The latest EP release from our friends at Fox Food Records is Fairy Godmother’s ‘Attic Space’. Available on limited-edition cassette, it contains six lo-fi songs full of heart and honesty. Opening with a burst of ambient noise and chatter that sets the scene perfectly, you first hear Alyssa Thomas’s lilting vocals on second track ‘Tell…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Failure by Design Records. Alcopop! Records. There are a lot of brilliant, beautiful people involved in all three of these and now they’re set to come together with the release of the new ityiwey EP ‘Get Terrified’ (out 20 April) – a set of physically unreleased previous singles and new material. The title track…
Oslo’s Spielbergs (great name) have announced details of their debut EP ‘Distant Star’ and shared the hook-laden power-pop of ‘We Are All Going to Die’. With its precision drumming and fierce but melodic guitar riffs, it’s a song that instantly gets inside your head and it’s sure to delight fans of Japandroids, Beach Slang and…
The Districts – ‘Nighttime Girls’ In this “song about the allure of escapism and a character’s general preoccupation with shallowness and neon light”, The Districts are in alluring form. It opens with a burst of rousing drums before the Grizzly Bear-style guitar hooks and distorted vocals join the fray. A song that will appeal to…
We’re delighted to be premiering the video for Brutalligators‘ ‘You’re Brutalligatored’. This song finds the band rallying against the current state of the world and the way people are just sitting back and letting awful things happen. The short and sharp song opens with some faltering emo melodies befoere a punky attitude in the vein of…
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…
Now signed to Alcopop! Records (and Slumberland in the States), Glasgow four-piece The Spook School are all set to release their third album ‘Could it be Different?’ ahead of a US tour with Diet Cig and various shows throughout the UK. On their last two albums on the much-missed Fortuna Pop, the band tackled social…
‘We want to make people feel like anything is possible whilst listening to this record’ is a bold statement for anyone to make, but there’s no band better equipped to ensure this comes true than The Xcerts. 2014’s ‘There is Only You’ saw the trio cement their position as one of the UK’s best bands…
Minnesota’s Tiny Moving Parts have released the video for ‘Applause’. It comes ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Swell’ (which you can order via BSM here). Intelligent math-pop in the vein of Minus the Bear or previous touring partner Into It. Over It., the song has a stop-start celebratory feel in its irresistible…
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.…
