David Balfe returns with ‘Carving the Stone’, the second album to be released under his For Those I Love moniker. While the debut self-titled record offered meditations on grief and loss following the death of his best friend, this record finds David focusing on life in working-class communities, familial life and how Irish capitalism is…
For Those I Love (David Balfe) has shared new single ‘No Scheme’ – a spiritual successor to ‘Top Scheme’, the emotional centrepiece of his self-titled debut album – ahead of the release of new record ‘Carving the Stone’ on 8 September. Contrasting a cathartic and hedonistic teenage life with the mundanity of modern life (‘We’ve…
Benefits have shared the video for ‘Blame’, a pulsating song that features on their new album ‘Constant Noise’ (out now). Taking you back to the more hedonistic sound of 90s dance, there are nods to Leftfield, Underworld and various other acts that could and should have featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. The pummeling bass lays…
Sleigh Bells make a welcome return with sixth album ‘Texis’ on 10 September. The band claim they let go of all inhibitions when it came to writing and recording this album with Derek Miller saying: ‘We stopped worrying about whether or not we’re in or out of our comfort zone, or if we were being…
This collaboration between Polish superstar Brodka and Speedy Wunderground’s in-house band (label boss Dan Carey, Oli Bayston and Liam Hutton) is the 35th single to be released in the label’s esteemed series. Brodka says the song is all about doing things, even though you know it could end badly: ‘Sometimes we are all drawn to…
NZCA Lines, the project of producer, multi-instrumentalist and sometime-member of Christine and the Queens’ live band Michael Lovett, are all set to release the mainly self-produced third album ‘Pure Luxury’. The record may have been inspired by key social and political moments on both sides of the Atlantic, but that won’t take away the big…
Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Hayden Thorpe (ex-Wild Beasts) have collaborated on new single ‘Unknown Song’. Written and recorded in the early part of the year before all of this, the dance banger will raise your spirits as Hayden sings about ‘where all the lost chords belong’ and broken melodies over synth beats that fall…
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