Keeled Scales Vinyl, CD & Tape 27 Items

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Years White Vinyl Edition

Sun June

A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing Ultra-Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A rare gem of a debut. These 10 "regret pop" songs are "a stunning exhibition of cadence, a display of the many ways a voice can be used, so much so you wonder quite how it all comes from the same lungs"-- Goldflakepaint. "Sun June's music is something that comes in snatches, wisps that captivate and escape the ear with all the airy weight of dust rising from an Austin floorboard on every beat of a muffled drum."-- NPR. For fans of Feist, Sharon Van Etten, and Fleetwood Mac.

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Tenci

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Keeled Scales)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2022 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Why Bonnie

90 In November

90 In November Peaock Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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90 in November, the first full-length LP from Texas quintet Why Bonnie, crashes into existence with a squeal of feedback and a burst of distorted guitar. It's a dynamic introduction to a more raw-edged indie sound from a band who have matured from bedroom dream pop into a sophisticated rock act, their evolving sound a reflection of the journey undertaken by songwriter Blair Howerton on this vividly rendered collection of songs. The songs for 90 in November were mostly written in Brooklyn, New York, where Howerton moved from Austin in 2019. Already in the midst of a major life change, Howerton's feeling of being between worlds was compounded when quarantine hit and she found herself, like so many others, stuck in her apartment-about as far away from the wide-open spaces of Texas as one can possibly get. It was in this environment that she began to write songs parsing out the complicated, mixed emotions associated with building a new home while attempting to make sense of the one she had left behind.

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Why Bonnie

90 In November Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why Bonnie

Altar Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Jo Schornikow

Tape | 2022 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Jo Schornikow's new album Altar is the perfect counterweight to 2019's Secret Weapon. While that album was bare and scrappy bedroom folk, this new album is a joyful announcement of synthy indie-pop. From Melbourne, Australia, Jo's first job at 17 was as a church organist, a job she's picked up again now in Nashville, where she lives with her husband Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent and their two children. She's played keyboard in that band for over 8 years now, touring heavily all over the world as a full band, and ducking into BBC to record a duo session on their grand piano. Rolling Stone called her last album "excellent," Pitchfork calls her piano playing "sensitive" and "impressionistic," and Gorilla vs. Bear describes her songwriting as "gorgeous and smouldering." But the songs on Altar take all of that a step further. There are still those moments of quiet beauty, but they are exploded through with joy. There are windows-down, anthemic pop moments on "Visions" and "Lose Yr Love." Jo Schornikow is a songwriter flexing her craft and sharing songs that have a special charm that allow them to somehow feel honest, open, intimate and funny all at the same time.

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Good Looks

Bummer Year

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Born and raised in small Texas towns, the members of Good Looks met and began playing together in Austin. Songwriter Tyler Jordan grew up in a South Texas coastal town dominated by the petrochemical industry, his childhood steeped in the tension between nature and industry, exploitation abundantly present and the wealth gap on full display. His father's church, described by Tyler as "cult-like in its intensity," was homebase and where he learned to sing. Tyler eventually met lead guitarist Jake Ames in the late-night song-swap circles of the Kerrville Folk Festival campground (where they would also meet Buck Meek and Adrienne Lenker pre-Big Thief). They shared their mutual love of the Texas hill country canon (Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, and Willie Nelson), a love of cheap diner food, thrift store baseball caps, and a healthy dose of harmless shit-talking. They began playing in bands together, backing up other songwriters and taking turns in the spotlight. They sought out producer Dan Duszynski (Loma, RF Shannon, Jess Williamson) to engineer their debut album. What would form was Good Looks, a blue-collar political indie-rock band with healthy doses of Replacements swagger and shimmering, desert rock riffs not unlike The War On Drugs.

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Good Looks

Bummer Year

Buck Meek Tranclucent Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Buck Meek

Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp Orange Cream Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Buck Meek Was Recorded And Mixed By Phil Weinrobe At Both Rivington 66 And Figure 8 Recording In Brooklyn, As Well As Lethe Lounge In Manhattan, With Engineer Andrew Sarlo.The Album Features Adam Brisbin On Guitar (Jolie Holland, Sam Evian, Katie Von Schleicher), Mat Davidson On Bass (Twain, The Low Anthem, Spirit Family Reunion), And Austin Vaughn On Drums (Here We Go Magic, Luke Temple, Sam Evian).In Addition To The Core Band, The Album Personnel Includes Mikey Buishas (Really Big Pinecone) On Pump Organ, Dave Harrington On Pedal Steel, Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) On Vocals, Buck's Brother Dylan Meek On Wurlitzer, And Michael Sachs On Clarinet.

