Following shows with Adore, US Girls and The Belair LipBombs, Dublin-based duo Burglar have shared new single ‘Lovey’. Originally written a week after Eduardo Pinheiro went through a break-up, he revisited the words a year later by commenting on the embarrassing first thoughts – although there’s an underlying tenderness shining through the Tigers Jaw-esque soundtrack:…
Dominie Hooper has shared a live performance video of ‘No Name’, one of the highlights of her phenomenal debut album ‘In This Body Lives’ (out now on Lost Map Records). Recorded at the Goods Shed, Stroud with her band, ‘No Name’ flits between avant-garde folk, agit pop and Arab Strap-style experimentation as Dominie declares ‘You…
Bleech 9:3 have shared their third single ‘Cannonball’, a song that vocalist and guitarist Baz Quinlan says is ‘a reflection of how bad worship in the form of a lover has made life itself into something else’. Starting with shoegazey guitar hooks before morphing into something heavier in the vein of Oceansize, it finds Baz…
Nottingham trio Bloodworm have shared ‘Bloodlust’ ahead of an extensive tour of the UK supporting Suede – after being personally invited by guitarist Richard Oakes after he caught one of their London shows. With a devilishly brooding bass line and darkly tinged lyrics – ‘You come for me, I’ll come for you’ – this is…
London’s The Leaf Library have shares ‘The Reader’s Lamp’ ahead of the release of fourth studio album ‘After the Rain, Strange Seeds’ on 20 March 2026 via Fika Recordings. There’s a touch of Delgados in the song’s gentle guitar tones while Kate Gibson’s vocals glide over in style. Described as ‘a hymn to the strangeness…
Night Swimming have announced they’ve signed to Venn Records and shares new single ‘Submarine’, a deeply emotional three minutes that tries to make sense of grief – and how people ‘who have experienced loss will often notice it in others’. Hauntingly beautiful with layers of shoegaze guitar hooks, there’s a fragility in lyricist Meg Jones’…
Keaton Henson has shared his very own stop-motion video for new song ‘Insomnia’ ahead of the release of upcoming ninth album ‘Parader’ via Play It Again Sam on 21 November, 2025. Swapping the more introspective ‘quiet boy’ sound that has served him so well in the past for something with a bit more crunch, ‘Insomnia’…
A group with a real gang mentality, Die Spitz share instruments, swap songwriting and vocal duties seemingly on a whim and tackle subjects including politics, addiction and love. Made up of Austin, Texas natives Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St.Aubin, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter, the friends decided to form the band following a late night…
Australian group dust face shared ‘Alastair’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Sky is Falling’ on 10 October via Kanine Records. A song ‘about meeting someone down on their luck and feeling conflictingly empathetic for them’, ‘Alastair’ merges emotional and hefty alt-rock sounds akin to The National with considered post-rock sensibilities, bursts of…
Brighton four-piece congratulations have announced their debut album ‘Join Hands’ will be released on 13 February, 2026 via Bella Union. To celebrate the news, they’ve shared the lead single ‘This Life’, a quirky and left-field slice of art pop that tackles the all-too-inevitable feeling of losing at life before you’ve even got out of bed.…
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