‘Clover’ is the debut record from Chicago-based folk duo Sleeper’s Bell (Blaine Teppema and Evan Green). The nine songs find Blaine revisiting her teenage journals and writing letters to her younger self, bringing in her lived experiences as she tries to offer advice that can heal… The title track opens the album with a genteel…
Broken families, broken relationships and the chaotic nature of the human mindset… Jojo Orme’s debut album under her Heartworms moniker covers it all. Produced by Dan Carey and released on his Speedy Wunderground label on 7 February, the songs find Jojo looking back on her fractured relationship with her mother and the images of human…
Alcopop! Records have announced the launch of brand new children’s music imprint, Pandapop! Records, with the release of CBeebies star Yukee’s debut single ‘Fly Away Feathers’. The single is available on very limited edition 5″ vinyl. The single features Rivers Cuomo – who voiced Feathers the pigeon who needs to find the beat of his…
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sam Sodomsky releases ‘Melody Trail’, the latest album under his The Bird Calls moniker. Packed with astute observations, dark humour and a slab of Americana, it’s a record based around the concept of idly waiting around for some kind of revelation. There’s a touch of Wilco in the country-tinged opener ‘God Bless These…
Singer-songwriter Bryony Williams releases her debut album ‘You Are Here’ on 5 February, 2025. The record explores themes of love, self-discovery and resilience while also looking back at the battles you work through to get through this thing called life… ‘Trip Me Up’ opens the record with Postal Service vibes, an air of sadness (‘Taken…
Following frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience (a main artery in his heart was severely blocked), Circa Waves make a welcome return with their sixth album ‘Death & Love Pt. 1. It’s a record Kieran said he needed to make to process his experience and recovery – and also to ‘make kids in their bedroom pick…
Out on 14 February, ‘Critical Thinking’, Manic Street Preachers’ fifteenth (!) album, finds the legendary Welsh trio celebrating conflicting ideas colliding. Nicky Wire says: ‘While the music has an effervescence and an elegiac uplift, most of the words deal with the cold analysis of the self, the exception being the three lyrics by James (Dean…
Alcopop! Records signings Keg have shared new single ‘Skybather’ ahead of the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Fun’s Over’ on 14 March 2025. The song is a celebration of one of life’s most simple yet pleasurable activities – bathtime. Opening like a raggedy version of Roxy Music jamming with Neil Hannon’s The Divine…
Jeffrey Lewis – one of the world’s finest cult songwriters and storytellers – returns with the fuzz-fuelled ‘Sometimes Life Hits You”, the first song to be taken from the aptly titled new album ‘The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’. The album was recorded by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo) in just four days in Nashville…
Orchards have shared ‘Groan’, the fourth song to be taken from upcoming album ‘Bicker’, which will be released by Big Scary Monsters on 28 March. Inspired by a therapist asking her ‘Why do you feel the need to fix this?’, Lucy Evers weaves between feelings of frustration and catharsis as she realises the only person…
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