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’…
Brighton four-piece congratulations have announced their debut album ‘Join Hands’ will be released on 13 February, 2026 via Bella Union. To celebrate the news, they’ve shared the lead single ‘This Life’, a quirky and left-field slice of art pop that tackles the all-too-inevitable feeling of losing at life before you’ve even got out of bed.…
Dublin-born singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy has shared ‘Align’ ahead of the release of a new album via Don Giovanni Records in 2026. A song about moving on and wishing someone who will no longer be in your life all the best, it blends Beach House-style dream pop aesthetics with intense guitar work and tender, healing words:…
Home Front have shared the video for ‘Light Sleeper’ ahead of the release of their new album ‘Watch It Die’ on 14 November, 2025 via VIA LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS. A goth-tinged and synth-driven intro surrounds chanted post-punk vocals about how ‘there’s gonna be a way’. There are bursts of new wave-inspired guitar…
Divorce have shared the Wallace and Gromit-referencing ‘Wendolene’ to mark the release of the deluxe edition of their debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’. This new release features three brand new songs, early demos and BBC radio sessions – including their cover of Queen’s ‘I Want to Break Free’ Singer and guitarist Felix Mackenzie- Barrow describes…
Scottish sister duo The Cords (Eva and Grace Tedeschi) have shared ‘I’m Not Sad’ ahead of the release of their debut album on 26 September (co-released by Skep Wax and Slumberland Records). Clocking in at just one minute, the melancholic and melodic slice of jangle pop finds the duo singing about how they’d have spent…
Laura Mary Carter – one half of Blood Red Shoes – has shared ‘June Gloom’ ahead of the release of her debut album ‘Bye Bye Jackie’. Swapping grungey riffs for something more soulful with an Americana tinge and a touch of The National and Basia Bulat, Laura says the song is ‘a bittersweet weather report…
cheerbleederz have shared ‘i deserved better’ ahead of the release of their ‘prove me wrong’ EP via Alcopop! Records on 5 September, 2025. The band say the song is about knowing your self-worth and realising when you’re in a rut, combining Primitives hooks, Los Camp-style heartbreak and self-awareness (‘I feel so lonely all the time’)…
The Cribs have made a welcome return with ‘Summer Seizures’, the lead single from upcoming album ‘Selling a Vibe’ (coming out on 9 January, 2026). Working with Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly (who has produced Solange, MGMT and Lil Yachty),the song finds the band embracing a pop-meets-new wave aesthetic as they sing about ‘love, tragedy and leaving…
The Maple State have returned with wiry and energetic new single, ‘Zero Days Since Last Incident’. Drawing influence from cult emo legends Braid and Hey Mercedes but with the zeal and drive of Cloud Nothings, the instant earworm finds Greg Counsell looking back at a tough time in his life and asking over deliriously catchy…
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