#Basement Revolver Johnny Pt. 2

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Formed in 2016, Hamilton, Ontario-based dreamgaze outfit Basement Revolver — Nim Agalawatte (bass, keys) (they/them), Chrisy Hurn (vocals, guitar) (they/them), Jonathan Malström (guitar) (he/him) and Levi Kertesz (drums) (he/him) — can trace their origins back quite a bit earlier, to the longtime friendship between Hurn and Agalwatte. The band hit the ground running with the release of their breakout single “Johnny Pt. 2,” which led to the band signing to British label Fear of Missing Out and later, Canadian label Sonic Unyon Records. The Canadian dreamgazers closed out 2016 with their self-titled EP. Over the next few years, the band were quite prolific releasing 2017’s Agatha EP, 2018’s full-length debut Heavy Eyes and 2019’s Wax and Digital EP. They supported that recorded output with touring across Ontario, the States, the UK and Germany. 2020 was tumultuous and uneasy year for most people across the planet — and unsurprisingly, it was also a tumultuous year for the Hamilton-based outfit: They had written and recorded a batch of material. The band then went through a lineup change in which one member left and was then replaced by another. But because of the pandemic and pandemic-related restrictions, they couldn’t rehearse or record in the fashion they had become accustomed. And of course, touring was completely off the table for the better part of about 15-16 months in most parts of the world. Much like countless others across the globe, the enforced off-time resulted in moments of serious, individual reflection for the band’s members — including a reconsideration of who and what the band was. According to the band’s Nim Agalwatte, the band had planned on working on their sophomore album back in 2021, but they wound up waiting and working out what to do, eventually making changes to the material they had originally written. “The world was shifting around us – and there was some global trauma – with that, we decided we wanted to fully express ourselves. So far we had kind of held off sharing political views, but we were realizing that our silence was actually just violence. We realized that to be who we are fully and authentically, we needed to share our voice.”  For the band’s members, that meant they had felt the need to share things in public that they had long held close to the vest: Both Agalawatte and Hurn came out. According to Hurn, the pair came out against what they describe as homophobic and transphobic environments, much like Redeemer University, a private Calvinist university, which has been the meeting place and birthplace of countless local acts in Hamilton. Back in 2020, Redeemer University announced a policy that would discipline students for any sexual behavior outside heterosexual marriage. “While we were in the studio, the CBC released an article about Redeemer University, and their homophobic and transphobic policies. I realized then and there, I had to come out. . . ” Hurn explained.   The Canadian outfit’s sophomore album, 2022’s Embody thematically saw the band wrestling with the serious questions of identity, sexuality, faith and mental illness in an unapologetically honest, self-aware and explicit fashion. Arguably, the most personal album of their growing catalog, Embody is rooted in hope — to physically be with and see your friends, to play songs in a darkened room with others and for others, to engage with the world with a hard-fought understanding of yourself and your much different place within the world and more. Sonically, the album’s material features a much deeper sound and a crisper production to adroitly express the complexities and uncertainties of the world. “Red Light,” the Hamilton-based outfit’s first bit of new material since Embody is a a breakneck and anthemic bit of 120 Minutes-era MTV indie rock featuring A Storm in Heaven-like guitar textures, thunderous drumming paired with enormous hooks and Hurn’s dreamily yearning delivery expressing the annoyance and frustration of someone, who realizes t...

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For a gazy, gauzy finish that will leave you in quite a wistful yet sublime state of mind, let’s check into Basement Revolver’s latest single. The Ontario based trio fuses shoegaze, pop, and rock on Johnny Pt. 2, the first single from their next EP, Agatha. Sweet melancholy overflows from the lips of this meditative gem, which Basement Revolver wrote about heartbreak and friendship. new EP Agatha is due to arrive this July. Pre-order on limited edition 10″ vinyl, here.

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Artist  //  Album  //  Song

st vincent  //  actor  //  actor out of work the new pornographers  //  twin cinema  //  twin cinema

sleater kinney  //  no cities to love  //  a new wave mike krol  //  powerchords  //  i wonder handsome furs  //  sound kapital  //  cheap music

fucked up  //  dose your dreams  //  living in a simulation ex hex  //  cosmic cave  //  cosimic cave basement revolver  //  heavy eyes  //  johnny pt 2

royal trux  //  white stuff  //  white stuff jon spencer  //  spencer sings the hits!  //  trash can jo passed  //  mdm  //  mdm

guided by voices  //  cohesive scoops  //  cohesive scoops parquet courts  //  wide awake  //  violence codeine  //  the white birch  //  sea

kalle mattson  //  youth  //  kids on the run

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Cool American – Maui’s (Stream)

It’s been about a week since the last non-premiere post has been published. In that time, incredible new songs from Yowler, Lee Bains III + The Glory Fires, The Districts, STRFKR, Van Dale, Wieuca, Basement Revolver, Katie Ellen, Shit Girlfriend, Pink Frost, Downtown Boys, Art School Jocks, Two Inch Astronaut, David Nance, and Esper Scout have all found their way out into the world. Cool…

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Basement Revolver - Johnny Pt. 2

This new track continues the story. Johnny Pt. 2 was written almost directly after I broke up with “Johnny” - it was the heartbreak caused by an end, the wish that I could have been better, and the desire to continue a friendship. When a friendship wasn't possible, I wanted them to know that heartbreak or not, I would be there if needed - I would put aside all the things that broke our relationship and the things that gave me identity for a chance at friendship. In hindsight, I have since learned a lot about myself, and that I don't need to disappear in order to have people that I care about in life.The song comes from our forthcoming second EP 'Agatha' out this July 21st.

