New-album-announcement week soldiers on today thanks to some Amazon Japan sleuthing and, more importantly, timely Twitter updates. Thanks J-Rock Explosion! The Brixton Academy plan to release a new EP, L.O.T., on November 24 featuring three tracks. It follows up this year’s majestic Vivid (review here) and you can peep the tracklist below. 1. Catch It!…
I once again evoke the theme of this week, this “things we missed” deal, and immediately forgive you dear reader that I didn’t get around to writing about Vivid earlier in the year. The Brixton Academy’s first full-length the type of album that simultaneously deserves a long, thought out bit of praise because it’s that…
First off…HNC recently remixed Tokyo group The Brixton Academy’s “So Shy,” transforming it from a starry-eyed new wave joint into a chopped up, vaguely Bollywood track. HNC builds her take on the track around a bell-driven beat, slicing up the original track’s vocals into a call-for-prayer tone (it sounds a lot like the start of…