Winona Fighter celebrate signing to Rise Records with the release of new single ‘I’m in the Market to Please No One’. Completely defiant throughout its two minutes and 40 seconds, the vibrant pop-punk song is a call-to-arms to not accept toxicity in relationships (‘The more you fuck around, the more you find out’) and how…
Wild Pink have made a welcome return with ‘Air Drumming Fix You’, a subtly powerful and sax-infused Antlers-esque piece that finds John Ross ruminating on the potential horrors of a VR world, ‘baby’s breath just like crème fraiche’ and how ‘the good life didn’t look like you thought it might’. With meditative melodies and an…
2000trees – taking place at Upcote Farm near Cheltenham from 10-13 July – has added a number of new faces and returning heroes to its 2024 line-up. Don Broco join The Chats and The Gaslight Anthem as Main Stage headliners while Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Lonely the Brave and – perhaps most excitingly…
Grouplove have shared new song ‘Chances’ ahead of a US tour. Written and sung by Hannah Hooper – who is also responsible for much of the band’s artwork – it’s a call to arms to herself to jump out of her comfort zone more often, as this is where she – and anyone else –…
Lucky Kilmartin’s ‘Out of Touch’ is a song that will break your heart with its honesty and emotion.
Tugboat Captain make a welcome return with ‘Bosch’, the story of a homicide detective who has a horrible realisation about his own actions. It’s delivered against an intro that reminded us of Sneaker Pimps or I Monster’s ‘Daydream’. This soon morphs into the more familiar baroque pop sound – albeit with pleasing jazzy interludes –…
Masca have shared ‘Sweet Tooth’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Teen Dream Dealer’ in June. With angular guitar work and a woozy, wonky melody that falls somewhere between Everything Everything and Anamanaguchi, the song ponders the seemingly perfect nature of AI and how – if you fall madly in love and come to…
Silent Forum have shared ‘Yes Man’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Domestic Majestic’ on 23 February. Opening with a group vocal harmonising instructions to ‘keep your head down’, the song – about working under a psychopath – veers into a sound akin to Modest Mouse grappling with Bombay Bicycle Club, over a bed…
Released on Repeating Cloud Records ahead of new album ‘Upside Down World’ on 12 April, Mythical Motors new single ‘Court of the Beekeeper’ sits somewhere between Pup, XTC and The Reds, Pinks and Purples. Melodic garage rock that clocks in under two minutes with moments of pure jangle pop joy, there’s also an element of…
Indoor Pets make a most welcome return – and announce they’ve re-signed to the mighty Alcopop! Records – with the release of ‘London (Love to Hate)’. As fuzzy, crunchy guitar riffs and ferocious drums stop and start behind him, Jamie Glass takes aim at how hard it is to make ends meet in our capital…
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