The Cords – ‘I’m Not Sad’


Scottish sister duo The Cords (Eva and Grace Tedeschi) have shared ‘I’m Not Sad’ ahead of the release of their debut album on 26 September (co-released by Skep Wax and Slumberland Records). Clocking in at just one minute, the melancholic and melodic slice of jangle pop finds the duo singing about how they’d have spent…

Club Brat – ‘Goodbye Pop Culture’


Originally from Peterborough but now split between Bristol and London, Club Brat are the latest signings to Venn Records (Meryl Streek, Clobber and previously Bob Vylan) and they’ve shared ‘Goodbye Pop Culture’ ahead of the release of the conveniently titled ‘Four Songs’ EP on 12 September. Described by the band as ‘concise, deliberate, and unapologetically…

Laura Mary Carter – ‘June Gloom’


Laura Mary Carter – one half of Blood Red Shoes – has shared ‘June Gloom’ ahead of the release of her debut album ‘Bye Bye Jackie’. Swapping grungey riffs for something more soulful with an Americana tinge and a touch of The National and Basia Bulat, Laura says the song is ‘a bittersweet weather report…

cheerbleederz – ‘I Deserved Better’


cheerbleederz have shared ‘i deserved better’ ahead of the release of their ‘prove me wrong’ EP via Alcopop! Records on 5 September, 2025. The band say the song is about knowing your self-worth and realising when you’re in a rut, combining Primitives hooks, Los Camp-style heartbreak and self-awareness (‘I feel so lonely all the time’)…

Alpha Male Tea Party – ‘Battle Crab’


After an extended break to concentrate on real life matters, Alpha Male Tea Party have returned with ‘Battle Crab’ – and now added vocals to their mashup of mathy riffs and gripping grooves. There’s a touch of Million Dead or Glassjaw in the aggressive nature, but also touching sensibilities around anxiety and feeling out of…

Long Fling – ‘Flung’


Pip Blom and Willem Smit of Personal Trainer have joined forces to form Long Fling – and their self-titled debut album of out on 3 October. Debut single ‘Flung’ pulls together elements of Beck, Radiohead and Times New Viking – and layers this over some filthy Krautrock-inspired beats… Long Fling EU / UK Tour 13th…

La Dispute – ‘Saturation Diver’


La Dispute have shared the video for ‘Saturation Diver’, a song that features as part of Act IV on forthcoming record ‘No One Was Driving the Car’. Heavily inspired by the film ‘First Reformed’ , this act of the record follows two characters as they move into an otherworldly beyond. This song in particular follows…

The Maple State – ‘Zero Days Since Last Incident’


The Maple State have returned with wiry and energetic new single, ‘Zero Days Since Last Incident’. Drawing influence from cult emo legends Braid and Hey Mercedes but with the zeal and drive of Cloud Nothings, the instant earworm finds Greg Counsell looking back at a tough time in his life and asking over deliriously catchy…

Other Lives – ‘Show Us Some Love’


Other Lives have shared ‘Show Us Some Love’ ahead of their appropriately titled fifth studio album, ‘Volume V’ (out on 10 October via Play It Again Sam’. An orchestral love song (of sorts) between the Gods and man, the song follows this complex relationship as the parties plead with each other to ‘make it easier’…

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saturdays at your place – ‘waste away’


Kalamazoo, MI emo-rockers saturdays at your place have shared new song ‘Waste Away’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘these things happen’ on 12 September. The video was co-directed by Michael Herrick and Hot Mulligan vocalist Tades Sanville, who also makes a cameo in it. Clocking in at just over three minutes, the song…