The Lemon Twigs have shared brand new single ‘My Golden Years’. A song about ‘making every minute count and living up to your potential’, it’s a jangly and breezy three minutes that recalls The Band or Love with its freewheeling harmonies, irresistible sense of nostalgia and self-confidence pep talk: ‘I know of only I try…
Frog’s new album – and first since 2019 – ‘Grog’ is now out in the wild and features the curiously captivating ‘Doom Song’. Opening with loose, slacker-style guitar riffs, the song transforms into a slow marching beat with assertive vocals, talk about fever dreams and a perfectly pitched stop-start finish – all in just under…
We’re kicking off 2023 with the latest offering from our friends Good Good Blood. A cryptic piece about Johnny – a boy who was ‘as cute as cute can get‘ – with a dark edge (‘All the disease, all of the blight, cancels out, cancels the light’; ‘he’s as dead as dead can get’) and…
Sheffield band Slash Fiction’s debut album ‘Gender, Trauma & Friendship’ tackles all three subjects in its title with aplomb as the band’s three songwriters openly discuss transformation, loss and queerness. ‘Pick My Stitches’ opens the album in melodic Hotelier-style fashion as chanted group vocals discuss how there’s ‘an earthquake in my chest’ and how this…
Brilliantly named, The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick are a six-, sometimes seven-, piece from Philadelphia who play off each other – both vocally and musically – to create goosebump-inducing soundscapes full of raw power and emotion. Following the popularity of cassette and digital sales, their debut album ‘Ways of Hearing’ has now been…
Norman, Oklahoma-based four-piece Bad Athlete have shared new single ‘Do You Want Me Now?’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Super Bad Athlete’. Full of fuzzed-up guitar hooks and swirling shoegaze-inspired melodies, the song is packed with advice about calming down and taking the time to breathe while also looking for someone to take…
Portland, Oregon-based songwriter Jeffrey Silverstein follows up last year’s ‘You Become the Mountain’ album with new EP ‘Torii Gates’, which takes its name from the traditional entryways to Japanese temples. The six songs on this new release explore the boundaries between the mundane and sacred while also reflecting on the joys and benefits of meditation…
Nightjars, the project of San Francisco Bay Area musician AJ Matias Bell, has shared new single ‘Modjeska’ ahead of the release of their debut album of the same name on 7 May. Written between 2013 and 2019, the album tells a coming-of-age story while also exploring the close bond and relationship between memory and place.…
Self-recorded and mostly self-performed, The Reds, Pinks & Purples new album ‘Uncommon Weather’ finds Glenn Donaldson looking over his life in the ever-changing San Francisco landscape, the losses he has experienced, mental health issues and wider social and cultural issues. ‘Don’t Ever Pray in the Church On My Street’ opens the record in fuzzy yet…
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