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Lunar Vacation

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp Black Vinyl Edition

Lunar Vacation

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Renee Reed Gold Vinyl Edition

Renee Reed

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Renee Reed Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Self-labeled "dream-fi folk from the Cajun prairies," Renée released her first two songs in 2020 - "Out Loud" and "Until Tomorrow", which Gorilla vs. Bear described as "an effortless, inspired union of the haunting folk music that Reed was raised on and a lilting, lost '60s French-pop gem." Renée's statement on "Fast One" and her album: "This album is a collection of songs about toxic relationships, seeing ghosts, ancestral baggage and blessings, and daydreaming about love. It is about certain feelings and experiences I've had over my life coming to fruition in the past three years. It was all made on a four track recorder at home, in a place and in a way I feel most natural, and I believe that quality comes through in the sound." She has drawn comparisons to Jessica Pratt, Mazzy Star, and Cate le Bon. Renée's music has a mysterious quality with a strong melodic undertow.

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Renee Reed

Tape | 2021 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Self-Labeled "Dream-Fi Folk From The Cajun Prairies," Renée Released Her First Two Songs In 2020 - "Out Loud" And "Until Tomorrow", Which Gorilla Vs. Bear Described As "An Effortless, Inspired Union Of The Haunting Folk Music That Reed Was Raised On And A Lilting, Lost '60s French-Pop Gem." Renée's Statement On "Fast One" And Her Album:"This Album Is A Collection Of Songs About Toxic Relationships, Seeing Ghosts, Ancestral Baggage And Blessings, And Daydreaming About Love. It Is About Certain Feelings And Experiences I've Had Over My Life Coming To Fruition In The Past Three Years. It Was All Made On A Four Track Recorder At Home, In A Place And In A Way I Feel Most Natural, And I Believe That Quality Comes Through In The Sound." She Has Drawn Comparisons To Jessica Pratt, Mazzy Star, And Cate Le Bon. Renée's Music Has A Mysterious Quality With A Strong Melodic Undertow.

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Karima Walker

Waking The Dreaming Body

Waking The Dreaming Body Metallic Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Waking the Dreaming Body is the follow-up to Tucson artist Karima Walker's 2017 standout album Hands In Our Names, which garnered praise from Pitchfork, Mojo, and Bandcamp. The album includes dense harmonic arrangements of synthesizer, guitar, piano, percussion, field recordings, tape loops and Karima's dulcet singing voice. The final result is a 40-minute dream-narrative of her conscious and subconscious minds that oscillates between the rich textures of her ambient work and the melody and poetry of her melancholic, Americana-tinged songwriting, their ebb and flow recalling liminal states of half-sleep where images and emotions are recalled and forecasted from the previous night's dreams. Night falls in regular intervals throughout the album, forming a natural dialogue between waking and dreaming.

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Karima Walker

Waking The Dreaming Body Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2021 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Katy Kirby

Cool Dry Places

Cool Dry Places Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Katy Kirby is a Texas-based songwriter and indie rock practitioner with an affinity for unspoken rules, misunderstanding and boredom. She was born, raised and homeschooled by two ex-cheerleaders in small-town Texas and started singing in church, amidst the pasteurised-pop choruses of evangelical worship. Like many bible belt late-millennials, Katy grew up on a strict diet of this dependably uncool genre and accordingly, Cool Dry Place finds her dismantling it. "I can hear myself fighting that deeply internalized impulse to make things that are super pleasant or approachable," she says. Though Katy hasn't fully overcome the itch to please, it's to a listener's benefit. Instead of eradicating the pop sensibilities of her past, she warps them, lacing sugary hooks with sneaky rage, twisting affectionate tones into matter-of-fact reproach, and planting seemingly serene melodies with sonic jabs. The fun is in the clash. The nine tracks that make up Cool Dry Place are miscellaneous in subject (motherhood, late capitalism, disintegrating relationships) but unified by the angle from which they're told: from a person re-learning to process life with intense attention. Each song is a catalogue of fragments, the number of segments in an orange or the cut of an obsessively-worn shirt, distilled into meditations on the bizarre and microscopic exchanges that make up modern life - a relationship splintering, an uncomfortable pause, an understanding finally found. These emotional dioramas are moderated by the angular storytelling that unites Gillian Welch and Phoebe Bridgers, a favour for the conventions of short fiction over confession.

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Katy Kirby

My Heart Is An Open Field Seaglass Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tenci

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Keeled Scales)

My Heart Is An Open Field

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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My Heart Is An Open Field Is A Confident, Deeply Beautiful Debut Album From Chicago Four-Piece Tenci. These Songs Are Filled With Nuance-- Breaths Of Saxophone And Flute, And Touches Of Cello, Piano, And Pedal Steel Are Hung On The Sturdy Folk Songs Of Jess Shoman, Whose Voice And Range Cuts Through These Dreams Like A Loved One's Voice. There Is Enough New Rawness To Separate The Music Of Tenci From Other Artists Working In Similar Genres. Ultimately These Songs Feel Magically Formed, The Hazy Post-Snakebite Psychedelia Of "Serpent," The Childlike Wonder And Xylophone On "Joy," The Heartbreaking Imagery Within "Forgot My Horse's Name." Even The Recording Of Shoman's Grandmother At The End Of "Blue Spring" Is Something Achingly Refreshing.

