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Critical Heights to release new Scraps single in July | Music News

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Critical Heights have announce yet another great pop single. This time from Brisbane’s enigmatic synth pop songstress Scraps (AKA Laura Hill). The 7” single ‘Secret Paradise’ is out 23rd July and was premiered on Radio One by Huw Stephens. Laura wears her obsession with 80’s synth rock on her sleeve, citing The Human League, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Flock of Seaguls, OMD, Gary Numan and Devo as influences.
The 80s loom large in her subject matter as well.  Lead track “1982” is a love/tribute song to all the machines that didn’t get the girl in movies like Short Circuit and Electric Dreams, where the machines are much more interesting than the men. It’s excellent but don’t just take my word for it – have a listen and download it below:

Dead Rat Orchestra sign with Critical Heights | Music News

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Fledgling London collective/promoter/label/blog/zine Critical Heights follow up acclaimed releases by Savaging Spires and Diva Dompé by announcing ambitious forthcoming LP/CD from Dead Rat Orchestra.
Dead Rat Orchestra have become the slow burning backwater of British music; perpetually hovering on the fringes of distinct scenes, yet never fully on-board, they remain their own mutable paradigm. Having toured with the likes of Godspeed You Black Emperor, Silver Mt Zion, Sandro Perri, Mark Almond and Baby Dee, the band have finally announced details of their official debut set for release in July. The Guga Hunters of Ness was originally scored for the BBC documentary of the same name that follows the journey of ten men from the community of Ness on the Isle of Lewis as they embark on a traditional hunt for gannets. Utilising their customarily unconventional instrumentation to create precarious and powerful abstract-folk, the trio of Daniel Merrill, Robin Alderton and Nathaniel Mann have come up with a powerful score, with compositions seeded in hours of study of Hebridean folk song.
Dead Rat Orchestra will be embarking on some live shows around the UK in June and July.
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