Saddle Creek signing Ada Lea’s album ‘What We Say in Private’ continually evolved over the course of its writing and recording process, leaving us with a debut to savour. Montreal native Ada is also a painter and visual artist and these passions have added to the colourful collection of songs that make up this record.…
Rosie Tucker has shared the lemon-drenched video for their new single ‘Habit’, one of many highlights from album ‘Never Not Never Not Never Not’. It opens with Rosie laying their heart bare: ‘I wanna tell you I’m sorry but what’s a couple words? Drops in the Pacific between us’ before going on to admit that even…
Hotly tipped disco punks Squid have announced details of new EP ‘Town Centre’ (out via Speedy Wunderground on 6 September/physically on 15 November) and shared the video for new single ‘The Cleaner’. Invoking the spirit of The Rapture with its eminently danceable hooks, the 7-minute beast was inspired by a move to London and the…
We’re almost halfway through July so of course Conor O’Brien’s Villagers are bringing some more sunshine into all of our lives with ‘Summer’s Song’. Produced by Conor and mixed by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips), Conor claims it’s ‘the closest I’ll ever get to writing a pure pop song’ and reveals ‘it was really…
Croydon four-piece Bellevue Days have shared ‘Freakin Out’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘It Can’t Possibly Go Wrong Ever’ later this year. Bursting with scattergun guitars and frantic drumming, the song about ‘a kind of depression that keeps you up all night and makes you question everything’, Alan Smith starts the song by…
New York-based singer-songwriter and visual artist Joanna Sternberg has always lived a life surrounded by music – from humming the entire melody of ‘Oh What a Merry Christmas Day’ from Mickey’s Christmas Carol at just 2 years old to piano lessons at the age of 5 and learning guitar and bass at 11. Their education…
Although ‘Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?’ is Dead Oceans (Phoebe Bridgers, The Tallest Man on Earth, Mitski) signings Bleached’s third album, it’s the first that the sisters have written from a place of sobriety. When it came to writing the tracks, the duo decided to go back to basics with Jessie Clavin handling the…
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen has announced details of new album ‘Lover’ (out on 23 August via Cooking Vinyl – pre-order HERE) and shared the video for emotional new single ‘Robin Williams’. Written after watching a Robin Williams documentary and being inspired by the much-missed actor and comedian’s spirit and enormous talent, it’s a song that…
Former Wild Beasts songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Fleming has shared ‘One True Pairing’, the first glimpse of his solo material to be released under the same name. A synth-heavy track that falls more in line with his old band’s latterday material, the song is all about keeping hopeful no matter how much shit life…
Gold Baby’s ‘500/1’ could be a distant cousin of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Seventeen’ with Siân Alex also offering life lessons to her younger self. However, whereas Sharon’s song was more positive, Siân’s is more grounded in the real world – offering to show her past self ‘around a sad little town’ and confessing how ‘all…
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