Muncie Girls have made a welcome return with ‘Picture of Health’; a 3-and-a-half-minute song about being so preoccupied with other people’s state of mental health that you forget about your own well-being. Lande Hekt opens the song singing about ‘Seven days of fucked-up dreams’ before further elaborating that ‘I’ve been having a hard time lately looking…
Following shows with Night Flowers, Doe and Maison Book Girl, East London alt-art-poppers flirting. have released ‘Peppermint’. The first single from an EP out later this summer, the song finds the band tackling the issue of anxiety about modern issues and how you can overcome them and, in Poppy’s words, ‘be the person to bring…
Conor O’Brien’s Villagers return with new album ‘The Art of Pretending to Swim’ (Domino) on 21 September. Ahead of the release, you can watch the striking video for ‘A Trick of the Light’. Directed by Bob Gallagher, the Lynchian video follows a ‘dishevelled shamanist’ as he believes he triggers an altered state of consciousness in…
Mike Vennart – formerly of Oceansize and live guitarist for Biffy Clyro – has announced details of his second Vennart album, ‘To Cure a Blizzard Upon a Plastic Sea’ and released a stream of new single ‘Immortal Soldiers’. The record will be released on 14 September through Mike’s Medium Format label and we cannot wait…
Joe Booley has streamed a video of a live performance of his recent release, ‘Movements’. This EP found Joe tackling important issues of heartbreak and anxiety and can be ordered from Beth Shalom Records here. The session shows what an accomplished performer Joe has become and how his heartfelt songs take on extra resonance in…
Ahead of the release of third album ‘Hunter’ (out on 31 August via Domino – pre-order here), Anna Calvi has released the video for new single ‘Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy’. Directed by recent Kendrick Lamar collaborator William Kennedy with choreography by Aaron Sillis, it’s a fine companion to a song which…
Tomberlin (or Sarah Beth Tomberlin to her family and friends) has released a video for ‘Self-Help’, a song that will appear on her forthcoming album ‘At Weddings’ (released via Saddle Creek on 10 August – pre-order here). The sad song is full of looped guitars, subtle drone-led noises and lilting vocals. It fits in the…
Following last year’s ‘Devolver’ record, Jamie Lenman is set to release a new double A-side that features a reworking of ‘Irrelevant’ (with Arcane Roots’ Andrew Groves) and brand new song ‘Long Gone’. It’s available on very limited edition blue marble 7″ vinyl and available to pre-order from BSM here. Featuring Employed to Serve’s Justine Jones…
Following a run of shows across the United States and a scene-stealing performance on Later… with Jools Holland, Jade Bird has released her seething new single ‘Furious’. Taking inspiration from Alanis Morrissette and Patti Smith and featuring just Jade and an acoustic guitar, it’s the tale of a woman who was wronged in a vile…
Glaswegians Peter Cat have returned with ‘Hand Through Hair’, a pop anthem that takes in everything from a Wild Beasts-inspired opening to Jarvis Cocker-style observations (seeing people ‘through a haze of tobacco’ and stroking ‘folds of his Venetian hair) and a stomping glam-rock inspired breakdown halfway through. With jaunty guitar hooks, energetic vocals and a…
A 6Music favourite, Memphis Industries signing Haley has released a stream of ‘My Wave’ ahead of a UK tour. The short, sparse and beautiful song melds together London Grammar atmospherics with subtle elements of electronica and is a song to drift away to while you have your headphones on. 03 Nov – Glasgow, Stereo 04…
Black Peaks have released new single ‘Home’ and announced details of a new album and extensive UK and EU tour. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby, the Brighton band’s second album ‘All That Divides’ will be released on 5 October through Rise Records/BMG (pre-order here) and you’ll be able to catch the band at so…
