Blur have shared glorious new single ‘The Narcissist’ ahead of their UK shows and surprise new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, out on 21 July via Parlophone. The new single finds the band in pensive mood as Damon opens by talking about looking in the mirror, only to see ‘so many people standing there’. This…
Photo credit: Solen Collet Broken Records have made a welcome return with new single ‘You Won’t Be There’, ahead of the release of their fifth album later in the year on J Sharp Records. Inspired by the ‘Automatic for the People’-era R.E.M. with hints of The National or Frightened Rabbit, the song is gently stirring…
Ashford, Kent-based singer-songwriter Marlody has shared the video for ‘Runaway’ – the third single to be taken from her beautiful ‘I’m Not Sure at All’ album. A song that talks about being on the brink of oblivion in hushed and subtle tones, it finds her contemplating how beautiful nothingness can be. She opens the song…
Photo credit: Bridie Florence Following praise from NME, Kerrang! and Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and ahead of the release of new EP ‘You’re Welcome’ (out on 19 May via Big Scary Monsters) and extensive tour dates including a slot opening for Iggy Pop, Lambrini Girls have shared new single ‘Lads Lads Lads’. Taking aim at…
Tape Trash – a Norwegain duo made up of Anders Magnor Killerud (Team Me, Ludvig Moon) and Kristofer Mathias (Spielbergs) – have shared new single ‘TT 4-Ever’ ahead of the release of their debut album later this year. Falling somewhere between Japandroids and The Lemonheads, it’s a potent introduction to the band’s sound with riffs…
Berries follow up their debut album ‘How We Function’ with new single ‘Control’ – a song ‘About channelling inner strength to survive the inevitable dark moments of life’. Opening in a smart style with jagged riffs and a pummelling bass line, the band offer defiant statements despite the emotional subject matter and deliver instructions to…
Photo credit: Morgan Sidle Barnsley-based indie rockers Bedroom High Club have shared new single ‘What You Did’ ahead of a few UK performances and a slot at this year’s Great Escape. A song ‘for when you’re proper fed up and ready to pack it all in’, it finds frontman Blue Brownlie’s rasping vocals soaring over…
After looking up to the skies and filling 2020’s album ‘Wake Up Calls’ with the sounds of the UK’s endangered bird species, multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake will be heading deep underwater with new EP ‘Wild Wet World’. Lead single ‘Bathed in Sound’ features Cosmo’s vocals alongside humpback whales, sperm whales, long horn sculpin, oyster toad fish,…
Hailing from the beautiful city of Bath, the brilliantly named Teenage Tom Petties have shared new double A-side single ‘Posters’ and ‘My First Beer’. ‘Posters’ reminded us of early Cloud Nothings with its fuzzy, frenetic and fantastically jangly hooks, while the lyrics (and song title) has a touch of Jeffrey Lewis as Tom Brown reminisces…
Photo credit: Sarah Currie Gold Baby return with new single ‘Cheer’ – a song ‘about the feeling of disappearing’ according to songwriter Siân Fawcett and how changing situations can lead to you losing a sense of who you are: ‘When I listen to this song I can see myself vividly in certain situations from that …
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