It’s December and Bubble & Squeak (Girl Ray’s Poppy Hankin and The Boy Least Likely To’s Jof Owen) are here to get you in the festive spirit with a cracking hit called ‘The Christmas Stick’. Released on Moshi Moshi, the slacker-style duet is in the vein of the label’s previous Christmas songs by artists including…
As well as a stream of new single ‘Being Strange’, Indoor Pets have announced details of their long-awaited debut album ‘Be Content’. Released on Wichita on 8 March, 2019, the album is chock-full of beloved bangers and what are sure to be new favourites. It will be accompanied by a UK tour including a prestigious…
Now signed to Wichita Recordings and ahead of a tour supporting Bad Sounds, Spectral Nights favourites Indoor Pets have released new single ‘Hi’ and the song is full of the bouncy hooks and self-depreciating humour we’ve all come to love from the four-piece. Jamie Glass opens the song over quirky riffs and big drums by…
We caught Ross Leighton of Fatherson performing an acoustic set ahead of the band’s main stage performance at 2000 Trees over the weekend and it was stunning. The exquisite setting and quiet crowd were a complete joy and we can’t wait to hear the band’s third album ‘Sum of All Your Parts’ (out 14 September).…
Muncie Girls have made a welcome return with ‘Picture of Health’; a 3-and-a-half-minute song about being so preoccupied with other people’s state of mental health that you forget about your own well-being. Lande Hekt opens the song singing about ‘Seven days of fucked-up dreams’ before further elaborating that ‘I’ve been having a hard time lately looking…
London’s indie dream-poppers Night Flowers have released ‘Hey Love’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Wild Notion’ on 13 April. It follows well-received tours supporting The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Japanese Breakfast and comes ahead of what are sure to be special shows at London’s Lexington and Indietracks festival. The…
Pip Hall – ‘Fire’ My Little Empire Records signing Pip Hall releases ‘Fire’ – the latest single from her forthcoming album (out this summer). Produced on her laptop, this song finds the Preston-based singer-songwriter laying bare her fears, anxieties and worries while criticising some of the choices she has made over the years: ‘My head…
On ‘Nunhead’, the opening track on Happy Accidents second album, guitarist Rich is talking about meeting by a cemetery in an attempt to block out the noise – both physically and mentally – and the song has a deliciously lo-fi vibe with its Casio keyboard effects, Lemonheads riffs and big bass sound. It’s a fine…
Indoor Pets, the artists formerly known as Get Inuit, have returned with a song surprisingly bursting with positivity and pride. Frontman Jamie Glass is a self-confessed cynic but even he gives in to the power of love and this 2-and-a-half minute burst of power-pop captures all the joys that come with falling for someone as…
Guildford/Bridgwater four-piece China Bears have been turning heads since they formed in 2015 and have played countless shows all over the country with previous single ‘Hydra’ becoming a real favourite. New single ‘Meet Me in London’ is their most accomplished song yet. Opening with the commanding lines ‘Meet me in London, I’ll be there tonight.…
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