Morcheeba: New single out today as a free download

Visit www.morcheeba.co.uk/spotify today, for the chance to download your free copy of the Morcheeba single Even Though. This song is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Blood Like Lemonade', which is released on June 7.

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INTRODUCING COCOSUMA

The Jar - Remix
Third Side Records
Digital Release: 24.05.10

Last summer Cocosuma gave us a glimpse of where they were heading: 'Miracle Man', with its fuzzy beat and playful synths was blowing the wind of change. We knew the band loved the 60's of The Kinks just as much as the 80's of New Order but this doesn't make their brand new and impressive single, 'The Jar' any less of a surprise.

Mixed by Alf Briat (of Air and Sebastien Tellier fame), 'The Jar' - a metaphor of modern life? - is a true hymn. It's somewhere between the Chromatic's ethereal italio-disco sound and the glorious synth-pop of OMD's first hits, making Cocosuma something of a modern-day Blondie.

Watch The Jar video here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcmtbd_cocosuma-the-jar_music

The EP comes with remixes from the most exciting/talked about project from Italy, Clap Rules, the indie London based trio Is Tropical, and Sourya, Alan MacGee's favourite French band.

www.myspace.com/cocosuma
http://www.cocosuma.net

Morcheeba re-unite with Skye and release new download single Even Though on May 24th

Even Though

Single release May 24, 2010

Multi-million-selling darlings of down-tempo, Morcheeba, will release their seventh and latest album Blood Like Lemonade on June 7th through PIAS records. The album will be preceded by the download single Even Though on May 24th.

Blood Like Lemonade sees Paul & Ross Godfrey united with Skye on vocals for the first time since 2002, restoring the original inimitable laidback charm that made Morcheeba the mainstay of many a chill-out session.

Blood Like Lemonade is the album Morcheeba have been searching for all these years, one which takes the essence of earlier classics like Who Can You Trust? and Big Calm, and transports it to exotic new places. At its heart are the band's trademark oozing downtempo trip-hop grooves, embellished with intriguing, idiosyncratic flourishes like the African thumb-piano of Even Though, a song about an abandoned astronaut.

Paul Godfrey explains the lyrics: 'The lines about "the hidden dangers" and being "cast adrift in space" reflect worries about humanity. That was inspired by reading interviews with astronauts - they'd get into space and look back at the world, and couldn't understand why people were still fighting with each other, and why we were destroying our own planet, that was so beautiful from a distance. The heavy breathing sound is an astronaut breathing in his helmet. He doesn't have long to live, and at the end his breathing stops. He's basically just trying to send a message that we should all get along.'

Morcheeba have confirmed the following shows this summer, with more to be announced:

June


17 B1 Maximum Club, Moscow


18 Stereoleto Festival, St Petersburg


20 Parklive Festival, Bulgaria


July


8 Les Ardentes Festival, Liege


9 Festival Bete de Scene, Mulhouse


10 Festival Terres de Son, Tours


17 Festival Aux Zarbes, Auxerre


18 Den Atelier, Luxembourg


19 Paradiso, Amsterdam


24 Blue Balls Festival, Luzern


30 Hollywood Bowl, LA


31 Hollywood Bowl, LA

www.morcheeba.co.uk
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