Idlewild stream new single ‘Come On Ghost’
Idlewild unveil new song ‘Come On Ghost’
A new compilation album from Topshelf Records!
We don’t need to repeat how much we love Topshelf Records here at Spectral Nights. Last year they released records by the likes of Braid, The Jazz June, Prawn, Sundials and My Fictions – all of which we reviewed. They also released one of our Top 5 albums of the year from Empire! Empire! (I…
Albums we’re looking forward to in early 2015
As we embark on another 12 months of hopefully great music, we thought we’d have a quick look at some of the already-announced albums we’re looking forward to listening to in the early part of 2015. Obviously there will be some other debuts and records that come out of nowhere (will we finally get the…
Spectral Nights – Top 5 albums of 2014
It’s always hard to decide on what the ‘best’ albums of the year were… There could be some that you’d been eagerly awaiting and loved upon release and scarcely went back to thereafter, or even the opposite – the more you listened, the more it grew – as well as records that captured a particular…
Uncle Luc – ‘Christmas 1994’ stream
When it comes to Christmases, 1994 may be up there as one of our favourites – proper Christmas songs from East 17 and Mariah Carey battled it out with Oasis ‘Whatever’ for the coveted (it actually was back then…) number 1 spot. Santa brought us Fifa 95 AND Jurassic Park on VHS and you could…
Exclusive: Annabel Allum/itoldyouiwouldeatyou – ‘We Have Not Panned Out’ EP review and stream
A split EP between two very talented songwriters from our local area, ‘We Have Not Panned Out’ features two songs from Our Lost Infantry bass player Joey Ashworth’s itoldyouiwouldeatyou project and two from Guildford’s Annabel Allum. Released by our friends at Rose Coloured in a very limited edition run, the acts promised plenty of sadness…
Introducing: Indian Summer
‘By No One, For Nothing’ is the new single from Coventry indie-rockers Indian Summer and it’s a slice of sun-kissed indie pop to warm up with as we head into winter. There’s something of the Cribs in the repeated guitar riff, while the production is far cleaner than the Wakefield brothers’ early outings. There are…
Emperor Yes – ‘Monkey King’ video
Our favourite intergalactic pop heroes Emperor Yes have revealed the video for their massive-sounding ‘Monkey King’ – and it’s hilarious. Full of cosmic wonder and sure to delight anyone who’s ever loved the idea of space-age chimps, the trio dress as monkeys and dance around a rooftop while psychedelic effects swoosh around them. A fitting…
Son Joan – ‘Menagerie Melodies’ EP review
Based in Fleet, 19-year-old Ethan Attwood-Summers might well be a bedroom genius. Performing under the moniker Son Joan, he has just released his debut EP ‘Menagerie Melodies’ via Quatre Femmes Records and you can own it via Bandcamp. Full of scuzz and riffs, there’s a DIY attitude bursting throughout the opening track ‘A Balancing Act’.…
Vundabar – ‘Vundabar’ EP review
Having supported Mac DeMarco in the States, Boston trio Vundabar have just finished a tour throughout France (with an extra show at Camden’s Lock Tavern thrown in for good measure) and now they’re releasing their self-titled EP. Specialising in the kind of slackerpop that makes you want to live the life of a student once…
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