Martha Hill shares her eagerly awaited ‘Summer Up North’ EP this weekend. The Newcastle-based musician worked remotely with producer Julien Flewon on these five songs during lockdown, recording them via Zoom. Martha says the overriding concept of these songs sums up simpler times (well, the ‘old normal’ that we’re all so desperate to return to):…
Rosehip Teahouse have shared ‘A Million Times’ ahead of the releas of their ‘Fine’ EP on 9 December. Inspired by Faye Rogers’ battles with anxiety (‘I was finding that I would try and mould myself into what I thought everyone else wanted from me, not realising that I was losing more and more of myself…
The Cribs have shared the video for ‘Never Thought I’d Feel Again’ ahead of the release of their eighth album, ‘Night Network’, on Friday 13 November. Describing the song as ‘Wakefield Motown’, the Jarman brothers said: ‘We wrote this song with a very simple goal in mind – we wanted something very simple, dancey and…
Tilly and the Wall’s Kianna White has shared her debut solo single, ‘Homecoming Queen’, via Team Love Records. Opening with dreamy guitar hooks and luscious melodies that fall somewhere between The Sundays and Haim, Kianna tells a story about how ‘someone’s giving drugs to the high school kids’ before declaring ‘I don’t really want to…
Royal Mountain Records (Mac DeMarco, Orville Peck, Pottery) founder Menno Versteeg is set to release the debut full-length record, ‘Strangers Like Us’, under his Mav Karlo moniker. Menno says: ‘The goal with the album was to take a good hard look at myself and my behaviour and really get to the heart of the matter.…
Tugboat Captain spent the past year secretly using free studio hours at Abbey Road to record their debut album, ‘Rut’. The four-piece have long been acclaimed for their work ethic and gorgeous pop hooks but now they’re ready to take their sound to new – often orchestral – height’. The cabaret-style announcement of ‘Please excuse…
Sarah Beth Tomberlin follows up 2018’s beautiful ‘At Weddings’ album with her new EP, ‘Projections’. This release follows appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and tours with emo heroes including American Football, Alex G and Andy Shauf. The EP opens in subtle style with ‘Hours’, an understated song that reminded us of Tim Kasher’s solo material with…
Ryan Hemsworth has launched his new project, Quarter-Life Crisis, by sharing a collaboration with Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan. ‘Postcard from Spain’ will appear on the upcoming self-titled EP when it’s released on 4 December via Saddle Creek. Collaboration is a key part of this album and although Ryan produced all of the live instrumentation on…
Formed in Tallinn, Estonia, back in 2013, Holy Motors have gained praise from Pitchfork, Stereogum and Bandcamp and have played shows with bands including Low. Now, they’re set to release ‘Horse’, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed ‘Slow Sundown’, via New York City’s ever-brilliant Wharf Cat Records. The slow-burning opener ‘Country Church’ finds Eliann Tulve…
Brooklyn-based indie rockers Wild Pink have made a welcome return with a video (starring Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner Annie Murphy, no less) for new single ‘The Shining But Tropical’ ahead of the release of new album ‘A Billion Little Lights’ on 19 February, 2021. The band have also announced they’ve now signed to Toronto-based label…
Father/Daughter Records signing Anna McClellan has shared ‘Raisin’ ahead of the release of her new record ‘I saw first light’ on 20 November. Complete with a whirring organ and theatrical hooks, the short stop-start slice of art pop – think Rosie Tucker meets Amanda Palmer with some Jeffrey Lewis thrown in – finds Anna taking…
Katy J Pearson follows up the success of lockdown anthem ‘Take Back the Radio’ with the Jamie Thaves-directed video for ‘Something Real’. The new single comes ahead of the release of debut album ‘Return’ via Heavenly Records on 13 November. Katy opens the song by reminiscing on a past relationship – ‘Thought of you the…
The Antlers have shared ‘Wheels Roll Home’ – the band’s first new material since 2014’s ‘Familiars’ album. Lead singer and songwriter Peter Silberman says the track is ‘a simple song about the hopeful promise of reunion after a long time gone’ and from its very first note, it radiates warmth and charm. Deliberately understated and…
‘As cliché as it sounds, being our first release I wanted ‘Skeletons’ to really show the bare bones (no pun intended) of the band. We ended up making the record between my bedroom and Thomas’ attic as I wanted the EP to feel as DIY as the songs. It ended up being a pretty fun…
Touché Amoré return with their fifth album, ‘Lament’. The record follows up 2016’s ‘Stage Four’, a deeply personal piece that found vocalist Jeremy Bolm mourning the loss of his mother. This album finds Jeremy and his bandmates looking at what life has been like over the past four years as they all push forward for…