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Tenci

Tape | 2020 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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My Heart Is An Open Field is a confident, deeply beautiful debut album from Chicago four-piece Tenci. These songs are filled with nuance-- breaths of saxophone and flute, and touches of cello, piano, and pedal steel are hung on the sturdy folk songs of Jess Shoman, whose voice and range cuts through these dreams like a loved one's voice. There is enough new rawness to separate the music of Tenci from other artists working in similar genres. Ultimately these songs feel magically formed, the hazy post-snakebite psychedelia of "Serpent," the childlike wonder and xylophone on "Joy," the heartbreaking imagery within "Forgot My Horse's Name." Even the recording of Shoman's grandmother at the end of "Blue Spring" is something achingly refreshing.

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Jo Schornikow

Secret Weapon

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Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Keeled Scales)

Good Looks

Lived Here For A While

No Ordinary Crown Opaque Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Good Looks write kindhearted and cathartic rock songs about thepersistence required to make it through hard times. In April 2022, theAustin, Texas quartet released their critically acclaimed debut`Bummer Year'. Immediately after their triumphant hometown recordrelease show, lead guitarist Jake Ames was hit by a car crossing thestreet, fracturing his skull and tailbone. Thankfully, Ames made a fullrecovery. The traumatic accident strengthened the bond that builttheir electric new album `Lived Here For A While'. Out May 3 viaKeeled Scales, it's fearlessly direct music that captures the fullthroatedintensity of their galvanizing live show.Reinvigorated, Good Looks tracked `Lived Here for a While' at Texas'Dandy Sounds with producer/engineer Dan Duszynski (of Loma andCross Record) the following summer. Though Ames had to relearnsome of his parts, his palpably energetic performances elevated theentire record.On the LP, the band trades the Americana sound that colored in thelines of `Bummer Year' for clanging post-punk guitars and expansiveindie rock. Lyrically, the songs on this album are healing meditationson family dysfunction, new relationships, and how a home canbecome unrecognizable. Lyricist Tyler Jordan's songs explore howrelationships can crumble irrevocably but also how thosepartnerships can be centering, hopeful, and exciting.In another horrific accident in July 2023, their tour van was rearendedby a speeding car, causing their van, instruments, merch, andrecords, to go up in flames. Thankfully, none of the band memberssuffered serious injuries. This resilience is essential to Good Looksand why the songs on `Lived Here For A While' resonate soprofoundly.

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Will Johnson

No Ordinary Crown Black Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Will Johnson's ninth solo album, No Ordinary Crown,hums with palpable motion. Travelers, runners andconductors fill its lyrics, and gesticulating storms andemotional highs and lows seep through the instinctualquality of its rock 'n roll performances. It's also cabledby ephemeral momentum.The songs were conceived in stolen moments and briefwindows of time between the responsibilities of familyand a multi-hyphenate career. The singer, songwriter,multi-instrumentalist, painter and novelist describes thedemo process as "fairly jagged," a gathering andstitching of audio snippets recorded via cell phone anddictaphone over a year and half. "I finalized the songson short tours where I could hear my thoughts a bitmore clearly," he says."Somewhere along the line someone advised me tonever be afraid to hurt my characters, that I will alwaysbe able to get them out of it," he says. "I do want thereto be these small victories and small portals of hope."With No Ordinary Crown, people may behave badly,and the road may get rough, but the reward is in thejourney.

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Will Johnson

So Far So Good Cloudy Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Meernaa

LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Keeled Scales)

So Far So Good Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cloudy Clear Vinyl.Meernaa's So Far So Good travels perfectly with a glistening night out or a drive to a secret hideaway. It exists somewhere betweenR&B, jazz, psychedelic rock, art rock, and pop. As a genreless artist, it mirrors her constant struggle to balance a vibrant day to day of falling in and out of love, writing and recording music at her studio and the intensity in the back of her mind - her familial struggles concerning death, drugs, and instability. Meernaa's previously released singles "Another Dimension" and "On My Line`' introduce a celestial and soulful album. The weather of these songs is varied, the poetry shifting its winds from tender playfulness to desire. For fans of: Aldous Harding, Khruangbin, The Weather Station, War on Drugs, Kali Uchis, Perfume Genius, Cate Le Bon, Sade, Lucy Dacus."as intriguing as it is beguiling and mysterious." - The Line of Best Fit

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Meernaa