‘We want to make people feel like anything is possible whilst listening to this record’ is a bold statement for anyone to make, but there’s no band better equipped to ensure this comes true than The Xcerts. 2014’s ‘There is Only You’ saw the trio cement their position as one of the UK’s best bands…
Long Distance Calling have unveiled the video for ‘Out There’, the first song from their widely anticipated sixth album ‘Boundless’ (released on 2 February). It’s a 9-and-a-quarter-minute beast of a song that veers into so many different directions that bring to mind both Mogwai and Maybeshewill. It opens with huge-sounding walls of guitar and chunky…
‘Finally’ features on Take This to Heart Records signings McCafferty‘s new split EP with Triple Crown’s Heart Attack Man. The pop-rock song is described by the Ohio band as a celebration of their love of alternative music and opens with some melodic guitars and a singalong burst of ‘Wa-oh, wa-oh, wa-oh-oh-oh-ohs’. Singer Nick Harktop opens…
Words by Joe Booley. Just two weeks after the release of Sufjan Stevens’ mixtape, ‘The Greatest Gift’, we are treated to a surprise release of the new single, ‘Tonya Harding’. With two versions of the track, Sufjan displays two sides sides of himself. In ‘Tonya Harding (in D major)’, we are greeted with the smooth…
Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more excited to hear it. A Brexit-baiting track that was inspired by David Brewis’ disappointment in his hometown Sunderland being the first town to vote Leave, it combines…
The Orielles – ‘Let Your Dogtooth Grow’ Now signed to Heavenly and all set to release one of the albums of 2018, The Orielles’ ‘Let Your Dogtooth Grow’ is a song full of swaying guitars and gently melded vocals. We heard the melodic elements of C90 favourites like Teenage Fanclub mixed up with some of…
Signed to our friends at Audio Antihero, it’s with a heavy heart we review the final album from CHUCK (known to friends and family as Charles Griffin Gibson). The fantastically named ‘Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store’ is an album full of songs ‘about diet, exercise, work, love, TV and animals’. It’s CHUCK’s last album…
When you receive an email about an act who has written a song inspired by Seinfeld’s pilot episode, your interest is peaked. When you look further into the act in question and find out they’ve also had music featured on Adult Swim and in Lena Dunham’s ‘Tiny Furniture’, you know they might be something quite…
Mutes – ‘Vanishing‘ Birmingham shoegazers Mutes have unveiled the first song from their debut long player and ‘Vanishing’ is possibly their most immediate song yet. It sounds like Cloud Nothings grappling with Johnny Foreigner and has a post-punk sound that immediately prickles the ears. There’s even a completely gloriously clashing breakdown to signal the ending.…
Bruising – ‘What It Feels Like’ Released via Too Pure Singles Club ahead of a tour with Menace Beach, Bruising’s ‘What It Feels Like’ is a song that couldn’t be more of a contrast to their aggressive name. Short and sweet with gliding vocals and guitar hooks that bring to mind some of the early…
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