Once again, real life has got in the way of regular blog posts but hopefully this selection of the best of our inbox will make up for radio silence. Remember, you can always submit music to us via spectralnights@gmail.com. Now, who will we be seeing at ArcTanGent, Reading and Always the Sun? Cassels – ‘Cool…
This year marked the 10th anniversary of 2000 Trees festival. Taking place in Upcote Farm in the Cotswolds, the festival prides itself on bringing incredible bands, amazing food (big shout out to the Split Screen Ice Cream van) and a hugely positive atmosphere from music lovers of all ages. Over the past decade the festival has…
With their ever-expanding line-up and shows with the likes of Johnny Foreigner and Get Inuit under their collective belts, itoldyouiwouldeatyou are a band on the rise. Ahead of a new EP in September, they’ve unveiled ‘Get Out of Bed’. The song finds the band showcasing a slower side that suits their emotional tendencies. They’ve always…
With Glastonbury taking place next week (which we won’t be going to for the first time since we started attending in 2003 – damn ticket servers), our inbox has unsurprisingly been packed with new music of bands getting set for festival season. Here’s some of the best we’ve heard lately. A Compilation in Aid of…
It’s been a long time coming but, finally, Olympians are releasing their debut album. From EPs to a Book Club-style set of releases and festivals to European tours, the band have been around the alternative scene for a while and have established themselves as a favourite with so many. Their askew pop songs have a…
When we discovered (via a tweet from our favourites The Xcerts) there was a band called Witterquick, we couldn’t help but be very interested. One of the original Spectral Knights from the Visionaries, Witterquick had the pace to cause all kinds of problems for the Darkling Lords. With this shared love of an underappreciated ‘80s…
Elizabeth Le Fey used to be a punk singer and was also formerly known as the White Witch of Oxygen. Since adapting the Globelamp persona, the Olympia, Washington native has signed to Wichita and toured all over the world, including a European jaunt with Mothers. Written in the wake of a painful romantic break-up and…
A favourite of ours for a couple of years now, Latvia’s Carnival Youth have released their sophomore in double-quick time. Following last summer’s ‘No Clouds Allowed’ and shows in pretty much every country and various major festival appearances, they have now released ‘Propeller’. ‘Connection Lost’ opens the record and in its first note, it feels…
Guildford’s Boileroom turns 10 years old this year and as part of their celebrations, the team are putting on a huge community, arts and music festival called Always the Sun in Stoke Park. Taking place on 10 and 11 September, the event has a DIY aesthetic running right the way through and the price of…
Hailing from Chicago and already a cult favourite on 6Music, Whitney look all but certain to be one of your new favourite bands. Signed to Secretly Canadian, they’re set to release their debut album ‘Light Upon the Lake’. The duo have called in musicians who have worked with everyone from Chance the Rapper to Twin…
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