”Tell Me It’s A Dream’ is about being ambitious and seeing enhanced beauty in the world’ Rosa Walton (one half of Let’s Eat Grandma) says of her debut solo album. ‘It’s about striving for ultimate freedom. A lot of the attitude in these songs is about following your dreams – and that’s exactly what I…
Jack Kaye, formerly of The Magic Gang, has shared his debut solo single ‘Dora’ via Fascination Street Records. His first new material in the six years since the band broke up, it combines zesty Lemon Twigs melodies surrounding something far more sinister as Jack takes aim at a toxic relationship that leaves a loved one…
Australian indie-poppers Sesame Girl have shared new single ‘Wings of Butterfly’, a song about ‘asking for proof instead of promises’ according to vocalise Heather Duncan. Very much in the Beabadoobee or Soccer Mommy mould, it’s a fresh slice of dreamy pop with gently lilting melodies and melancholic elements: ‘If you’re here to stay, can’t you…
Stoke-on-Trent’s art punks Formal Sppeedwear have shared ‘Who Needs Spain Ball?’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Punch Card’ via Melodic on 11 September, 2026. Wonderfully wiry and angular, the song sounds somewhat akin to David Byrne jamming with Dutch Uncles – while XTC grapple for overall creative control from the other side…
Wild Pink have shared ‘Round of Applause at the End of the World’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Still Coming Down’ via Fire Talk on 21 August, 2026. Filled with shredding slackepop riffs, self-deprecation and a dose of black humour – ‘I don’t know what my idea of fun is anymore’ – this…
Spectral Nights favourites Tugboat Captain have returned with ‘Us & the Moon’. The song will feature on the band’s forthcoming album ‘All at Once’, which is set to be released on 17 June, 2026. Capturing the introspective thoughts that come with a night-time stroll through South London, the song veers between gentle Efterklang-style chamber-pop experimentation…
Cardiff”s finest art punks Panic Shack have returned with ‘Grin & Bear It’, the band’s first new material since the release of their self-titled debut album last year. Taking aim at the mundanity (and harshness) of the gig economy and the unfair narrative that artists should suffer, it’s a gritty riff-laden piece that also manages…
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have shared the brilliantly titled ‘Goddamn, Lizard Man!’ ahead of their eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Cannonball’ (out on 7 August, 2026 via Fiction Records). The first song released from the album to feature Billy Ward on lead vocals, the gritty track takes a ‘look at the kind of slimy, manipulative magnetism people can carry…
Ezra Collective have made a welcome return with ‘Only Love’, the first song to be taken from their upcoming fourth studio album ‘Here Because of Hope’ (released on 18 September, 2026 via Partisan Records). With a bassline and drumbeat inspired by West African and Gambian music, Pa talks through some of the most powerful moments…
Galway-born singer/songwriter Oisin Mod has shared new single ‘Mirror Mirror’, his first new material since his 2022 debut album ‘Honeycomb’. Once again produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, the song is ‘about pretending and observing others doing the same. It’s looking over your shoulder while talking to you in search of a better option…’ With a touch…
Patrick Wolf has shared ‘The Beast’ ahead of a his appropriately titled US ‘Tour of the Beast’. Produced, engineered and recorded at his home studio in Ramsgate, England, the harpsichord-led track follows last year’s stunning ‘Crying the Neck’ album. The song itself is a timely anthem of empowerment for anyone who finds themselves pushed to…
Howdytoons – Spectral Nights Jr’s absolute favourite band in the whole wide world – have shared ‘Smilodon’, a song that features on the Toronto band’s debut full-length album ‘Megafauna Metal’. Written by Mike Whitla and his son Jake, the riff-laden song provides an insight into what it must have been like to be one of…
Larlin have shared ‘Sondheim’, an anthemic, shoegaze-infused piece of emotional indie rock. Formed in 2024 and based in Brighton but fronted by Sheffield-born songwriter Maryann Hoar, Larlin are set for a big summer with ‘Sondheim’ offering an exciting glimpse of what’s to come. Maryann pleads to be written out of the story and admits she’s…
The Anchoress has shared ‘Damsels’, the second single to be taken from forthcoming album ‘As We Once Were’ (out on 7 August, 2026). Regarding the themes of the track, Catherine Anne Davies said she looked to her regular touring partners, Manic Street Preachers: ‘It takes inspiration from the history lessons I got as a teenager…
Brighton four-piece The Stanford Family Band have shared ‘When Lonesome’, a sublime song that captures the spirit of ’60s pop and blends it with C86-inspired jangly guitar hooks – plus a touch of The Carpenters and Queen along the way. There’s talk of ‘confusion and disillusion’ amidst the harmonies and warming flourishes of piano.
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