Cork’s alt-rockers Pebbledash have shared ‘Isn’t It Always’, one of the standout tracks on recent EP ‘To Cast the Sea in Concrete’. Steeped in dark atmospherics, synth player and guitarist Cormac Donovan O’Neill says: ‘The environment in which we recorded these songs – a secluded makeshift studio minutes outside the city, but still surrounded by…
East Anglian emo rockers SUDS have shared ‘Hook Me Out’ ahead of the release of sophomore album ‘Tell Me About Your Day Again’ via Big Scary Monsters on 21 November. They’ve also announced a tour with Exeter indie-rockers Soot Sprite for early next year. Majestic, mathy and marvellous, ‘Hook Me Out’ combines elements of slow-burning…
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have shared ‘Only Girl’ to celebrate their signing to Fiction Records (The Cure, St. Vincent, The Horrors). Described by the band as their ‘playful love song’, there’s a touch of late 2010s fightpop in the blend of gorgeous violin and crunching riffs while also slotting seamlessly alongside the contemporary batch of chamber-math enthusiasts like…
Night Swimming have announced they’ve signed to Venn Records and shares new single ‘Submarine’, a deeply emotional three minutes that tries to make sense of grief – and how people ‘who have experienced loss will often notice it in others’. Hauntingly beautiful with layers of shoegaze guitar hooks, there’s a fragility in lyricist Meg Jones’…
With Mark Hoppus and Matt Healy amongst their fans, The Maple State’s 2018 comeback album ‘The Things I Heard at the Party’ was a long-awaited triumph. Now, after a not-quite-as-long wait they return with the aptly titled ‘Don’t Take Forever’. ‘Winner Part II’ kicks off the album with Ben Folds-esque piano as the band sing…
Self-described as ‘London prog’, The Orchestra (For Now)’s ‘Plan 76’ EP finds the seven piece attempting to ‘refine rather than complicate’ their distinctive fusion of baroque indie hooks, post hardcore breakdowns and touches of jazz. ‘Impatient’ opens the album in stop-start fashion before delving deep into the avant-garde orchestral dramatics that have served the band…
The Twilight Sad have made a welcome return with ‘Waiting for the Phone Call’, the band’s first new music in over five years – and it features The Cure legend Robert Smith on guitar. While the lyrics remain typically dark and despairing – ‘There’s a pain in me no one can see, gather around, come…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou have returned with ‘Wonderful Life Pt 1’, the first song to be taken from new EP ‘We Were Having Such a Nice Day’ (out on 28 November, 2025). There’s a touch of Delta Sleep in the intricate guitar work and slow-burning intro before Joey Ashworth pours their heart out to help a loved one…
Covering seeds, ideas, loves, fears and hopes, Adults describe their sound as ‘noisy awkward pop songs’ and new album ‘The Seeds We Sow Are Sprouting Buds Nonetheless’ finds the four-piece navigating their way through a ‘world which wants to crush all hope’. Mae Shi-style vibes signal the start of album opener ‘Dead Red’, a quirky…
After gaining a tremendous live reputation, Birmingham four-piece The Clause are all set to unleash their debut record ‘Victim of a Casual Thing’, an album full of stories about following your dreams, wanting more, fleeting connections and faltering romances… A bell sounds to kick off the ‘Prologue’ of the album amidst swathes of synths and…
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