Teleman have shared the video for ‘Right as Rain’, the first single from forthcoming EP ‘Sweet Morning’ (out on 5 November via Moshi Moshi). Produced by Joe Goddard and Al Doyle of Hot Chip, the song explores the place where contentment and hollowness become indistinguishable, with Thomas Sanders saying: ‘I felt especially over lockdown like…
Regressive Left follow up ‘Take the Hit’ with ‘Cream Militia’, an electronic blast of noise pop with warnings about how you must stay in your own lane and how ‘no one ever really liked you’. Experimental and exhilarating, the synth beats will get you moving while the bursts of guitar perfectly back up the final…
Former Wild Beast Hayden Thorpe has shared the video for new single ‘The Universe is Always Right’ ahead of the release of his second solo album ‘Moondust for My Diamond’ on 15 October. The album follows 2019’s ‘Diviner’ LP and last year’s ‘Aerial Songs’ EP. Given its title, there’s a suitably cosmic edge to the…
The Reds, Pinks & Purples (aka Glenn Donaldson) has shared ‘I’d Rather Astral Project’ – a song that featured on a limited edition bonus 7″ and now makes a stunning companion to recent album ‘Uncommon Weather’. There’s a weariness in Glenn’s vocals that perfectly complements the melodic stylings of his guitar playing: ‘I’d rather take…
Canadian trio Motorists have shared new single ‘Through to You’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Surrounded’ on 3 September via Bobo Integral, We Are Time and Debt Offensive Records. The band are fans of R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock and Teenage Fanclub and you can hear all these influences shining through on this gorgeously…
Puppy have shared new single ‘Angel’ ahead of their biggest headline show to date at London’s Garage on 17 December (buy tickets here). When asked about the song, the band said: ‘During 2020 we focused on trying to write the best album the world had ever heard. Our goal for this first single was to…
Former college roommates (and still housemates) Hannah Pruzinsky and Ceci Sturman have shared ‘Hideaway’, the first song to be lifted from forthcoming second EP ‘Something/Nothing’ (out on 10 September). A quietly stirring piece of alt-folk, Hannah says ”Hideaway’ is that space where someone can exist wholly. That secret place where you can be without a…
Leeds-based four-piece follow up the powerful ‘R&B’ with new single, ‘Wallace’, a Theo Verney-produced song that the band describe as ‘an apocalyptic monologue about what happens when people listen to Wallace Hartley, the band-leader of the Titanic, as a distraction to the sinking of the ship. Born in my hometown, his name is stretched across…
Tachys, a new duo consisting of Mew’s Jonas Bjerre and Blue Foundation’s Tobias Wilner, have shared debut single ‘When the World Wakes Up’ – a fitting message as we all hopefully enter the beginning of the end of this pandemic… Opening with synth beats that fall somewhere between Chvrches and the Stranger Things soundtrack, Jonas…
SPELLLING (aka Bay Area-based artist, composer, teacher and mystic Chrystia Cabral) releases ‘The Turning Wheel’ – a collaborative double album that features appearances from 31 different musicians. The album covers themes from humanity to the future and divine love. The record is split into two halves – ‘Above’ and ‘Below’ with the former being more…
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