Wild Beasts were a very special band and we enjoyed their brand of peculiar – and later downright horny – indie-pop. So many fans were sad when they decided to call it a day last year but the band have left a legacy of five records that still leave you ‘hooting and howling’ whenever you…
Hayden Thorpe has shared ‘Earthly Needs’, the third song to be taken from his upcoming solo album ‘Diviner’ (out on Domino on Friday 24 May – pre-order here). With its synths, programmed drumbeats and deeply personal lyrics (‘I cannot unlove you’), the song opens in a style that brings to mind ‘Digital Ash’-era Bright Eyes…
Hayden Thorpe, formerly of Wild Beasts, has shared the Alexandra Liveris-directed video for new single ‘Love Crimes’ ahead of the release of his debut solo album ‘Diviner’ on 24 May (Domino). The song’s spacey and atmospheric opening recalls his old band as Hayden lays his heart bare and gives an honest admission of where his…
Ivor Novello Award-winning Conor O’Brien’s Villagers project returns with fourth album ‘The Art of Pretending to Swim’. A huge favourite with Spectral Nights ever since we first heard ‘Becoming a Jackal’ back in 2010, this record promises a fuller sound than his previous album = the sparse and intimate (yet no less special) ‘Darling Arithmetic’.…
Ahead of the release of third album ‘Hunter’ (out on 31 August via Domino – pre-order here), Anna Calvi has released the video for new single ‘Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy’. Directed by recent Kendrick Lamar collaborator William Kennedy with choreography by Aaron Sillis, it’s a fine companion to a song which…
We’ve been huge fans of Villagers ever since Conor O’Brien appeared on Jools Holland a few years back to deliver a stunning solo rendition of ‘Becoming a Jackal’. The album of the same name lived up to the potential of its lead single and then 2013’s ‘{Awayland}’ saw Conor invite his bandmates into the fold…
With festival season in full swing, it’s great to see so many bands releasing videos for some of those songs we’ve been attempting to sing along to over the past few months. Villagers‘ latest release from {Awayland}, ‘Earthly Pleasures’, has a video that takes the lyrics of the powerful song very literally. A toxic blend…
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