Estrogen Highs – Cycles EP

Estrogen Highs Cycles EP

If you live in Connecticut, you might know that there aren’t exactly a ton of options if you’re looking for a straight-up garage fix. However, Estrogen Highs totally have you covered. And I don’t mean they have you covered in that sort of default way, I mean they have you covered in the “this band totally rules” way. If you haven’t checked them out yet (what are you waiting for?) you can pick up their latest EP, “Cycles,” out now on New Haven’s own Safety Meeting Records.

Estrogen Highs have been really busy lately—they just released their latest full-length “Friends and Relatives” in December and recently returned from an extensive tour of the west coast and Canada. Even so, they somehow managed to squeeze out this 7-song EP, which was a really nice and unexpected surprise. The super catchy, super jangly “Daily Catastrophes” was a stand-out track for me, as was “I Remember Everything,” a truly beautiful song with some of the best lyrics I’ve heard from them yet. There are only 300 copies of “Cycles,” so don’t sleep on this!

DJ Kool Herc in Middletown for FREE on SATURDAY

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11th of February 2011 Update

11th Of February 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Akron/Family    “s/t II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT”
Baroness     “First & Second “
Bauhaus    “Crackle: Best Of Bauhaus”
Bereft / Fire In The Head    “MA/PE/FU Volume I (Bereft & Fire In The Head)”
Black Keys, The    “Thickfreakness (+D/L; Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram)”
Black September    “The Forbidden Gates Beyond”
Blood Warrior    “Blood Warrior”
Bug, The    “Infected”
Caroline    “Verdugo Hills”
Cathedral    “The Garden of Unearthly Delights”
Cloud Nothings    “Cloud Nothings (+ D/L)”
Connors, Loren    “Moonyean”
Deathspell Omega    “Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice”
Deathspell Omega    “Paracletus”
Deltron 3030    “Deltron 3030”
Dirtbombs, The    “Party Store (3xLP + D/L)”
DZA    “Bullseye”
Esben And The Witch    “Violet Cries (+ D/L)”
Estrogen Highs    “Cycles”
Fake Babies    “We Started Blues”
Faust    “Something Dirty”
Folkazoid    “Folkazoid”
Gang Gang Dance    “Kamakura (Latitudes Series /1000)”
Glasser    “Mirrorage – Lindstrom Remix”
Godflesh     “Street Cleaner”
Gogol Bordello    “Super Taranta! “
Holydrug Couple    “Ancient Land “
Illum Sphere    “Dreamstealin'”
Isis    “Oceanic (Reissue)”
Jackson, Wanda    “The Party Ain’t Over”
Jazkamer    “Chestnut Thornback Tar (+CD)”
Joan Of Arc    “Oh Brother (+D/L)”
Johnson, Jack    “Brushfire Fairytales (180 Gram + D/L) “
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas    “Rare Afro-Funk & Highlife: Ghana 1977 (+ D/L)”
Katy B    “Lights On “
Lazy Smoke    “Corridor Of Faces (60s US Psych /500)”
Legendary Pink Dots    “Seconds Late For The Brighton Line”
Manson Family    “The Family Jams (PIC DISC)”
McTell, Blind Willie    “The Early Years 1927-1933”
Mudhoney    “Head On The Curb”
My Chemical Romance    “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys”
My Disco    “Little Joy”
Nadja    “Sky Burial (Latitudes Series /1000)”
Okkervil River    “Mermaid”
Outsiders, The    “CQ (Reissue Of 1968 Dutch Garage Psych Masterpiece)”
Peaking Lights    “936”
Pollard, Robert    “Space City Kicks”
Portal     “Seepia”
Psychic Reality    “Vibrant New Age”
Religious To Damn    “Glass Prayer”
Rossi, Gianni    “Star Vehicle Original Score”
Scott-Heron, Gil And Jamie Xx    “NY Is Killing Me”
Silk Flowers    “LTD Form”
SP:MC / LXONE    “Down / Judge”
Spacemen 3    “Transparent Radiation”
TSOL    “Dance With Me”
Vagrants    “I Can’t Make A Friend 1965-1968”
Vanderslice, John    “White Wilderness”
Various Artists    “Brass Pins And Match Heads”
Various Artists    “Frank Stokes’ Dream: The Memphis Blues 1927-1931”
Various Artists    “Light: On The South Side (+ Book)”
Vegas Martyrs     “The Female Mind”
VVAQRT    “Than On Eother And You Have Answers”
Zs    “New Slaves Part II: Essence Implosion!”

10″s
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Jay, Abner    “Last Ole Minstrel Man”

7″s
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Christian Mistress “Mother Of Mercy”
Coasting “Same Old Same Old”
Forgetters, The (2×7″)
Magic Johnson “Perro Suelto EP”
Rot Shi+ “Have You Scene Rot Shi+?”
Sticks “Scrapes EP”

CDs
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Akron/Family    “s/t II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT”
Amen Corner “Leviathan Destroy…”
Faust “Something Dirty”
Flower Travellin’ Band “MakeUp”
Macabre “Grim Scary Tales”
Marhaug, Lasse & Wiese “Country And Western”
Portal “Swarth”
Swans “Children Of God & World Of Skin (2CD)”
U.S. Christmas “Run Thick In The Night”
Xbrainiax “Deprogrammed”

Cassette Tape
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Babies, The “The Babies”

Magazines
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WaxPoetics (Dance Issue) #45
Wire #325 MARCH 2011

New from Woodsist

Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics

If you’re anything like me, this winter’s had you holed up in your house a few too many times, and at this point, you’re feeling a little cabin feverish. If so, do yourself a favor and check out Ducktails’ new album, “III: Arcade Dynamics.” Ducktails is the solo project of Matt Mondanile from Real Estate, who provides the perfect antidote for the winter chill. For just one dude, Mondanile creates some impressively layered lo-fi pop that’ll make you feel like you’re hanging out at a sunny beach instead of on the frozen tundra. “Hamilton Road” is a stand-out track on “III,” where Mondanile describes a scene where the “ocean’s dancin’ with the shoreline,” in a way that’ll make you feel a little jealous you’re not there. The album’s closing song, “Porch Projector,” is also lovely—a ten-minute instrumental you’ll find yourself getting utterly lost in (in a good way).

White Fence Is Growing Faith

White Fence’s second album on Woodsist, “Is (Growing Faith),” won’t disappoint fans of Timothy Presley’s earlier output. On “Is,” Presley further proves his mastery of psychedelic, trippy pop jams that are loose, yet beautifully simple and clean all at once. White Fence’s tunes are a fine nod to later-era Beatles (you know, post-drug discovery), or, as more recent reference points, sounds not unlike those the Fresh & Onlys or the Box Elders have been churning out. Listening to “Is,” with its crafty distortion and low-key vibes, is like taking a trip straight back to the 60s. “Stranger Things Have Happened (To You)” is a nearly perfect pop song: it sleepily and steadily rolls along, like a slow back-roads drive on a sunny day. With 15 tracks, “Is” has a lot to explore. Another high point is the track “Your Last Friend Alive,” a jangly song that’s equal parts haunting and poppy. On this album, Presley’s songwriting truly reaches a high point in the realm of 60s revival sound.

News & Reviews.

Hey all,

My name is Caren and I’m Redscroll’s current intern. I’ll be checking in here occasionally to post reviews of some of the new albums coming into the shop, as well as some occasional updates about the goings-on here.

If you have any questions, comments, etc. for me (or, for Rick, Josh, & Sean) feel free to drop a comment below or e-mail redscroll@gmail.com. Thanks!

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