Spectral Nights big 2024 Spotify Playlist
We try our best to write about music we love, in the hope others may share this same passion for the artists we cover. Here’s a handy Spotify playlist featuring songs we’ve covered in 2024.
Bess Atwell – ‘Fan Favourite’
Bess Atwell has shared ‘Fan Favourite’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Light Sleeper’ on 24 May via Lucy Rose’s Real Kind Records. Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, the song is an ode to shared experiences and our strong connections to them. With swaying melodies and a bittersweet look at how sometimes these…
Underground Festival Review, Gloucester – Saturday 30 March 2024
A sold-out crowd descended upon Gloucester for the Easter Saturday extravaganza that was Underground Festival – a three-venue pay-what-you-want event that celebrates and showcases the best in new music from the worlds of rock, pop, punk, indie, emo and beyond. We made a beeline for the Blackfriars venue as soon as the doors opened –…
Rosie Tucker – ‘Utopia Now!’ album review
Rosie Tucker’s fourth album, ‘Utopia Now!’, finds the talented singer-songwriter asking what an artist’s life looks like in 2024 – a time where people’s (especially trans) rights are being taken away because they’re deemed ‘different’ and capitalism rules over (almost) all. The album opener ‘Lightbulb’ is full of synths stabs and Rosie’s trademark stream-of-consciousness thoughts:…
Winona Fighter – ‘I’m in the Market to Please No One’
Winona Fighter celebrate signing to Rise Records with the release of new single ‘I’m in the Market to Please No One’. Completely defiant throughout its two minutes and 40 seconds, the vibrant pop-punk song is a call-to-arms to not accept toxicity in relationships (‘The more you fuck around, the more you find out’) and how…
2000trees 2024 adds Los Campesinos!, Frank Turner, Bob Vylan, Cherym, Don Broco and more to line-up
2000trees – taking place at Upcote Farm near Cheltenham from 10-13 July – has added a number of new faces and returning heroes to its 2024 line-up. Don Broco join The Chats and The Gaslight Anthem as Main Stage headliners while Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Lonely the Brave and – perhaps most excitingly…
China Bears – ‘Easy Kill’
China Bears have shared ‘Easy Kill’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Participation Trophy’ (out via Fierce Panda on 12 July). Packed with Fatherson-style heart-on-the-sleeve sensibilities, ‘Easy Kill’ shares innermost thoughts about the power of (unrequited?) love against an anthemic backdrop of hooks, harmonies and heartbreak: ‘You bring out a side of me…
Grouplove – ‘Chances’
Grouplove have shared new song ‘Chances’ ahead of a US tour. Written and sung by Hannah Hooper – who is also responsible for much of the band’s artwork – it’s a call to arms to herself to jump out of her comfort zone more often, as this is where she – and anyone else –…
The Reds, Pinks & Purples – ‘Learning to Love a Band’
The Reds, Pinks & Purples have shared ‘Learning to Love a Band’ ahead of new album, ‘Unwishing Well’, which is out on 12 April. Following the brilliantly titled ‘Your Worst Song is Your Greatest Hit’, this melodic and melancholy piece finds Glenn Donaldson in a wistful place: ‘Learning to Love a Band’ is about that…
Bat for Lashes – ‘The Dream of Delphi’
Natasha Khan makes a welcome return with ‘The Dream of Delphi’, the first single (and opening track) to be taken from the upcoming album of the same name, out on 31 May via Mercury KX. Inspired and influenced by the birth of her daughter in 2020, the song captures ‘what happens when you’re stretched physically,…
