Toronto punks Talk Show Host have signed to Wiretap Records and shared the video for ‘This Monologue’ ahead of the release of a full-length album in 2021. The band have played shows with Planes Mistaken for Stars and Pet Symmetry and this potent slice of melodic power pop (think Pup meets Press Club) finds the…
Royal Mountain Records (Mac DeMarco, Orville Peck, Pottery) founder Menno Versteeg is set to release the debut full-length record, ‘Strangers Like Us’, under his Mav Karlo moniker. Menno says: ‘The goal with the album was to take a good hard look at myself and my behaviour and really get to the heart of the matter.…
‘As cliché as it sounds, being our first release I wanted ‘Skeletons’ to really show the bare bones (no pun intended) of the band. We ended up making the record between my bedroom and Thomas’ attic as I wanted the EP to feel as DIY as the songs. It ended up being a pretty fun…
Hell is for Heroes frontman Justin Schlosberg has unveiled his August Spies (named after the 19th century Mayday union activist from Chicago) solo project and is all set to release his debut EP ‘Corruption of the Human Heart’ on 6 May. A drum machine opens ‘This Is How It Ends’ before the song veers into…
Beth Shalom Records signings Marigolds have shared new single ‘Nerves’. Combining the hazy emo stylings of Delta Sleep with the folk tendencies of The Tallest Man on Earth, the track finds Lydia White tenderly asking ‘Will you still remember me?’ and listing a number of anxieties that sum up songwriter Joe Maguire’s complex feelings of…
Long-time friend of Spectral Nights, former Death of the Blogger man and itoldyouiwouldeatyou bassist Ollie Greville was kind enough to interview George Phillips, guitarist and songwriter from new favourites Sad Blood for us. George seems to hold Evan Weiss in the highest regard, so he’s fine by us. Check out Sad Blood’s music at their…
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