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Apr 04, 2018 Yumi Zouma By Christopher Roberts

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New Zealand indie-pop band Yumi Zouma released their sophomore album, Willowbank, last year via Cascine (it was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017). Now they have shared a new song, “France (Grand Boulevards).” It’s the first single to be taken from Dreams, a new compilation that’s been put together by the New York-based website Stadium & Shrines. Dreams is due out June 15 via Cascine and also features Mutual Benefit, Teen Daze, Julie Byrne & Eric Littmann, Bing & Ruth, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and others (the full tracklist is below). Also below is the comp’s cover art and Yumi Zouma’s contribution.

Dreams will be released as a double LP and gatefold book, with three bonus digital tracks.

A press release describes the genesis of the project as such: “Dreams began in 2012, as the formative era of ‘music blogging’ - a staple medium of the mid-2000’s DIY movement - was shifting towards a more industry-centric ecosystem. On the fringes of this evolution, rather than accelerate with it, Stadium & Shrines chose to slow down, to navigate from a different vantage, alongside creators and listeners. Founder Dave Sutton and visual artist Nathaniel Whitcomb envisioned an open-ended multimedia series, inviting artists to musically interpret black-and-white collages, cut from a 1950s tourism book and recomposed into pieces of physical and video art.”

Read our 2017 interview with Yumi Zouma on Willowbank.

Dreams Tracklist:

1. Sea Oleena - Portugal (A Lift)
2. Bing & Ruth - Quebec (Climber)
3. Yumi Zouma - France (Grands Boulevards)
4. M. Sage - Sweden (Landskap)
5. Mutual Benefit - Bali
6. Dustin Wong - Japan
7. Julie Byrne & Eric Littmann - Spain
8. Ricky Eat Acid - Algeria (Outside your house)
9. Julia Lucille - Norway
10. Sound of Ceres - Austria (Solar Shaded)
11. Teen Daze - Alaska
12. Cuddle Formation & Emily Reo - Bermuda (Yoshi’s Story)
13. Eaters - Finland
14. Headaches - Brazil
15. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Yugoslavia
16. Megafortress & Noah Wall - India (Scorpio)
17. Cemeteries & Foxes & Fiction - Alberta (Siksika Peigan Kainai)
18. Gem Club - England’s Countryside (Mother In Comet)
19. North Americans - Germany (Quinn) - digital only
20. Maria Usbeck - Mexico (una Piramide Al Reves) - digital only
21. Recycle Culture - Israel (Primitive) - digital only

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