Yesterday was a big day with Magana completing her “Teeth trilogy” with the cosy core winter pop of the ‘Bad News‘ EP, and Frog launching vinyl and digital pre-orders for ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song.’ On top of that, Frog released the “MIXTAPE LINER NOTES VAR. VII” single.

Magana – ‘Bad News’ (Out Now)

‘Bad News‘ is Magana’s third solo release in a ten-month period, following the brilliant ‘Teeth‘ LP in March and the ‘DREAMS‘ multi-media project in October (available now from Hand Drawn Hand). Jeni wrote an essay about her “Ten Months of Teeth” for Atwood Magazine:

We would also like to thank The Alternative for premiering the EP, and God Is In the TV for premiering her ‘Hold On’ lyric video. Everything is better with independent sites like these helping us to share our work.

Bad News is available now via Bandcamp, Spotify, and all other services.

Frog: Vinyl Pre-Order & New Single

Frog’s ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song’ will be released on February 14th, and pre-orders for the digital and vinyl release now live.

The brothers also issued the ‘MIXTAPE LINER NOTES VAR. VII’ single, which Danielle Chelosky of Stereogum was super kind about:

“If the rest of the album sounds like this single, then I’m in. “MIXTAPE LINER NOTES
VAR. VII” is lo-fi greatness, the first verse name-dropping both My Chemical Romance and Big Star (taste). In the chorus, Daniel Bateman sings poignantly, “I can’t justify it, it isn’t rational/ I get high and cry it over broken Casios.” Amazing stuff!” – Danielle Chelosky (STEREOGUM)