You don’t need us to tell you how much brilliant music has been released over the past 12 months to make things a little more bearable. Here are five of our favourites… Martha Hill – ‘Summer Up North’ (EP) Recorded entirely in lockdown, Summer Up North found Martha examining her mental health struggles, past actions…
Following support from Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing and Spotify, Beth Shalom Records signing Bryony Williams is set to release her debut EP ‘State I’m In’ on 30 October (pre-order here). Bryony says: ‘This is where I am at right now in my life, which is ever-changing. But the key things that remain are self-reflection, being…
Spotify playlist of the bands featured on Spectral Nights over the period of May to August 2020. A must for fans of alternative and indie music.
Following shows with Alex G and praise from Stereogum, KEXP and The Fader, Slow Pulp have announced details of their debut album ‘Moveys’ (out on 9 October via Winspear) and shared lead single ‘Idaho’. With a focus on personal challenges (both physical and mental), the record was written following vocalist and guitarist Emily Massey’s diagnosis…
Following shows with Swimming Tapes and Pottery and praise from outlets including DIY, Clash and Dork, Glaswegian indie-rockers Yakima are all set to release their debut EP. Recorded in a drafty old gatehouse next to a castle and produced by Benji Compston and Jon EE Allan of Happyness (who also plays on some of the…
Orchards have been a favourite of ours ever since coming across them playing a tiny tent at Brighton’s Together the People festival in 2015. Five years later and the band have signed to Big Scary Monsters, toured with bands including Indoor Pets and are now set to release their debut LP ‘Lovecore’. The record opens…
Featuring members of Happy Accidents, Fresh and Finish Flag, cheerbleederz have released their second EP via Alcopop! Records and it’s a real treat. It finds the three-piece focusing on new bonds and reflecting on themes of self-esteem, vulnerability and improving your well-being. The four-track EP opens with the smooth bass line and twinkly emo-tinged guitar…
Quiet Lions have shared two live performances filmed by the Small Pond Recordings team in the middle of their hometown of Brighton’s legendary Concorde 2. The performances of the ‘Absenteeism’ album favourites ‘Field of Influence’ and ‘Epitaph’. ‘Field of Influence’ (below) finds the four-piece in fine form, harmonising and powering their way through a stirring…
A lot has happened to Seattle’s Great Grandpa since the release of 2017’s ‘Plastic Cough’, not least all of the band members relocating across the US. However, they found this break – from familiar surroundings and each other – sparked a new creative purpose when it came to recording ‘Four of Arrows’. The bulk of…
Hideout (a band featuring Cults guitarist Gabriel Rodriguez and Scarlett Stephenson-Connolly) have shared wistful new single ‘Rose’. A piece of jangly yet off-kilter pop in the Belle and Sebastian or Rilo Kiley vein, the three minutes find the band looking back over what are now considered perfect moments from an imperfect relationship: ‘I don’t wanna…
