Loney Dear has shared latest single ‘Trifles’ ahead of the release of new album ‘A Lantern and a Flag’, via Peter Gabriel’s Real World label, on 26 March. Described as a central track ofthe record, ‘Trifles’ starts off in sparse, almost ambient fashion with Emil Svanängen’s gentle falsetto gliding over a stripped-back piano sound while…
Good Good Blood (James Smith) returns with another selection of haunting songs to delve into during these strange times. ‘There Are Wolves Here’ opens with ‘The Renegade’, a fractured and atmospheric piece of dream pop with a brooding bass line and dark lyrics: ‘The body pains will make you pay for the babe you laid…
Following a busy 2017 (including a 10-gigs-in-one-day jaunt to raise money for the Forward 4 Wiz Trust) and ahead of a short European tour with Parachute for Gordo, Spectral Nights favourite and regular contributor Joe Booley has unveiled ‘Movements III’ – the first track from his upcoming ‘Movements’ EP. Coming out on cassette and 12″…
Ahead of a debut album, ex-Stagecoach drummer and nicest man in music Matt Emery has unveiled a new song called ‘L for Luna’. A real soundscape in the vein of Jon Hopkins or Olafur Arnalds, it’s been given a reworking by Turtle which only adds to the emotive feel. Opening with gorgeous string arrangements, there’s…
Matt Emery has released his first musical offering since embarking on a solo career following the end of Stagecoach – and it’s simply breathtaking. ‘Effervescent’, which you can download for free via FatCat Records’ SoundCloud, is an ambient string-laden piano composition that you can already picture soundtracking everything from sporting highlights to a film’s most…
