Released via Big Scary Monsters in the UK and Dine Alone Records in Canada and the United States, Pkew Pkew Pkew’s new album ‘Optimal Lifestyles’ finds frontman Mike Warne examining whether living a ‘lively’ punk-rock life and enjoying so many killer parties has had a positive effect on him and his bandmates’ lives – and…
Bella Union signings Pom Poko met while studying at Trondheim music conservatory and claim their distinctive sound has a ‘Norwegian punky sweetness’. Following appearances at The Great Escape and plays on Radio 1 and 6 Music, their debut album ‘Birthday’ lands on 22 February and promises to be quirky, creative and unpredictable… ‘Theme #1′ combines…
Spielbergs’ ‘Distant Star’ EP was amongst our favourites of 2018 and now they’re releasing their debut LP – ‘This is Not the End‘ – via By the Time It Gets Dark Records. Following appearances in various sound of 2019 lists and airplay from Steve Lamacq, this release marks the beginning of what is sure to…
A London band led by Marcus Gooda that features members of Employed to Serve and Ducking Punches, The Yacht Club are set to release their new album ‘The Last Words That You Said to Me Have Kept Me Here and Safe’ via our friends at Beth Shalom Records on 25 January. Written following the death…
Written ‘over a period of time spent inside my shell’, Eerie Wanda’s (Dutch/Croatian audio and visual artist Marina Tadic) second album ‘Pet Town’ will be released via Joyful Noise Records on 25 January. The record opens with its title track, a song that mixes nature sounds, finger clicks, folky whistles and soulful lullaby vocals. Marina…
Laura Mary-Carter and Steven Ansell have been recording and touring as Blood Red Shoes for a long time and at the end of the promotional run for 2014’s self-titled record, the band threatened to implode. The duo decided they’d seen enough of each other and needed a break – Laura booked a one-way ticket to…
Daniel P. Carter’s favourites Press Club have toured with bands as varied as Joyce Manor, Cloud Nothings and The Smith Street Band and now the Melbourne band have signed to the ever-reliable Hassle Records to release their debut album, ‘Late Teens’. There’s an anthem-in-waiting on the opening ‘Crash’. It’s packed with feedback, resounding drums and…
