Welcome to 2021! We're starting this year with a bang — a bang for your buck. Yes, that's right, our very own electronic duo World News will be releasing a single package for Descenending on Jan 22nd.

"A package?!", I hear you exclaim?

Exactly, and this package includes a music video from visionary cinematographer Brennan Martin, four incredible remixes from Know Itself (Berlin), Paulo Sinski (Toronto), rryrry (Sweden) and Sages (Hamilton), and, finally, a live version of the track recorded with a single but incredibly technical microphonic device left on a bar at the back of the room of World News' most recent performance in Toronto.

Yes! You yourself will be able to take an auditory seat in an audience hall once more, and remember what it is like to drink and be merry.

So set your watches for this Friday 22nd Jan 2021. It's going to be a day, much like many other days, but with an additional Safe Sounds package for your listening pleasure.

Calm down just a little bit. Try not to drink on your own. Do what makes you happy and be kind to others.

With the end of 2020 in sight, we've got a very special announcement to make - welcome Provincial Parcs to the Safe Sounds roster!

Yes, Parcs will release their debut album in 2021, and to celebrate we're making the Nuit Blanche 2020 live performance of Pinc Sherbert Clouds available to stream via our YouTube channel.

Happy new year one and all — and to all a good night. x

Safe Sounds cofounders Bill Cutbill and Idious Carrie sat down with Jesse Alarcon and Brent O'Toole of Glue Gun Records recently to discuss their upcoming compilation tape - Stick It To 'Em Vol. 2.

The release, due to arrive Friday 4th December 2020, will feature unheard material from World News and other artists including Martian Crisis Unit, FORMING, Animal Party and more! Kaleidoscope Horse have debuted a video to celebrate the pre-order, which can be watched above.

The interview is available to read in full now via ULTRA Magazine.

Pre-order a cassette here.

The Go-Go Radio Magic Show has just made the recent Bill Cutbill special episode available to stream on their website: listen now.

Bill chats about all sort of things including his experience travelling in South America and some of the weird moments on his trip. Here's a little excerpt to wet the appetite...

"The biggest influence on this record is an Animal Collective EP called Meeting of the Waters. They did sound collaging and they also recorded songs whilst they were there.

"I got it from Rotate This in a bargain bin. Once I got it I listened to it every day for like three months probably. It's nice because it's immersive and the songs aren't really songs... that's something I really like about Animal Collective.

"So that was definitely a big bingo moment: 'I want to be in this place where these amazing soundscapes are so that I can just be there and feel it'. I'm always looking for my next travelling experience - when it comes to the work/life balance I feel like that's an important part for me.

"I went (to Brazil) for a month. I had the first week booked but nothing else booked after that, so I did lot's of research in terms of the Lonely Planet guide and looking up Trip Advisor reviews on all the companies in the Amazon. I reached out to the ones that I thought would be most relevant because that was the main reason I was going. The rest of the trip I left completely open, so some of the songs on the album are about places that people recommended when I was in the Amazon, and then I went there afterwards.

"I bought myself a little microphone, a small zoom that I thought would do a good job."

Thanks again to CJLO and The Go-Go Radio Magic Show.