# DIY Releases Out This Week – Two Suns, Teleskopes, Soy La Vid, Hey Enemy, Tricky Dope, plus Flashback Tracks

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2012/03/diy-releases-out-this-week-two-suns-teleskopes-soy-la-vid-hey-enemy/
- Published: 2012-03-12T02:18:25-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[There are plenty of choices of new tracks out this week from freshly released 
new EPs and albums by bands and artists like The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Birds, 
Said The Whale, White Rabbits, and many others (see Part One of this week’s Best
New Releases), as well as from punk bands like Ceremony, Nu Sensae, The Men, plus
others such as Crushed Stars, Nite Jewel, and many others (see Part Two for those
tracks).

This post – DIY Releases Out This Week – is a new series (in conjunction with Best
DIY Releases of the Month), that features only new tracks from albums out this week
by DIY and unsigned artists.

First up, is an artist we’ve previously featured, **Norman**, Oklahoma (hometown
of The Flaming Lips’ **Wayne Coyne**) one-man band, **Two Suns**. Last year, Two
Suns, or **Jake Davidson**, released two EPs, which had some cool songs on them.
Now, he is back with his debut album, _Dream Familiar_.  While predominantly a bass
guitarist, Davidson also performs all the instruments and commonly mixes in samples
with his genre-bending blend of shoegaze, psychedelic pop folk (yeah, that is a 
mouthful).  The name Two Suns stems from the fact that Davidson has two young sons.
Let everyone know what you think of Two Suns – it’ll be great to hear more feedback.

“Eyes to Hope”  – **Two Suns** from  _Dream Familiar_

“Ran Wild” – **Two Suns** from  _Dream Familiar_

#### Tricky Dope, Teleskopes, Soy La Vid, Hey Enemy

**Tricky Dope** is an unsigned indie band from Linköping, Sweden who started performing
together only in December 2011. Not much else is known about this band, but this
is their first official single, “Seven Whales.” View the [Tricky Dope Facebook page](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/trickydope).

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“Seven Whales” – **Tricky Dope** from _Seven Whales_

**Los Angeles** DIY space rock/noise duo **Teleskopes** shared a single, “Release
Your Mind,” from the just released album, _For The Living. _

**Soy La Vid **is the moniker of indie rock/folk/electronic aritst **Mark Abdon**
from **Indianapolis**, Indiana. Interestingly, each track on his album, _Lost in
Translation_, is based on a piece of art housed in the** Art Institute of Chicago**.
Next, check out the new song from the album dropped this week by indie band Hey 
Enemy and Young Mammals.

“Release Your Mind” – **Teleskopes** from _For The Living_

“Fisherman’s Cottage (The Hermit)” – **Soy La Vid** from _Lost in Translation_

“Happy Sanchez” – **Hey Enemy** from _The Wrong Songs to Right Wrongs_

#### Flashback Tracks: Yarn Owl, **One in a Googoplex, ****Wave Array, and ****This Mad Desire**

Flashback Tracks are songs that we received via our submission process, but never
had time or room to feature them for the date they were released. As with all Flashback
Track segments, all the songs in this mini-playlist within a playlist, were released
during March of 2011.

The featured songs are those which passed the first ‘listen’ test, but that in the
end, we’re more interested to see what others think about them. Due to time constraints,
we’re not doing any write-ups about the artists who recorded these songs – however,
if we see that there is a lot of interest for a particular artist, we’ll think about
featuring them in a follow-up post, especially if they have new music (2012) to 
post.

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The band that stands out the most from the Flashback Tracks is **Pullman**, Washington’s**
Yarn Owl**, who have previously opened for bands like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists,
Local Natives, The Most Serene Republic, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives and 
many others.

Last March, the still unsigned band released their debut album, _Montaña Y Caballo_.
Here’s the lead track from the album, “Seashell Wind Chime.” We’re actually keeping
our eye on this band because we think they have a great sound that would probably
catch on if more people heard them. Since their debut, we don’t see any newer releases,
and cannot understand why this band has broken out. Listen to more tracks on the
[Yarn Owl bandcamp](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/yarnowl.bandcamp.com)
page to see what we mean. We’ve also include a track from their terrific 2010 EP(
free via their bandcamp page) with the hopes that more indie rock listeners will
latch on to Yarn Owl. The band have been previously featured on popular indie sites
like _Gorilla vs. Bear_ and _Weekly Tape Deck_, among others.** **** **

[“Lily”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Lilly5.mp3) – **One in a Googoplex**
from _Lily_ – March 8th, 2011

“Arm Yourself” – **Wave Array** from _Golden Girl_ – March 10th, 2011

“This Mad Desire” – **This Mad Desire** from _Valhalla_ – March 12, 2011