Cassels have shared ‘A Snowflake in Winter’ ahead of tour dates with Brutus and an appearance at Truck Festival this July. Inspired by Trump and Brexit, the song finds Jim Beck examining his own thoughts and behaviour and how he found himself ‘deep inside an echo chamber’ of liberal thinking that everything would turn out…
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…
Titus Andronicus have released new single ‘Tumult Around the World’ ahead of the release of their new Bob Mould-produced album ‘An Obelisk’ (out 21 June via Merge). The closing song on the album, ‘Tumult Around the World’ is a power pop-infused ode to compassion, collaboration and cooperation – all things that are much needed in…
Spy From Moscow’s new single ‘Priests of London Fields’ is a poignant and evocative ode to times gone by. Poignant and powerful, it opens with haunting Jeff Buckley-style falsetto as SFM states: ‘We are the priests of London fields, heaven help us all’ and ‘I have been lost and I’ve been found drifting on a…
Ahead of a European tour and the release of debut album ‘Happy to Be Here’, Brooklyn five-piece Barrie have shared ‘Geology’, a sun-drenched piece of dream pop inspired by Best Coast’s chillwave sound (and Bethany Cosentino’s love of ’90s teen movie soundtracks). Its gliding guitars and harmonies combine with the personal lyrics about wondering what’s coming…
Port Noir have shared new single ‘Champagne’ ahead of the release of new album ‘The New Routine’ (out on 10 May via InsideOutMusic – pre-order here) – and it’s one you’ll want to raise a glass to. The album marks a brave new sound for the Swedish alt-rockers and ‘Champagne’ gives a taster of what…
Paws have shared new single ‘Joanna’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Your Church On My Bonfire’ (out 26 April via Ernest Jenning Record Co). Produced by Frightened Rabbit’s Andy Monaghan, the song is a three-minute anthem that brings to mind the likes of ‘The Remote Part’-era Idlewild or R.E.M. as Phillip Taylor pleads…
Rising art rockers SPQR have shared the video for ‘Josephine’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Low Sun’ on 26 April (Modern Sky). The Liverpool trio have already played at BBC 6Music’s Fringe festival and can count bands like Everything Everything among their fans. Opening with a danceable bass line akin to Mini Mansions,…
Following its premiere on the Radio 1 Rock Show, Manchester trio False Advertising have shared new single ‘You Won’t Feel Love’ . After supporting Idles and Everything Everything and being hand-picked by Robert Smith to perform at the Meltdown festival in London last year, the band have gone from strength to strength and this is…
Quiet Lions have shared the visually stunning video for ‘Echo Chamber’, the first single to be taken from their debut album ‘Absenteeism’ (out on 14 June via Lonely Voyage Records – pre-order here). Loosely inspired by the role of digital media in both the Trump and Vote Leave campaigns, ‘Echo Chamber’ has a seething political…
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