Tag: TV-14 Recordings

amigos imaginarios x ugly hug | Guest List vol. 47

March 5th, 2025

Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by the electronically collaborative duo amigos imaginarios.

Arbol Ruiz (Paris via Columbia) and Caleb Chase (Worcester, MA) have been partners in crime since 2021, with two albums made electronically by sending files back and forth. Their most recent release, their TV-14 Recordings debut called Ice Cream, is a rather engaging and eccentric collection and the first composed in person since the duo’s initial launch. An amigos imaginarios listen is not one made for multi-tasking, as their delipidated ecosystem of trinkety hooks and experimental charisma offer a rewarding experience when you embark into their beautifully bizarreo world that they so graciously have invited us into.

About their playlist, Ruiz and Chase shared;

Our Playlist is Lunatics: Moon Pretty moon that goes around the whole world Tell my love that I still love her Tell her that I still have her photo smiling Streets full of people All alone Roads full of houses Never home Church full of singing Out of tune Everyone’s gone to the moon

Listen to amigos imaginarios playlist here;

Listen to an incomplete version of the LUNATICS playlist here.

You can listen to Ice Cream out everywhere now as well as purchase a cassette tape via TV-14 Recordings.

Written by Shea Roney | Featured Photo Courtesy of the amigos imaginarios
amigos imaginarios Are Here to Brighten Our Days | Single

December 9th, 2024

Built upon a vivid display of collaboration and curiosity, Amigos Imaginarios is an experimental duo composed of Arbol Ruiz (Paris via Columbia) and Caleb Chase (Worcester, MA), whose blend of stylized structures, pressurized electronics and sweet flavored twee had offered quite the impression on their first two records, Pick Flowers (2021) and El Jardin Encantado (2022), both released via Bud Tapes. Now Amigos Imaginarios announce their forthcoming LP titled Ice Cream, and to celebrate have shared the first single from the cycle called “Voy corriendo”.

In just 90 seconds, “Voy corriendo” is both a subtle and sweet affair amongst the electronic tinkerings and unruffled harmonies that Ruiz and Chase use to create a green patch of charm and sustainability within its bizarre, and almost dilapidated presence. With a title that roughly translates to “I’m running” or “I’m on my way”, “Voy corriendo” flows with this whimsy of wonder, remaining both playful yet poignant in its short, and oddly charming life – like a beloved children’s toy at the end of its battery life, whose charisma is wearing down despite remaining true to its colorful demeanor and purposeful responsibility for play.

Ice Cream marks the first Amigos Imaginarios project that was made in person, having been a fully collaborative project only through email up to this point.

Along with the single, Amigos Imaginarios also shared a music video featuring a 2000% saturated video with a collection of adorable dog clipart. Watch “Voy corriendo” here!

Ice Cream will be released January 10th via up and coming Brooklyn tape label, TV-14 Recordings. You can preorder a cassette now. Check out the rest of TV-14’s catalog here.
Away, Wretched Beast! Looks to Blow Your Mind On Debut Single “Juno The First” | Single

November 11th, 2024

Emerging from mystical excursions of remote stature and excavated from the depths of cherished indie-rock sounds and a determined DIY spirit, Perth, Australia’s new project, Away, Wretched Beast!, shares their debut single, “Juno The First” along with b-side “Miracle Moon” as the precursor of the artistic lore that follows in its path. Built around the one-man project of JV Krauss, Away, Wretched Beast! is also set to release their debut full length, The Great Telescope and Other Stories, December 13th via Brooklyn’s new tape label, TV-14 Recordings.

Battered but faithful, “Juno The First” finds Krauss grifting amongst the melodramatic folk offerings, famous from Elephant 6 projects of past – fresh and still alive – filling the space with rough and warm guitar layers, ghostly church bells and the weight of a dark mellotron that roots itself into the earth. “These four years have been nothing but trouble,” Krauss sings over a swaying progression. But with the crack of a snare, the signal we were waiting for, “Juno The First” erupts into a dance – a tender devotion of escape – as we are caught between a crushing world and what may lie beyond if we just take that first step.

You can listen to “Juno The First” and “Miracle Moon” here.

Written by Shea Roney
Dino Expedition Share “Lose Your Mind, Announce Debut Album | Single Premiere

August 8th, 2024

Full to the brim with brooding sonic plights and a soaring blend of alternative nostalgia, Dino Expedition share their new single, “Lose Your Mind”, as well as announce their debut album Thanks A Million. This release finds the Brooklyn-based band operating at their fullest, building from a solo project called Tahls, Dino Expedition is Tahlia Amanson (vocals/guitar), Aiden Velazquez (bass) and Frankie Adams (drums). Pushing potent orchestration to the edge of mutual discovery and reflection into moments of seismic growth, “Lose Your Mind” is a piece of the past that is meant to move forward, as Dino Expedition explode with new and dynamic life.

With a large presence from the get go, “Lose Your Mind” is heavy where it needs to be, and sincere throughout it all. With pounding percussion and conjuring low ends, the gentle, yet lush effect of Amanson’s vocals feel untethered to the weight below, while simultaneously flowing with ease to the driving rhythm. Recounting a story of watching her childhood neighbor’s house catch fire, she sings, “The glaring through the window shades / Will bring the light into the dark / Of the bedroom where you lose your mind”, recovering past memories and accepting their placement on a young mind now matured. It isn’t long until something ruptures inside, where melodic guitars and ecstatic dynamics seem to push through time itself, as “Lose Your Mind” relishes in the grandiose sounds of a band just getting started.

Dino Expedition is playing a single release show for “Lose Your Mind” at Purgatory in Brooklyn, NY on 8/14 alongside Whirlybird, Babe City and Mila Moon. Their debut record Thanks A Million is due November 15, with tapes available via TV-14 Recordings.

Written by Shea Roney

Tag: TV-14 Recordings

amigos imaginarios x ugly hug | Guest List vol. 47

Our Playlist is Lunatics: Moon Pretty moon that goes around the whole world Tell my love that I still love her Tell her that I still have her photo smiling Streets full of people All alone Roads full of houses Never home Church full of singing Out of tune Everyone’s gone to the moon

amigos imaginarios Are Here to Brighten Our Days | Single

Away, Wretched Beast! Looks to Blow Your Mind On Debut Single “Juno The First” | Single

Dino Expedition Share “Lose Your Mind, Announce Debut Album | Single Premiere