(Electronic / Indie Pop) Alev Lenz - Two-Headed Girl - 2016, MP3, 320 kbps

Following on from the success of Eggshell, Alev Lenz is gearing up to release her second album titled Two-Headed Girl (private link), which was recorded and produced in London’s Premises Studios.
For the album, Alev enlisted the services of acclaimed Finnish drummer, Samuli Kosminen (Múm, Hauschka, Kronos Quartet, Jónsi). Samuli Kosminen came as a recommendation by Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco, who notably also offered to mix the album upon hearing rough demos.
Months of Dropbox sessions from London to Helsinki and back resulted in 12 finished songs, all with incredibly unique and contemporary sounds.
In contrast to her first album - which was fully produced by esteemed Hip Hop producer Philippe Kayser (Freundeskreis) - Alev decided to take the producer role on herself.
The result is an album that demonstrates a diverse set of influences, from European classical to experimental electronics.
Alev Lenz, is a remarkable songwriter, composer and singer, whose music fuses filmic, world and classical influences. Her bittersweet voice and utterly personal lyrics, loaded with melodic flavours and inspiring hooks that take you by surprise, off kilter harmonics and deep and compelling song structures, have often been compared to songstresses like Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor.
Alev Lenz may not be a household name just yet, but since the release of her debut album back in 2009 in her home country of Germany, now London-based Alev has kept herself busy with gigs in London (including The Vortex, the hub of the capital’s Avant jazz and electronic scene), New York and across Germany, as well as composing soundtracks for several high profile German films, and collaborating with established artists such as Anoushka Shankar and Lucy Claire.
Furthermore having recently signed to MannersMcDade Publishing - who also take care of prolific artists such as Nils Frahm and Poppy Ackroyd - Alev is now ready to release in June 2016 her second full-length album titled Two-Headed Girl, which is looking to take the summer by storm.

1. Sia - This Is Acting (Pop, Indie, Chillout)
2. Walking on Cars - Everything This Way (Indie Rock / Alternative)
3. White Lies - Friends (Indie Rock / Post Punk)
4. Mesh - Looking Skyward (Synthpop)
5. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis (Alternative Rock)
6. Kensington - Control (Indie Rock / Christian)
7. Coasts - Coasts (Indie Pop/Electronic)
8. The Goo Goo Dolls - Boxes (Alternative Rock)
9. The Temper Trap - Thick as Thieves (Indie Rock / Indie Pop)
10. Marble Sounds - Tautou (Indie- Rock/Pop)
11. Vega - Who We Are (Melodic Rock / AOR)
12. The Moth & The Flame - Young And Unafraid (Indie Pop / Electronic)
13. All Tvvins - IIVV (Indie Pop / Electronic)
14. Autoheart - I Can Build A Fire (Indie Pop / Electronic)
15. tAKiDA - A Perfect World (Alt.Rock / Modern Rock / Pop Rock)
16. Kings Of Leon - Walls (Alternative Rock / Indie Rock)
17. Sunset Sons - Very Rarely Say Die (Alternative Rock / Indie Rock)
18. Stars Go Dim - Stars Go Dim (Christian Rock)
19. The Hunna - 100 (Indie Rock / Alternative Rock)
20. Palace - So Long Forever (Indie Rock)
21. Frightened Rabbit - Painting Of A Panic Attack (Indie Rock)
22. Electro Spectre - Beautiful Lies (Synth Pop)
23. Holy Holy - When the Storms Would Come (Indie Rock)
24. 1000 Gram - Dances (Indie Rock)
25. James - Girl At The End Of The World (Indie Rock / Britpop)
26. Anti Anti - Conundrum (Modern / Electronic Rock)
27. FARRO - Walkways (Pop-Rock)
28. Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale (Hard Rock)
29. Funeral Suits - Islands Apart (Indie-Rock)
30. Roses - Camera Trouble (Dream Pop / Synthpop)
31. American Authors - What We Live For (Indie-Pop / Folk)
