Warm Digits – ‘Better Friction’ An electronic duo signed to Memphis Industries (Dutch Uncles, Field Music, Warm Digits’ ‘Better Friction’ features vocals from Mia La Metta and opens with a burst of frenetic drums before all the other in-your-face sounds are thrown into the melting pot. She sings about ‘better friction’ while the synths get…
Kermes are a queer indie-punk quartet from Leicester who are signed to Robot Needs Home. They’re set to release their debut album ‘We Choose Pretty Names’ on 13 April and it’s a record that – like their soon-to-be tour mates itoldyouiwouldeatyou – tackles important and timely subjects ranging from mental health and misoginy to gender…
Signed to our friends Beth Shalom (digitally) and Rose Coloured (physically), Manchester trip Hora Douse have unveiled the video for new two-in-one single ‘Outgrow/Anything’. Influenced by emo heavyweights including The Hotelier and Manchester Orchestra and featuring backing vocals by Kamikaze Girls’ Lucinda Livingstone, this track has been recorded and mixed by Bob Cooper (who’s produced…
Following countless tours and festival appearances, Orchards have signed to Big Scary Monsters in the perfect combination of band and label. To celebrate the news, the Brighton four-piece have unveiled ‘Luv You 2’, a song about falling for the same person as someone who used to be a friend and then not putting yourself down…
Hop Along have made a most welcome return with third album, the brilliantly titled ‘Bark Your Head Off, Dog’. Self-produced and recorded in their native Philadelphia, it finds the four-piece diversifying more than ever before with Frances Quinlan’s breathtaking vocals melding with strings, harmonies and even – in one glorious moment – a vocoder. The…
Former Now, Now member Jess Abbott’s Tancred project have released ‘Reviews’, the first single from new album ‘Nightstand’. With crystal-clear guitar hooks indicating the beginning of its 3 minutes, the emo-tinged song offers a tantalising combination of melodic Postal Service pop hooks, handclaps and personal lyrics: ‘It takes highs and lows to celebrate you’; ‘They…
Spectral Nights favourites Carnival Youth have unveiled new single ‘Love is the Answer’. Following the albums ‘No Clouds Allowed’ and ‘Propeller’, it finds the Latvian indie-pop trio in scintillating form and has a bombastic tone throughout. Sounding somewhat akin to the love child of Grandaddy and Future Islands, it seems tailor-made for festivals and like…
Joe Booley’s new ‘Movements’ EP is an almost-concept body of work that seamlessly fits together five songs full of raw emotion. It was written by Joe as a way of overcoming his own anxieties and heartbreak and finds him opening up his heart to try and help others who are having similar experiences. The EP…
‘My body is a temple but I treat it like my neighbour’s house. All boarded up and completely worn down’ is repeated twice at the beginning of queer Philadelphia duo Coping Skill’s ‘Bagel Fruit Water’. The band state it’s their ode to the way we treat our bodies like shit when we feel bad and…
Mastersystem – the supergroup featuring two sets of brothers from Frightened Rabbit, Editors and Minor Victories – have released new single ‘The Enlightenment’ ahead of their debut album, ‘Dance Music’ (out on 6 April via Physical Education). With a fantastically fuzzy and lo-fi sound that matches a thunderous bass line with Grant Hutchison’s ferocious drumming…
