Alf Whitby has shared ‘Dampen the Fire’, his first new music since last year’s debut album ‘Sistine Dreams’. The piano-based piece finds Alf exploring the role his grandmother has played in family gatherings over the years- and the fear of what will happen once she is no longer there: ‘I wrote this song at Dublin…
Michigan-based duo Sideria released their self-tired debut LP at the end of last year – and you can order it on Bandcamp here. The rercord, inspired by bands including Hop Along and Algernon Cadwallader, will be on streaming services from 20 March. Opening with a distorted confusion of riffs and drums on the Cap’n Jazz-esque…
Nightshift follow up last year’s self-released full-lenth cassette with new album ‘Zöe’. Now signed to Trouble in Mind, the now five-piece have a sound that dips into the musical history of their base in Glasgow and offers something fresh and contemporary. The album begins with ‘Piece Together’, a slow-burner with elongated Warpaint-style vocals about ‘learning…
London four-piece Italia 90 have shared new single ‘Borderline’ ahead of its release on 7″ in April (order via Bandcamp here). Slotting nicely into a slot near Yard Act, TV Priest and Life, the new single finds the band taking aim ‘at the failed third-way ideology that led to our present political moment’. With sardonic…
Pictish Trail has shared new single ‘Dream Wall’ ahead of the release of an EP of the same name on 1 April. This EP – which features remixes of PT songs by friends and collaborators including Callum Easter, Kinbote, Bamboo and Good Dog – is exclusively available now to subscribers of Lost Map’s PostMap Club.…
Sub Pop Records signing Yuno has shared the video for ‘Somebody’, his first new material since 2018’s critically acclaimed ‘Moodie’ album. Inspired by lockdown and the way it brought back all those nostalgic feelings, Yuno says ‘I grew up as somewhat of a loner–spending most of my time isolated in my bedroom, and I wanted…
EX OH is the moniker of The Blam’s Jerry Adler – a songwriter who came out of the same NYC scene of the early 200s that spawned The Stokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol. He’s now released the self-titled debut album of this project via Team Love Records. The record opens with ‘Love and War’,…
Firestations have released ‘Small Island’ – ‘a song about finding ways to escape when the dominant narrative seems to be stuck in slow motion or on repeat’ – ahead of the release of the first EP in their ‘Automatic Tendencies’ project (an album split into three EPs/collections) via Lost Map Records on 6 November. A…
Beth Shalom Records signing Bryony Williams has shared ‘Dive’ ahead of the re;ease of new EP ‘State I’m In’ on 30 October. Written after a three-month backpacking world adventure, the song is described by Bryony as her ‘most delicate piece of work to date’ as she talks about making the difficult decision to be a…
Dutch indie-pop four piece Snow Coats have released their new EP ‘Pool Girl’ via Alcopop! Records and it’s sure to bring some sunshine into your September and beyond. Opening with the vibrant power pop hooks of the the title track, the EP finds vocalist Anouk van der Kamp celebrating being an outsider: ‘If I can’t…
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