Armlock's "Seashell Angel Lucky Charm" out today

Upcoming Shows w/ Cloud Nothings, Slow Pulp & Pitchfork London

"...there’s a deliberateness to everything you hear in Armlock’s music, a sense that it’s been pored over and ruthlessly curated. Yet paradoxically, the effect is to allow emotion to flow naturally, creating space for the listener to navigate their personal headspace." - Bandcamp Daily


"...a gentler take on slowcore convention that shares more in common musically with their peers Hovvdy and Alex G." - FLOOD Magazine

Armlock, the up-and-coming Australian duo of Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell, have released their new album, Seashell Angel Lucky Charm, out today via Run For Cover Records. Clocking in at just 18 minutes, Seashell Angel Lucky Charm provides instantly immersive indie rock that's at once impressionistic and accessible, ambiguous yet refreshingly earnest.

Early singles "Fear," "Ice Cold," and "Guardian" introduced Armlock's intricate sound and garnered attention from the likes of Stereogum, The FADER, BrooklynVegan, FLOOD Magazine, Paste Magazine, Bandcamp Daily, and more), and today listeners can hear Seashell Angel Lucky Charm in full. Now's the time to get on board as the band are shaping up for a big 2024, including their first ever US shows, tour dates with Cloud Nothings and Slow Pulp, performing at Pitchfork Music Festival London, and more (see full tour itinerary below).

Longtime friends and collaborators, Lam (vocals and guitar) and Mitchell (guitar and keyboards) met studying jazz at Monash University in Melbourne, eventually discovering a shared love of electronic music. After a handful of electronic and dance-oriented projects (I’lls, Couture, Kllo) Armlock came together and the two began incorporating guitar into the music they were making for the first time. Seashell Angel Lucky Charm is the imaginative and sonically rich result. The music at times recalls Pinback’s lean alternative, Alex G’s adventurous indie, or the wave of mysterious-yet-endearing genre-bending music coming out of the UK from label’s like Dean Blunt’s World Music or Vegyn’s PLZ Make It Ruins. Lam's vocals sit up front, often buoyed by spare guitar lines and a simple but steady beat, with ample space is left for production flourishes like distant laughter, chopped up samples, and pitched squeals to ping around the listener’s ears and leave you ready to hit repeat.