James Smith – one of the hardest working musicians and label owners we know – returns with a new album under his Good Good Blood moniker. ‘Celebrate’ is a mammoth collection of 18 songs with observations on life, death and everything in-between at their core… The record opens in typically understated fashion on ‘7.47am (Eyes…
Based in Arnhem, the Netherlands, Snow Coats have already played shows with Ratboys, Future Teens and Sea Girls and are now ready to share their second album, ‘If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny’. Led by Anouk van der Kemp, the record documents her experiences in life with love, loss and trying to…
Bright Eyes are finally getting to tour their 2020 ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’ album and arrived in England’s capital city ahead of a headline slot at the prestigious End of the Road festival. Following stellar support from Penelope Isles, the Nebraska band appeared on stage at the Apollo – complete…
Fresh off the back of a support slot to Wet Leg, Fontaines DC and The Strokes, Speedy Wunderground’s The Lounge Society share their debut album ‘Tired of Liberty’. Produced by the label’s Dan Carey, this record finds the young West Yorkshire band trying to make sense of a divisive world and championing those who are…
Describing themselves as ‘a noisy pop band desperately clinging on to the ghosts of 2009’, adults have now signed to Fika Recordings and shared new single ‘things we achieve’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘for everything, always’ in October. The song takes aim at capitalism and how its inherent evilness ‘makes us forget…
New York-via-Texas alt-poppers Why Bonnie follow up 2020’s ‘Voice Box’ EP with debut album ’90 in November’. Now signed to Keeled Scales and recorded in the band’s hometown, the album finds Blair Howerton examining the pains and pleasures of modern life against a musical backdrop influenced by artists as diverse as Sparklehorse, Sheryl Crow and…
Described by the band as ‘Our love letter to the city of Hull’, Life’s third album, appropriately titled ‘North East Coastal Town’, finds Merrick (Mez) Sanders-Green and his bandmates examining how much of an impact and influence – both positive and negative – your surroundings have on you as an individual: ‘Originally, you want to…
Spielbergs’ debut album ‘This Is Not the End’ was praised by artists ranging from Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil to Jimmy Eat World’s Jimmy Adkins and press outlets including NME, Pitchfork and Kerrang! Now, the Norwegian trio have signed to Big Scary Monsters and are getting set to release new album ‘Vestli’ – an album that…
Sub Pop signings Kiwi Jr. follow up ‘Cooler Returns’ with ‘Chopper’, a new album that again finds the Toronto quartet exploring a more sonic sound – with more synths than ever before – as Jeremy Gaudt discusses everything from living in the digital age to the constant spector of death and the joy, hilarity and…
Wisconsin indie rockers Disq have shared new single ‘Cujo Kiddies’ ahead of the release of album ‘Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet’. The follow-up to 2020’s should-have-been-massive ‘Collector’, the new album finds the band expanding their sound and heading in new directions. For this single, bassist/songwriter/vocalist Raina Bock claims: ‘I wanted to make a song that sounded…
Poster Paints (a Glasgow duo made up of Carla J Easton and Frightened Rabbit’s Simon Liddell) have shared new single ‘Falling Hard’ ahead of the release of their self-titled debut album on 14 October via Ernest Jenning Record Co./Olive Grove Records. The single found Simon sending Carla three minutes of melodic and jangly indie-pop in…
Art Moore – a trio made up of Taylor Vick (also known as Boy Scouts) and Ezra Furman collaborators Sam Durkes and Trevor Brooks – release their self-titled album full of bittersweet tales of love, loss and human connection. Their songs focus on various characters, including jilted friends and restless widows, as they examine emotional…
A lo-fi supergroup featuring members of Fresh, ME REX and Finish Flag, Alcopop! Records signings cheerbleedrz debut albumfinds the trio discussing what it means to be a womxn in the current climate – all against a backdrop of brexy melodies and sugar-rush hooks. Fuzzy and scuzzy guitar sounds – with a hint of ’90s US…
Keeled Scales signings Why Bonnie have shared ‘Nowhere, LA’ ahead of the release of their debut album ’90 in November’ on 19August. The song – with the LA in the title referring to Louisiana – finds Blair Howerton comparing a broken-down car to the stalling of a relationship: ‘This song is about looking at a…
James Smith returns with his Good Good Blood project to share ‘Wrap My Arms Around You’ – an evocative and emotional piece that will appear on his upcoming album ‘Celebrate’ (released 16th September). Opening with a sound that falls somewhere between early Radiohead and DIY Americana, James laments the fact ‘I don’t know what I’m…
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