With influences ranging from Neil Young and Yo La Tengo to Lomelda and Lambchop, Friendship’s new album ‘Caveman Wakes Up’ promises a delicious cacophony of poetry, pain and alt-folk – with a dollop of heartbreak and longing thrown in for good measure. Written by Dan Wriggins while he crashed at MJ Lenderman and Wednesday’s Karly…
Friendship, friends of MJ Lenderman and Wednesday, have shared ‘Resident Evil’ ahead of the release of more new material in the near future. Written while crashing at MJ and Karly Hartzman’s home in summer 2023, the song is an introspective piece of anthemic alt-folk with plenty of self-deprecation about where life takes you – despite…
Sheffield band Slash Fiction’s debut album ‘Gender, Trauma & Friendship’ tackles all three subjects in its title with aplomb as the band’s three songwriters openly discuss transformation, loss and queerness. ‘Pick My Stitches’ opens the album in melodic Hotelier-style fashion as chanted group vocals discuss how there’s ‘an earthquake in my chest’ and how this…
Philadelphia-based band Friendship have shared the beautifully touching ‘You Might Already Know’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Dreamin” on 8 November via Owen Ashworth’s (Advance Base/Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) Orindal Records. The record was recorded direct on to tape and this sweet Americana-tinged song finds Dan Wriggings offering his thoughts in a…
The Xcerts – ‘Hold on to Your Heart‘ ‘Hold on to Your Heart’ is the title track from The Xcerts’ eagerly awaited fourth album (not too long to wait now, folks – January will be here before you know it) and it fits somewhere in-between Twin Atlantic’s hook-laden anthems and the finest power ballads of…
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