Bridges – ‘Ghouls‘ A new signing to our friends over at Rose Coloured Records (order the EP here), Bridges combine the experimental nature of Manchester Orchestra with soaring Snow Patrol-style choruses. Ghouls is a toe-tapping anthem with visceral lyrics (‘My crack-weathered skin’; ‘My knuckles bleached white’) and atmospherics that can’t fail to leave an…
Released by our friends at Beth Shalom, Tea Leaf’s ‘Disappear’ EP is a sparse, stark and honest collection of songs about depression, loneliness and anxiety. Here, Tea Leaf (Tom Lee) talks us through the six honest and affecting songs that appear on this startling EP. ‘Actor’ I don’t know if it’s obvious, but I…
Following the ‘Attic Space’ EP (released by Fox Food Records earlier this year), Alyssa Thomas’ Fairy Godmother project makes a return with ‘Spit It Out’. Based around the pain of a break-up and the comfort that comes with moving on, the EP is full of darkly melodic bedroom pop songs in the vein of Rilo…
Chicago-based Clearance have signed to the ever-reliable Topshelf Records and streamed ‘Had a Fantastic’; a 90-second song that will appear on their forthcoming second album ‘At Your Leisure’ (released on 27 July and available to pre-order here). Combining the slacker pop hooks of Pavement with the emo stylings of Braid, the song finds Mike Bellis…
Tiny Engines signings Wild Pink have unveiled ‘There is a Ledger’, the second song to be released from the New York City band’s second album ‘Yolk in the Fur’. Released on 20 July and available to pre-order via Bandcamp now, the song hints the LP (which is dedicated to Tom Petty) could be something sublime…
We’re almost halfway through another year and yet again our friends at Alcopop! have kicked it out of the park. To celebrate this (and the upcoming World Cup), they’ve put together a goal-den sampler compilation of songs from their 2018 releases. Available as a pay-what-you-want download from Bandcamp, the release also gives you the chance…
Warm Digits – ‘Better Friction’ An electronic duo signed to Memphis Industries (Dutch Uncles, Field Music, Warm Digits’ ‘Better Friction’ features vocals from Mia La Metta and opens with a burst of frenetic drums before all the other in-your-face sounds are thrown into the melting pot. She sings about ‘better friction’ while the synths get…
Joe Booley’s new ‘Movements’ EP is an almost-concept body of work that seamlessly fits together five songs full of raw emotion. It was written by Joe as a way of overcoming his own anxieties and heartbreak and finds him opening up his heart to try and help others who are having similar experiences. The EP…
Ahead of a short run of dates with Black Peaks (we’ll see you at the Westy in Aldershot, yeah?), Brighton’s InTechnicolour have unveiled the latest single from their as-yet untitled new album. The huge riffs that mark the opening of the song are ones their tour mates would be proud of and then the powerful…
pronoun – ‘Run‘ Ahead of an appearance at SXSW and shows with Basement, Citizen and Turnover, Alyse Vellturo (aka pronoun) has unveiled ‘Run’; a song they describe as ‘a ball of frustration’. Covering the ending of a relationship where one person easily gave up because things got slightly tough, pronoun doesn’t pull any punches as…
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