Sheffield band Slash Fiction’s debut album ‘Gender, Trauma & Friendship’ tackles all three subjects in its title with aplomb as the band’s three songwriters openly discuss transformation, loss and queerness. ‘Pick My Stitches’ opens the album in melodic Hotelier-style fashion as chanted group vocals discuss how there’s ‘an earthquake in my chest’ and how this…
Bleach Lab have shared the video for new Stephen Street-produced single ‘Real Thing’ and announced a bunch of tour dates over the next few months (sounds good to be able to say that again, doesn’t it?). Another heart-wrenching and poignant four minutes that reminded us of both Longpigs and Japanese Breakfast, you can feel the…
Sea Power – formerly known as British Sea Power – have shared new single ‘Two Fingers’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Everything Was Forever’ on 11 February 2022. The name change has been discussed intensely via several major media outlets over the past week or so, with the inevitable dissenting voices that remind…
Toronto jangle-poppers Motorists follow up ‘Through to You’ by sharing the video for ‘Vainglorious’ ahead of the release of debut alun ‘Surrounded’ via We Are Time, Bobo Integral and Debt Offensive on 3 September. Although it has a breezy and melodic feel, the song finds the band confronting how the people in charge are always…
Hertfordshire-based quartet Brutalligators have shared ‘Coffee & Codeine’ – their first ‘proper’ single (none of us want to count out Christmas songs, do we?) in almost two years. Released through Beth Shalom Records, the single was produced by Tom Hill and finds the band examining the effect of the end of a cherished relationship, with…
Oakland, California-based singer-songwriter Boy Scouts – aka Taylor Vick – has shared the video for ‘That’s Life Honey’ ahead of the releae of new album ‘Wayfinder’ via ANTI- on 1 October (Pre-order HERE). A former Super Fan 99 signing, Taylor says the song is a tragicomedy ‘about trying to make light of a shitty situation’.…
Alcopop! Records’ signings Snow Coats have shared ‘Right Fit’ – the first new material to be taken from an album due to be released next year. Anouk van der Kamp says the song tackles that phase in a relationship when things start to grind to a halt through no fault of either party: ”Right Fit’…
Willy Mason’s fourth album – and first in almost a decade – ‘Already Dead’ is the first to be written and recorded in his home in Martha Vineyard. It finds the singer-songwriter searching for love, trust and justice in a fractured society – taking in magic, miracles, ghosts and world leaders along the way. Regarding…
Sunderland’s Roxy Girls have shared new single ‘Sister Fatima’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Roxy Girls Are in the Drink’ on 27 August via Moshi Moshi Records. The band have already played shows with The Murder Capital, Flamingos and Thee MVPs in addition to receiving plaudits from BBC 6 Music, DIY and NME.…
Ben Kweller has shared the video for new single ‘Just for Kids’, one of the highlights from his brilliant new album ‘Circuit Boredom’. An ode to soulmates and how you should never give up on love (Ben says ‘I have a friend who found her soulmate when she was 50 years old! You never know…
