TVAM – Costasol – 10” EP – Translucent Blue Vinyl [NOV 10]

10” EP – Limited Edition Translucent Blue Vinyl housed in a reverse board, spined sleeve.

TVAM announces “Costasol“, his new EP for Invada Records out 10th November. The 10 EP is pressed on translucent blue vinyl, and housed in a reverse board, spined sleeve.

TVAM returns to the sun lounger to deliver a horizontal view from the pool of self-reflection. Joe Oxley, a.k.a. TVAM, offers Costasol began life as two atmospheric interludes that I wrote for my last album, High Art Lite. Over time these ideas took on a life of their own and demanded that I take another look at them. I slowly began putting the pieces together and ended up with a track which became much more than the sum of its parts. The resultant Costasol is a song about longing, loss and regret wrapped-up in heatwave bass and shimmering guitars, all perfectly enhanced by Monas dreamlike vocal.

TVAM self-released his much-acclaimed debut Psychic Data in the autumn of 2018, something of a cult-classic, the album joined the dots between Suicides deconstructed rock n roll, Boards of Canadas irresistible nostalgia and My Bloody Valentines infinite noise. High Art Lite, released in October 2022 took a different tilt to its predecessor by emphasising the immediate and the personal. The colours were blown-out and the brightness was cranked up.

Its in this world where TVAMs new Costasol EP exists. Full of colour and noise, with a vibrant, distorted palette. Though the title track may find a home at some pool-side retreat, the subsequent tracks return to TVAMs claustrophobic realm. Ephemerol evokes its own mutant groove, part Midnite Vultures Beck, part Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails, with Heart Attack and VHF rounding off this bold, bright, brief encounter.

Tracklist:

1. Costasol (feat. Mona)
2. Ephemerol
3. Heart Attack
4. VHF