launches in with Campbell's drums skipping underneath like an arrhythmic heartbeat. Their vital cover of The Sound's Heartbeat (from 1980's Jeopardy) is next, injecting a nouveau sense of modern urgency into Adrian Borland's post-punk rager. Gold Plated Cars' razor-wire sway comes next, with Burton &amp; Fenwick's guitar squall waltzing over a robust bassline. Album closer Midnight Swim is the album's moody anthem, ratcheting up tension the old-fashioned way balancing jangle and drone with one guitar's persistent strum and the other's strategic punches, all while the rhythm section holds down a steady forward motion. Guardian Singles is a vital document of a band breaking out of the chrysalis near-fully formed; melodic, urgent and on the verge of greatness.

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