Dominie Hooper has shared a live performance video of ‘No Name’, one of the highlights of her phenomenal debut album ‘In This Body Lives’ (out now on Lost Map Records). Recorded at the Goods Shed, Stroud with her band, ‘No Name’ flits between avant-garde folk, agit pop and Arab Strap-style experimentation as Dominie declares ‘You…
Bleech 9:3 have shared their third single ‘Cannonball’, a song that vocalist and guitarist Baz Quinlan says is ‘a reflection of how bad worship in the form of a lover has made life itself into something else’. Starting with shoegazey guitar hooks before morphing into something heavier in the vein of Oceansize, it finds Baz…
Nottingham trio Bloodworm have shared ‘Bloodlust’ ahead of an extensive tour of the UK supporting Suede – after being personally invited by guitarist Richard Oakes after he caught one of their London shows. With a devilishly brooding bass line and darkly tinged lyrics – ‘You come for me, I’ll come for you’ – this is…
Tigers Jaw have shared ‘Ghost’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Lost On You’ via Hopeless Records on 27 March, 2026. The song was inspired by a chance run-in with someone vocalist and guitarist Ben Walsh grew up with and how ‘the quick flash of memories with this person felt like a glimpse into…
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…
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