She & Him – the duo made up of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward – make a welcome return with a tribute album to one of the finest songwriters of all time, Brian Wilson. Released just after the ‘Pet Sounds’ man’s 80thbirthday, the album finds the band putting their own spin on some of the…
Chester trio Peaness finally release their debut album ‘World Full of Worry’ on 6 May through their own Totally Snick Records label. The release follows numerous EPs, tours and a live session with Marc Riley on 6 Music and lives up to its title with a steely determination to get through the mundanity of modern…
‘When It Comes’ finds Canadian-Serbian artist Dana Gavanski splicing her love of music from the 1950s to the ’70s with mythology and trying to find herself: ‘In many ways, this record feels like it is my first. When I could use my voice, I had to focus so there is an urgency and greater emotional…
The band formerly known as British Sea Power – now the slightly trunctuated Sea Power – are set to release ‘Everything Was Forever’, their first record in five years. The album follows a dark and difficult period for the cult heroes with its sounds and lyrics steeped in mythology and memory. With influences ranging from…
Despite only forming in early 2020, Yard Act have already gained a loyal following through with their tongue-in-cheek and sometimes scathing observations on today’s society. Now, they’re set to release debut album ‘The Overload’ with frontman James Smith saying: ‘I just hope it makes people laugh at the peculiarities of human nature. The world feels…
As the year draws to a close, we thought we’d take a look at some of the records that have soundtracked our past 12 months. As ever, we’ll remind you that music is not a competition and there is so much to discover out there – and with the government’s (in the UK, at least)…
Former Wild Beast Hayden Thorpe follows up 2019’s ‘Diviner’ and last year’s ‘Aerial Songs’ EP with ‘Moondust for My Diamond’ – an album that finds the Lake District-based singer-songwriter trying to make sense of ‘the meeting point between science and religion, the grand struggle for reality that shapes so much of our time’. The blissed-out…
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen moved off the grid to a moss-covered cabin deep in the woods of Mt. Baker, Washington State, just as the pandemic took over all of our lives. The location had no WiFi, a water supply fed by a nearby creek and a wood-burning stove for heat. These surroundings inspired the songs…
‘Windflowers’, Efterklang’s sixth album and first on City Slang, finds the Danish trio in optimistic mood – channelling the season of spring and the sea of tiny flowers that brings more colour to Danish forests every year. This hopeful tone has resonated with the band and inspired them to embrace their melodic and pure pop…
Pip Blom follow up 2019’s ‘Boat’ with new album ‘Welcome Break’ – named after the UK’s service station favourite. Self-produced, mixed by Caesar Edmunds (PJ Harvey, St Vincent, Queens of the Stone Age) and recorded at Ramsgate’s Big Jelly Studios, it’s an album that finds Pip and her band mates speaking out about feelings, important…
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