Foxing follow up the 8-minute ‘Greyhound’ with ‘Hell 99’, the second song to be taken from their upcoming self-titled album (out on the band’s own Grand Paradise label on 13 September). Described by guitarist Eric Hudson as being ‘about burnout and fatigue’, the song resembles the feelings of frustration and exhaustion we all experience in…
illuminati hotties, the brainchild of GRAMMY Award-winning producer Sarah Tudzin returns with new album ‘Power’, a record that examines how the modern world can be full of both misery and joy – often within a split-second of each other. ‘I Would Still Love You’ has a frenetic and frantic drum beat as Sarah explains how…
Quiet Lions recently returned with ‘The Long Recovery’ EP, the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Absenteeism’ album. As we all know, a lot has happened in the past five years – personally, professionally and beyond – and this is reflected in the EP’s topics of parenthood, fatigue and workplace existentialism. A wall of guitar noise opens ‘Weigh…
Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Andy Pastalaniec’s Chime School project follows up his 2021 self-titled debut with ‘The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel’, an album that examines the sadness of gentrification and the much-missed bars and theatres that were lost in its wake… There are elements of The Pastels and Orange Juice in the opening sadpop…
Charly Bliss, now based across New York City and Australia, present their most confident album yet with the aptly-titled ‘Forever’. The record opens with ‘Tragic’, a bass-heavy slice of power pop about the power of lust which finds Eva Hendricks declaring ‘I know I gotta have you’. It finishes with a flourish before ‘Calling You…
Brotherly duo Icons of Elegance recently released ‘Friday’ – a sun-kissed anthem that celebrates the joys that can be found amidst the monotony of the daily grind With influences including The Beatles and The Lemon Twigs and a touch of Efterklang thrown in for good measure, this is a joyous piece of chamber pop that…
Sassiyha pay tribute to Kristen Stewart on their song of the same name. The Skep Wax signings wanted to pay tribute to the actor because ‘She’s grown up in the public eye and has still managed to become the person we absolutely hoped she would – someone proud of her queerness plus she’s really cool…
Teenage Tom Petties have shared ‘Night Nurse’ from their new self-titled album, out now on Safe Suburban Home and Repeating Cloud. Songwriter Tom Brown says the song started life as a 1950s ballad about struggling to sleep before evolving into something more in line with Cheap Trick or The Smoking Popes. There’s plenty of self…
Bright Eyes have shared ‘Rainbow Overpass’, the second single to be taken from their forthcoming tenth studio album ‘Five Dice, All Threes’, which will be released by Dead Oceans on 20 September. Featuring a cameo from Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos, the song opens with a burst of ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s…
Bath/Bristol-based dreampoppers Night Swimming have shared ‘Five-Year Plan’ (please note the correct use of a hyphen) ahead of the release of their debut EP ‘No Place to Land’ on 27 September. Produced by Peter Miles (Torres, Orla Gartland), the song was recorded live to tape and is a sublimely serene and special listen. While the…
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