New Alcopop! signings Youth Man (formerly on Venn) are set to release their simply titled ‘Five Songs’ EP on 29 June. Written while touring across Europe with Trash Talk last year, the Birmingham duo of Kaila Whyte and Marcus Perks say the five songs are ‘about cabin fever and fatigue and intoxication and stuff’ and…
Starting life as the solo project of Harrison Nantz, Weller’s debut album is recorded, produced and mixed by Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball and follows lengthy tours across the States. The songs are based around real-life experiences and the difficulties and joys Harrison went through as he relocated to Philadelphia – a place where he…
Chicago-based musician Maureen Neer has made a welcome return with her Bloodhype project. Ahead of the release of her new album ‘High From Las Vegas’ (available to order via Fox Food Records’ Bandcamp), we’re delighted to be premiering new single ‘Friendly Wash’. Collaborating with Chris Lee and Colin Mulhern, the song mixes heartbreak with electro-pop…
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…
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