Masca – a Bristol trio made up of Christina Maynard (vocals, guitar), Jack Hamilton (drums, vocals) and Ben Holyoake (bass) – are all set to unleash their debut album ‘Love Letters’. It’s a record powered by love, belief and a refusal to stop creating, while also being a celebration of the power of love, music…
Norwich four-piece The Danphes have shared their debut single, ‘Heartbreak High’, a breezy slice of hook-laden indie-pop with a touch of romance – and fond memories of a Nissan – running through its Lemon Twigs-meets-Real Estate melodies and pining lyrics: ‘I don’t hear a single word they say, I check my watch and I just…
Formed in the countryside of Athens, Georgia in 2020, Hiding Places have since moved to Brooklyn and found a space blending troubadour storytelling with luscious guitar sounds. A four piece made up of songwriters and guitarists Audrey Keelin and Nicholas Byrne plus drummer Henry Cutting and bassist/producer Michal Matsakis, the band navigate their mid-to-late 20s…
Bristol post-punks Mould have shared new single ‘Lists’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Hoping as a Coping Mechanism via 5dB Records on 10 July, 2026. Having already established a fearsome live reputation, ‘Lists’ is a fists-in-the-air anthem that blends the surreal with the sublime in under 2 and a half minutes. As…
Cheekface have shared new single ‘Black Site’ ahead of the release of their sixth album ‘Podium’ on 28 July. A song that takes aim at America’s CIA black sites, where music has been weaponised as a tool to annoy or coerce detainees. They’re essentially turning a sense of dread into something more communal, with Greg…
Embrace are set to celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of ninth album ‘Avalanche’ via Cooking Vinyl on 12 June, 2026. Ahead of this release, the band have shared ‘Stop’, a song that finds them dipping into The National or Echo and the Bunnymen-esque melodies while delivering a hands-in-the-air singalong chorus that has served…
Truthpaste have shared new single ‘Bus Song’ ahead of a couple of appearances at The Great Escape and a date at the Lexington in London on 4 May. Describing the song as their ’emo rock song’, it’s a duet that finds the band making future plans – ‘Maybe we should have some kids, I could…
a forest – a creative collective formed around solo artist and songwriter Matt Hughes, but with plenty of guidance and support from Arcane Roots’ Andrew Groves – have shared debut single ‘Something I Need’ following its debut play by Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show. Taking influence from Mark Lanegan, The…
Fronted by the ex-Black Peaks singer Will Gardner, Every Hell have shared new single ‘Let Me Go’. There’s no waiting around with this song. The riffs come almost immediately and don’t stop as Will sings about ‘being stuck in a loop of guilt and self-loathing until eventually giving into depression and anxiety instead of fighting…
Tori Amos has shared ‘Shush’, the second song to be taken from forthcoming album ‘In Times of Dragons’ (out on 1 May via Universal/Fontana). Each song on the album follows the life of one of 10 interconnected characters and in ‘Shush’ we get to meet a battle-hardened ‘lizard demon’ billionaire, who embodies the end result…
‘Lost On You’ finds Tigers Jaw’s Ben Walsh (guitar, vocals) and Brianna Collins (keys, vocals) attempting to navigating the stage of middle adulthood where you’re meant to have your shit together, but then you realise nobody really does… There’s a DIY feel to the short and sweet opener ‘It’s OK’, a song that asks ‘Am…
Leeds band Present Nature release their self-titled debut album on Friday 20 March, 2026. Produced by Bill Ryder-Jones at his West Kirby YAWN studio, the record finds singer-songwriter Jonny Woolnough taking inspiration from songwriters including Neil Finn and Roddy Frame and storytellers like Max Porter and Virgina Woolf. ‘Picaresque’ opens the album in subtle, understated…
‘After the Rain, Strange Seeds’, The Leaf Library’s fourth album, explores themes of memory and place through an abstract point of view – welcoming you to marvel at how strange and special the natural world can be. ‘Colour Chant’ starts the album in suitably atmospheric fashion, all tribal-tinged guitar and rhythmic vocals about scattering over…
American Football have previewed LP4 with the release of 8-minute epic ‘Bad Moons’. Originally written as two separate reacks, the first section is built around a sample of a gentle harp strum as Mike Kinsella ponders over past misdemeanours and the hurt they’ve caused: ‘Surprise, I’ve been so many boys in this trenchcoat. Ask my…
Bath’s dream poppers Night Swimming have shared ‘Poison Berry’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Melting, Sometimes Bleeding’ via Venn Records on 22 May, 2026. Produced by Peter Miles (Orla Gartland, Nina Nesbitt) and mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive, the sound is very much in the shoegaze scene, but with extra hypnotic, psych-tinged…
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