[Premiere] Bastardgeist – Winter Fog // Song Of The Day #363

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What’s this? Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden releasing a chillwave track? It was only a matter of time really, wasn’t it? Taking Chino from Deftones’ witch house hopping lead and jumping on an generic bandwagon mere moments before it grinds to a looming halt. Oh this can only end badly. Look away now, sadists.

Oh no, I misread the press release. It’s actually Joel Midden, otherwise known as Chicago drone-popster Bastardgeist, not Nicole Ritchie’s new hubby. My bad.

But are there two words sweeter when put together than “drone” and “pop”? I don’t think so, and this song just goes to prove it. I’m sure you all won’t be too disappointed that this isn’t a ‘Madden Broz’ track because instead we treat you to an exclusive stream of the brilliant Bastardgeist’s ‘Winter Fog’ – taken the experimental musician’s new AA-side single out 21 November on Brainlove.

The track sounds like the culminating scene to some 80′s coming-of-age film that you just don’t want to ever end. And, likewise, this ditty number is one that you’ll definitely be inclined to play over and over again over the course of the day.

Bastardgeist will play five UK dates starting tomorrow, with three of the gigs in London over the coming week, before heading to Spain and returning to our shores for shows in Oxford and Bristol at the end of the month.

November
17 – Wheelbarrow, London (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative & Fireworks Night)
18 – House Show, London (w/ Mat Riviere, Tall Stories & Ethical Debating Society)
23 – Windmill, London (w/ A Classic Education)
24 - Gaztemaniak, San Sebastian, Spain, (w/ Napoleon IIIrd)
25 – Jericho Tavern, Oxford (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mat Riviere)
26 – Cube, Bristol (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mat Riviere)

You can stream the other corresponding half to this AA release below, the equally hypnotic ‘Shift’: