Brighton/London instrumental prog rockers POLY-MATH have shared their new 15-minute (!) single ‘Sensors in Everything’ ahead of UK and EU tour dates with Body Hound. It’s the first song to feature new member Josh Gesner on keyboards and synthesisers and also the first of an ambitious two-part release for 2020, which the quartet have recorded…
Spectral Nights favourites Good Good Blood have made a welcome return with ‘Say Goodbye’, the first song to be taken from forthcoming album ‘At Your Mercy’ (released on 24 January, 2020 – pre-order via Fox Food Records here). The song opens in typically understated fashion as James Smith’s swaying guitar combines with Kevin Allan’s gentle…
Beach Slang have shared ‘Tommy in the 80s’, the second single to be taken from new album ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’ (out on 10 January). It comes ahead of a US tour supporting Goo Goo Dolls and is dedicated to the late power-pop legend, Tommy Keene. Inspired by Tommy’s greatest hits (James Alex:…
Hull punks Life entered the fifth week of a six-week tour by visiting the West End Centre in Aldershot. The run of gigs follows a support slot to Idles and ‘Hollow Thing”s A-listing on BBC 6 Music and the tremendous response to this year’s album ‘Picture of Good Health’. The band prowled on stage with…
Following shows with Jeffrey Lewis and Martha and ahead of a couple of appearances supporting Mannequin Pussy and Cocaine Piss, Newcastle band Fast Blood have shared debut single ‘You’. It’s the first track to be taken from a four-song EP that will be released in early 2020. Clocking in just under three minutes, the song…
Brighton’s alt-poppers Orchards have shared new single ‘Sooner’ and announced details of a UK and EU tour next spring. Drenched in waves of nostalgia, the band say the intelligent pop song is ‘the start of the wormhole into our world’ and how ‘it’s reminiscent of days spent drinking on the beach, jumping in the sea…
We’re delighted to be hosting the premiere of Birmingham art-punks Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam’s video for album favourite ‘All the Way Over the Edge’. A highlight of last year’s ‘Blackout Cowboy’ album (read our review here), the fuzzy and melodic slice of power pop finds the band lamenting how ‘bros don’t talk about anything’ and emphasising…
New Alcopop! Records signings False Advertising follow a number of well-received festival appearances and tour supports with new album ‘Brainfreeze’. Jen Hingley from the Manchester trio says that ‘This band is about connecting with people, but it’s also a very personal catharsis. With ‘Brainfreeze’, I really want peole to feel like it’s inclusive’. With songs…
Chicago-based four-piece Beach Bunny have announced they have signed to Mom+Pop Records and shared new single ‘Dream Boy’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Honeymoon’ on Valentine’s Day next year (pre-order here). Fitting somewhere between Bleached, Modern Baseball and Dude York, the song has already been a huge success on streaming services with over…
Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) has shared ‘Do You Want to Buy a Guitar?’ from his upcoming solo album. The new acoustic record was recorded in full on 7 September, the day that would have been his wedding anniversary. A searingly honest song that captures a tumultous time in his personal life, it finds Bob…
