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…
Following shows with Michael Cera Palin and Awakebustillinbed and ahead of a main stage appearance at 2024’s ArcTanGent Festival, itoldyouiwouldeatyou have shared new single ‘Moscow is Silent’ – their first new material since 2019. Written in early 2021, the song is all too prescient with its subject of feeling helpless in an endlessly cruel and…
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…
Soccer Mommy has shared ‘M’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Evergreen’ on 25 October via Loma Vista Recordings. ‘M’ finds Sophie Allison singing to shadows and ghosts as she recognises that staying loyal to something that’s gone could be a problem but will offer some kind of comfort right now. Against a backdrop…
Happy Accidents have shared new single ‘Dog Day’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Edit Undo’ on 27 September via Alcopop! Records. Co-written with Phoebe Cross’s cheerbleederz bandmate Sophie MacKenzie, ‘Dog Day’ finds the band in somber and reflective mood as they discuss the changing of the seasons and how it feels to believe…
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