(Sandy) Alex G has shared the stunning Zev Magasis-directed video for new single ‘Gretel’ and announced details of his ninth (!) album ‘House of Sugar’. His third LP to be released via Domino, it will be released on 13 September. ‘Gretel’ finds the Philadelphia native dipping into elements of psychedelia, shoegaze and emo with idiosyncratic…
‘Box’, the new single from Seattle trio Dude York opens with Peter Richards proclaiming: ‘It started with a kiss, who’d have thought it would end like this in a total eclipse? You broke my heart with your ruby lips’. It’s a power pop-infused three-and-a-half minutes that throws together elements of Guided by Voices and early…
The Divine Comedy’s blend of heartfelt romanticism, magnetic melodies and witty, sometimes very cutting, observations has always been a winner and now after 30 years (!), Neil Hannon is set to release his twelfth album in this guise – ‘Office Politics’. Inspired by the soap opera that is the workplace, the record is 16 songs…
Leeds-based Living Body have shared new single ‘C.R.E.A.M.’. Self-described as ‘post-Brexitcore’, all the instruments on the track have been played, recorded and mixed by Jeff T. Smith and the track combines shoegazey melodies with pining vocals (you can hear the passion as Jeff sings ‘Opening up to Heaven’s Gate… Won’t you come and take me…
The next release on Devil Town Tapes is ‘wyd’ by Bournemouth-based solo artist ‘omes’ (Omar De Col to friends and family). Described by the label as a ‘short and sweet ode to an internet friendship’, the 90 seconds has a distinctly lo-fi sound that just adds to its charm. With its hushed and introspective lyrics…
Cassels have announced details of their new album ‘The Perfect Ending’ and shared the video for its title track. The record will be released via Big Scary Monsters and is available to pre-order now. ‘The Perfect Ending’ is guitarist and vocalist Jim Beck’s ‘attempt to put a positive spin on the fact climate change is…
Following stellar support from 6Music and shows with bands including Flamingods, Mush and Crocodiles, Sunderland four-piece Roxy Girls have signed to Moshi Moshi Records and announced details of their forthcoming mini album ‘A Poverty of Attention’ (pre-order here). ‘Trials and Tribulations’ is the first song to be taken from the release and finds the band…
Canadian indie rockers Wintersleep have shared the video for ‘Forest Fire’; a song that features on their seventh album ‘In the Land of’. The video is directed, animated and edited by Christopher Mills of Number Four Films and finds Mother Nature conquering all as she takes revenge for the way the human race has treated…
After almost five years away, The Appleseed Cast have returned with new single ‘Time the Destroyer’. It will appear on the emo legends’ new album ‘The Fleeting Light of Impermanence’ (out via Graveface Records on 28 June). There’s an experimental and industrial edge to the first half of the song, with its synthy stabs and…
Hawaiian artist Katie Iannitello’s Beauty Queen project featured on the recent Super Fan 99 Records compilation and ‘Sold You Out’ is the perfect introduction to her sunshine-infused and evocative sound. The song will feature on the physical (frosted white cassette) release of her EP – pre-order now. Hazy Stars-style synths meet the atmospheric stylings of…
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