‘There’s chance, there’s choice and there’s alignment – what forces in the universe do I choose to align myself with?’ Johanna Warren’s reason for referencing Dungeons & Dragons in the title of her fifth record ‘Chaotic Good’ captures the way she considers her life to be part of ‘one big role-playing game’. It finds her…
Wares (Edmonton native Cassia Hardy) releases her second LP (and first on Mint Records) ‘Survival’ on 24 April. It’s an album that Cassia dedicates to ‘decolonial activists, anti-fascist agitators and prairie queers fighting for community and a better life’. A blast of feedback signals the start of album opener ‘Hands, Skin’ before Cassia’s assertive La…
Australian (but now based in California) singer-songwriter Hazel English releases her debut album ‘Wake UP!’ via Polyvinyl Records on 24 April. Prone to bouts of acute anxiety, the album was written following an existential crisis when Hazel felt her life was becoming a series of mundane objectives: ”Am I happy?’ ‘Do I like the direction…
Katie Harkin, formerly of Sky Larkin and session musician for countless awesome acts including Sleater Kinney, Wild Beasts and Courtney Barnett, releases her first solo album under her own surname on 24 April via Hand Mirror – a label she set up with her partner, poet and live arts organiser Kate Leah Hewlett. Written on…
Serbian-Canadian singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski has shared her debut album ‘Yesterday is Gone’ (available via Bandcamp now). An alumni from our friends at Fox Food Records, the video for the album’s title track was filmed in the colourful and retro underground of Montreal’s metro system. ‘One By One’ is a slow and atmospheric introduction to the…
Anna Burch follows up 2018’s glorious debut ‘Quit the Curse’ with ‘If You’re Dreaming’ – an album written after months on the road and significant upheaval in her personal life. Tracked with producer (and acclaimed singer-songwriter in his own right) Sam Evian at his home studio in upstate New York, the songs were recorded against…
North Londoners Sorry are set to release their hugely anticipated debut album ‘925’ via Domino on 27 March. Already favourites on 6 Music, bandmates Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen have worked together with co-producer James Dring to conjure up a variety of Lynchian-esque dream-pop songs inspired by everyone from Tony Bennett to Aphex Twin. Talking…
Los Angeles trio Moaning are set to release ‘Uneasy Laughter’, their second album via the legendary Sub Pop, this March. Lead singer and guitarist Sean Solomon celebrated a year of sobriety during the recording sessions and the clarity this gave his outlook on his own life as well as issues on the importance of mental…
Orchards have been a favourite of ours ever since coming across them playing a tiny tent at Brighton’s Together the People festival in 2015. Five years later and the band have signed to Big Scary Monsters, toured with bands including Indoor Pets and are now set to release their debut LP ‘Lovecore’. The record opens…
New Take This to Heart Records signing Snarls have just released new album ‘Burst’ and it’s one that is sure to delight fans of mathy art pop in the vein of Hop Along or Dutch Uncles. The Columbus, Ohio four-piece describes the band’s sound as ‘glitter emo alt rock’ and if that doesn’t sell them,…
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