32. Citizens & Saints - A Mirror Dimly (Christian Rock / Praise & Worship)
33. Newsboys - Love Riot (Christian Rock / Pop Rock)
34. De-Vision - 13 (Synthpop)
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (Electronic, Indie Rock)
36. Seafret - Tell Me It's Real ( Indie Rock / Folk)
37. Treat - Ghost Of Graceland (Melodic Hard Rock)
38. Poets of the Fall – Clearview (Pop Rock)
39. Twin Atlantic - GLA (Alternative Rock)
40. Tellef Raabe - Idiographic (Indie Pop / Rock)
41. The Racer - Giant (Indie Rock)
42. St. Lucia - Matter (Dance,Electronic, Indie-Pop)
43. WANTed - Fringe (Synthpop)
44. Wolfmother - Victorious (Hard Rock)
45. Thrice - To Be Everything Is To Be Nowhere (Post Hardcore/Alternative Rock)
46. The Griswolds - High Times For Low Lives (Indie Pop/ Electronic / Surf)
47. Repeater - Repeater (Indie Rock)
48. Sadman - The Big Cut (Synth-pop)
49. Hallelujah The Hills - A Band Is Something To Figure Out (Indie Rock / Lo.Fi)
50. Jake Bugg - On My One (Indie/Pop-Rock/Folk)
51. Mi-Sex - Not From Here (Indie Pop / New Wave)
52. CRX - New Skin (Indie Rock, Powerpop)
53. Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow (Indie Rock / Electronic)
54. Rоxеttе - Gооd Kаrma (Pop Rock, Soft Rock)
55. Causes - Under Bridges That You Built for Me (Pop-Rock)
56. Travis - Everything At Once (Britpop, Indie-Pop)
57. Bastille - Wild World (Indie Pop)
58. Blue October - Home (Alternative Rock)
59. The Joy Formidable - Hitch (Indie Rock/Female vocal)
60. Green Day - Revolution Radio (Alternative/ Punk Rock)
61. Bosse - Engtanz (Pop Rock | Indie-pop)
62. Måns Zelmerlöw (Mans Zelmerlow) - Chameleon (Pop-Rock)
63. Gypsy And The Cat - Virtual Islands (Indie-Pop)
64. The Coral - Distance Inbetween (Indie-Rock/Folk/Psychedelic)
65. Lewis Del Mar - Lewis Del Mar (Indie Pop)
66. We Are Scientists - Helter Seltzer (Indie Rock)
67. Nek - Unici (Pop, Rock, Soft Rock)
68. Jon Bryant - Twenty Something (Indie-Pop/Folk)
69. Nada Surf - Peaceful Ghosts (Indie Rock / Pop-Rock)
70. Bear's Den - Red Earth And Pouring Rain (Indie-Rock / Folk)
71. Into Lala - Into Lala (Indie Pop, Indie Dance, Nu Disco)
72. The Virginmarys - Divides (Hard Rock)
73. Doombird - Past Lives (Indie-Pop/Electronic)
74. Fufanu - Few More Days To Go (Indie Rock)
75. ABAY - Everything's Amazing And Nobody Is Happy (Indie Rock)
76. Dear Rouge - Black To Gold (Indie Rock)
77. Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights (Punk Rock | Alternative Rock)
78. David Bazan - Blanco (Indie Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic, Folk)
79. Anchor & Braille - Songs For The Late Night Drive Home (Indie-Pop)
80. ANOHNI - Hopelessness (Indie-Pop/Electronic)
81. King Charles - Gamble For A Rose (Indie Rock/Reggue/Folk)
82. Andrew Bird - Are You Serious (Folk-Rock, Indie-Rock, Indie-Folk, Baroque pop)
83. White Denim - Stiff (Indie Rock / Garage Rock)
84. Battleme - Habitual Love Songs (Indie Rock)
85. Parralox - Aeronaut (Electropop)
86. Matt Wertz - Gun Shy (Pop-Rock)
87. Olimpia - Chemistry Of Love (Alternative Rock / Modern Rock / Electronic)
88. Blink-182 - California (Pop-Punk)
89. Sono - Backyard Opera (Electropop, Synthpop)
90. Eagulls - Ullages (Indie Rock, Post-Punk)
91. Dreamers – This Album Does Not Exist (Indie Rock / Pop-Rock)
92. Bad Suns - Disappear Here (Alternative Rock / Indie Rock)
93. Zoos Of Berlin - Instant Evening (Indie Pop/ Electronic)
94. Stuck In The Sound - Survivor (Indie Rock)
95. Blossoms - Blossoms (Indie-pop / Rock)
96. Islands - Taste (Indie Pop)
97. Augustines - This Is Your Life (Indie Rock)
98. Stone Broken - All In Time (Alternative Rock / Post Grunge)
99. Nine Lashes - Ascend (Alt. Rock / Alt. Metal / Christian)
100. Nadeah - While The Heart Beats (Indie Pop/ Alternative)
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