Leeds six-piece Team Picture have released new single ‘Strange Year’ ahead of new album ‘Recital’ (released 1 June) and it hints at something truly great… Produced by Matt Peel (Eagulls), the ’80s gothic-tinged slice of art rock opens with hair-raising synths and lyrics about things getting you down before you yourself then let someone down.…
Signed to our friends Beth Shalom (digitally) and Rose Coloured (physically), Manchester trip Hora Douse have unveiled the video for new two-in-one single ‘Outgrow/Anything’. Influenced by emo heavyweights including The Hotelier and Manchester Orchestra and featuring backing vocals by Kamikaze Girls’ Lucinda Livingstone, this track has been recorded and mixed by Bob Cooper (who’s produced…
‘So Far, So Good, So Cool’ is Norwegian rockers Death by Unga Bunga’s fifth album in 10 years, but they’re not showing any signs of slowing down. The past couple of years have seen them release the critically acclaimed ‘Pineapple Pizza’ album play countless shows in various countries and even support Stiff Little Fingers on…
Following shows with The Orielles, Hinds and The Big Moon, Quiet as a Mouse have unveiled the video for ‘Modern Belle’ – a song that will feature on their forthcoming part-Creative Scotland-funded album ‘Is it Funny When it Hurts?’ (out on 27 April). Produced by Marcus Mackay (who’s worked with Frightened Rabbit and Snow Patrol),…
Following countless tours and festival appearances, Orchards have signed to Big Scary Monsters in the perfect combination of band and label. To celebrate the news, the Brighton four-piece have unveiled ‘Luv You 2’, a song about falling for the same person as someone who used to be a friend and then not putting yourself down…
Liverpool duo Her’s have returned with ‘Love on the Line (Call Now)’. Opening like an electro-tinged soft-rock version of ‘Oliver’s Army’, there’s a playful sense of humour as the synths take over and the band sing about how ‘hers is a love that I cannot afford’. As it veers into a more jangly rhythm, the…
Hop Along have made a most welcome return with third album, the brilliantly titled ‘Bark Your Head Off, Dog’. Self-produced and recorded in their native Philadelphia, it finds the four-piece diversifying more than ever before with Frances Quinlan’s breathtaking vocals melding with strings, harmonies and even – in one glorious moment – a vocoder. The…
Former Now, Now member Jess Abbott’s Tancred project have released ‘Reviews’, the first single from new album ‘Nightstand’. With crystal-clear guitar hooks indicating the beginning of its 3 minutes, the emo-tinged song offers a tantalising combination of melodic Postal Service pop hooks, handclaps and personal lyrics: ‘It takes highs and lows to celebrate you’; ‘They…
New Saddle Creek signing Sam Evian has unveiled ‘Health Machine’ ahead of his album ‘You, Forever’ (out in June). He’s played shows with Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Deerhunter and this song has an anthemic alt-rock feel that would be in line with The National or The War on Drugs. It opens with stop-start West Coast-infused…
Spectral Nights favourites Carnival Youth have unveiled new single ‘Love is the Answer’. Following the albums ‘No Clouds Allowed’ and ‘Propeller’, it finds the Latvian indie-pop trio in scintillating form and has a bombastic tone throughout. Sounding somewhat akin to the love child of Grandaddy and Future Islands, it seems tailor-made for festivals and like…
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