‘Foxing’, the self-titled fifth album from St. Louis math rockers finds the quartet ‘finding comfort in their own chaos’. ‘Secret History’ opens with plenty of distortion, feedback and falsetto as Conor Murphy sings about how ‘They pissed on your dreams’. Halfway through there’s a demand to ‘make your mother proud’ amidst some healthy screams. Recent…
A dollop of industrial bass opens ‘Hysterical Strength’ – the debut album from Yorkshire art rockers Deadletter – as ‘Credit to Treason’ combines frantic drums with blues-meets-grunge guitars and a warning that ‘It’s a futile investment to tempt it with patience’. It then moves into a more jerky, Folly Group-esque sound as the band sing…
London-based alt-rocker Uzumaki release their debut album ‘Waded’ via Everything Sucks Music on 13 September. With influences ranging from Sonic Youth to Pulp and early Weezer, the record aims to capture the raw and real energy of the band in a live setting… The 2 1/2-minute title track opens the record with a Breeders-esque bass…
Sheffield-based art rockers New Ghost release their debut album ‘A Dagger in Every Tide’ on 6 September. Written and recorded following a near-death experience, the record finds the narrator imagining their own demise and then heading on a search for a long-lost loved one… ‘Like Lazarus’ opens the record with twinkly tones and waves of…
The title track opens the record in slow and swaying style as Blair Howerton sings about how ‘sometimes it’s over’ and then becomes more defiant: ‘Wake up, take all your chances’. With a touch of Laurel Canyon in its alt-folk sound, it’s a soulful piece that carries through on ‘Rhyme or Reason’, a touching story…
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…
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…
Oso Oso follow up 2019’s smash ‘Basking in the Glow’ and 2022’s ‘Sore Thumb’ with ‘Life Till Bones’ – a collection of 10 songs that find Jade Lilitri looking back over past loves and experiences with fondness and frustration. ‘Many Ways’ opens the album with what might rank as the most famous and special three…
Following a number of personal and professional hurdles – not to mention a global pandemic – Indoor Pets almost called it quits in 2020 but now they’re back at their spiritual home of Alcopop! Records with a brand new album called ‘Pathetic Apathetic’ – and it’s one that finds the four-piece embracing their love of…
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