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(via https://open.spotify.com/track/5WVxjF7Cdft9cYd0e86uek)

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Basement Revolver - Agatha EP

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i almost immediately knew this was gonna be a special track when it came on. so i listened. and i was right. it kinda has a mellow-trance effect coming from the guitar that’s ever so subtly in the background. and vocals meld perfectly with it. i may have to seek out johnny pt. 1...fresh

Listen/purchase: Johnny Pt. 2 by Basement Revolver

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Episode 27 -Second Listens

Lillian King - Baseball

https://lillianking.bandcamp.com/album/outta-the-park

The Garrys - Makeout at the drive-in

https://thegarrys.bandcamp.com/album/surf-manitou

Bonnie  Doon - Sandy’s Song

https://bonniedoon.bandcamp.com/album/dooner-nooner

Not You - LL

https://notyouhfx.bandcamp.com/album/misty

Not You - twofour

https://notyouhfx.bandcamp.com/album/misty

Mental Health - If you don’t mind

https://mentalhealthyvr.bandcamp.com/album/trying-hard-enough-2

Sleepy Slap - Fool

https://sleepyslap.bandcamp.com/album/bye

Sleepy Slap - My bandmate Kyha

https://sleepyslap.bandcamp.com/album/bye

Basement Revolver - Johnny Pt. 2

https://basementrevolver.bandcamp.com/

Basement Revolver - Tree Trunks

https://basementrevolver.bandcamp.com/

Munroe - Fake Out

https://soundcloud.com/munroe-3

Munroe - Oblivion

https://soundcloud.com/munroe-3

Best Fern - Morning Side (Four Tet)

https://bestfern.bandcamp.com/album/covers-ep

Kashka - Float Away

https://kashka.bandcamp.com/album/relax

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New Video: Basement Revolver Shares Cathartic "Circles"

New Video: Basement Revolver Shares Cathartic "Circles" @BASEREVOLVmusic @sonicunyon @auteurresearch

Formed back in 2016, Hamilton, Ontario-based dreamgaze outfit Basement Revolver — currently, Nimal Agalawatte (bass, keys), Chrisy Hurn (vocals, guitar), Jonathan Malström (guitar) and Levi Kertesz (drums) — can trace their origins back quite a bit earlier, to the longtime friendship between Hurn-Morrison and…

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A Song A Day: Basement Revolver - Johnny Pt. 2

A Song A Day: Basement Revolver - Johnny Pt. 2 #music #newmusic #ASongADay

Basement Revolver‘s ‘Johnny Pt. 2’ is taken from the band’s second EP, Agatha, due for release on July 21st. Lead singer Chrisy Hurn‘s vocals are wonderful and I love that sense of hopeful melancholy throughout. Turn explains: Johnny Pt. 2 was written almost directly after I broke up with “Johnny” – it was the heartbreak caused by an end, the wish that I could have been better, and the desire to…

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Playlist January 28

Artist  //  Album  //  Song the dirty nil  //  master volume  //  that's what heaven feels like the dirty nil  //  master volume  //  bathed in light the dirty nil  //  master volume  //  pain of infinity

lee hazlewood  //  cowboy in sweden  //  hey cowboy william tyler  //  goes west  //  alpine star steve gunn  //  the unseen inbetween  //  vagabond

the sadies  //  northern passages  //  easy the sadies  //  pure diamond gold  //  eastwinds boygenius  //  boygenius  //  salt in the wound

fucked up  //  dose your dreams  //  came down wrong swervedriver  //  future ruin  //  mary winter piroshka  //  everlastingly yours  //  everlastingly yours basement revolver  //  heavy eyes  //  johnny pt 2

wavves  //  v  //  too much la luz  //  floating features  //  mean dream sweet spirit  //  los lonely girls  //  los lonely girls

spiritualized  //  and nothing hurt  //  a perfect miracle wolf parade  //  ep 4  //  automatic the new pornographers  //  whiteout conditions  //  whiteout conditions chad vangaalen  //  friendly aliens  //  friendly aliens

escapeism  //  the lost record  //  im a lover (at close range) mike krol  //  power chords  //  little drama propagandhi  //  victory lap  //  failed imagineer agassiz  //  pulse 1a  //  balsam

nap eyes  //  im bad now  //  you like to joke around with me

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Episode 26 yo

Teenanger - Dawn

https://soundcloud.com/telephoneexplosion

Mark Band Sanders - Little Pieces

https://markbandsanders.bandcamp.com/track/little-pieces

Basement Revolver - Tree Trunks

https://basementrevolver.bandcamp.com/

Basement Revolver - Johnny Pt. 2

https://basementrevolver.bandcamp.com/

Kashka - Float Away

https://kashka.bandcamp.com/album/relax

Kashka - Reset/outro

https://kashka.bandcamp.com/album/relax

Munroe - Oblivion

https://soundcloud.com/munroe-3

Munroe - Fake Out

https://soundcloud.com/munroe-3

RAVEEN - Always

https://soundcloud.com/thatssoraveen

Raliegh - Ivy (Frank Ocean Cover)

https://soundcloud.com/raleighsound

Lillian King - Baseball

https://lillianking.bandcamp.com/album/outta-the-park

Lillian King - That

https://lillianking.bandcamp.com/album/outta-the-park

Bridal Party - Fruitless

https://bridalparty.bandcamp.com/album/negative-space

Stellaleona x Artifiseer – Still Snow on Partridge Island

https://moondripcollective.bandcamp.com/track/still-snow-on-partridge-island