Spectral Nights favourites Good Good Blood have made a welcome return with ‘Say Goodbye’, the first song to be taken from forthcoming album ‘At Your Mercy’ (released on 24 January, 2020 – pre-order via Fox Food Records here). The song opens in typically understated fashion as James Smith’s swaying guitar combines with Kevin Allan’s gentle…
Beach Slang have shared ‘Tommy in the 80s’, the second single to be taken from new album ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’ (out on 10 January). It comes ahead of a US tour supporting Goo Goo Dolls and is dedicated to the late power-pop legend, Tommy Keene. Inspired by Tommy’s greatest hits (James Alex:…
Hull punks Life entered the fifth week of a six-week tour by visiting the West End Centre in Aldershot. The run of gigs follows a support slot to Idles and ‘Hollow Thing”s A-listing on BBC 6 Music and the tremendous response to this year’s album ‘Picture of Good Health’. The band prowled on stage with…
Brighton’s alt-poppers Orchards have shared new single ‘Sooner’ and announced details of a UK and EU tour next spring. Drenched in waves of nostalgia, the band say the intelligent pop song is ‘the start of the wormhole into our world’ and how ‘it’s reminiscent of days spent drinking on the beach, jumping in the sea…
Chicago-based four-piece Beach Bunny have announced they have signed to Mom+Pop Records and shared new single ‘Dream Boy’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Honeymoon’ on Valentine’s Day next year (pre-order here). Fitting somewhere between Bleached, Modern Baseball and Dude York, the song has already been a huge success on streaming services with over…
Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) has shared ‘Do You Want to Buy a Guitar?’ from his upcoming solo album. The new acoustic record was recorded in full on 7 September, the day that would have been his wedding anniversary. A searingly honest song that captures a tumultous time in his personal life, it finds Bob…
Torres has shared new single ‘Good Scare’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Silver Tongue’ (pre-order here) on 31 January and a run of tour dates across the UK and Europe. The single opens with art pop atmospherics drenched in electronica as Mackenzie Scott opens up about just how scary falling in love can…
Signed to Mama Bird Recording Co (Hayley Heynderickx/Courtney Marie Andrews), Andy Cabic’s Vetiver project returns with new album ‘Up On High’. Written on acoustic guitar over a few springtime days in the high desert of California and recorded with regular engineer and collaborator Thom Monahan, the record is a collaborative effort that takes inspiration from…
Olympians are set to release their second album, ‘Lake Mannion’, on 31 October (buy here). It’s a record that finds the band realising how average they are as people – and how that might actually be OK. ‘We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Come to It’ finds Dan Harvey musing about a time that might…
Master of None and Saturday Night Live star Noël Wells has shared the video for ‘Still Sleeping’ from her debut record, ‘It’s So Nice!’. The short and sweet song opens with folky guitars and Noël reminiscing on how she ‘woke up howling at the moon’. She then goes on to recall personal experiences that fit…
