Cork’s alt-rockers Pebbledash have shared ‘Isn’t It Always’, one of the standout tracks on recent EP ‘To Cast the Sea in Concrete’. Steeped in dark atmospherics, synth player and guitarist Cormac Donovan O’Neill says: ‘The environment in which we recorded these songs – a secluded makeshift studio minutes outside the city, but still surrounded by…
London seven-piece The Orchestra (For Now) have shared the video for new single ‘Hattrick’ ahead of the release of their second EP, ‘Plan 76’, on 31 October, 2025. Describing the song as ‘a series of explosions and attempts at recovery and reckoning’, it packs a hell of a lot into its 5 minutes and 41…
Originally from Peterborough but now split between Bristol and London, Club Brat are the latest signings to Venn Records (Meryl Streek, Clobber and previously Bob Vylan) and they’ve shared ‘Goodbye Pop Culture’ ahead of the release of the conveniently titled ‘Four Songs’ EP on 12 September. Described by the band as ‘concise, deliberate, and unapologetically…
After an extended break to concentrate on real life matters, Alpha Male Tea Party have returned with ‘Battle Crab’ – and now added vocals to their mashup of mathy riffs and gripping grooves. There’s a touch of Million Dead or Glassjaw in the aggressive nature, but also touching sensibilities around anxiety and feeling out of…
Inspired by former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s infamous interview where he claimed to know what poverty was like because he grew up with no Sky TV (join the club), Those Fucking Snowflakes return with the appropriately titled ‘No Sky for Rishi’. A singalong, old-school punk anthem with gonzo drumming, stop-start riffs and witty lyrics explaining…
Orchards have shared ‘Groan’, the fourth song to be taken from upcoming album ‘Bicker’, which will be released by Big Scary Monsters on 28 March. Inspired by a therapist asking her ‘Why do you feel the need to fix this?’, Lucy Evers weaves between feelings of frustration and catharsis as she realises the only person…
Composer/producer Paul Russell (Axes/Tough Glove) returns with ‘Thank You’, the fourth album to be released by his Human Pyramids project. Featuring members of Axes, Suicide Bid and Modern Studies, the album was recorded all over the world and mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens/Animal Collective). Gentle feedback and breezy, chiming percussion combine in the early…
Bristol trio Mould have shared new single ‘Chunks’ ahead of the release of their second EP in spring 2025. With a twiddly, mathy Kinsella-inspired intro, the song moves into post-punk territory as the band sing ‘Watch it live, watch the reruns, we’ll watch anything’ in unison. Falling somewhere between Thank, The Bronx and Yard Act,…
Public Service Broadcasting make a welcome return with ‘The Last Flight’, an album based around the achievements and final journey of Amelia Earhart – the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 1937, Amelia intended to circumnavigate the globe but after leaving Papua New Guinea, she never made it to…
‘Foxing’, the self-titled fifth album from St. Louis math rockers finds the quartet ‘finding comfort in their own chaos’. ‘Secret History’ opens with plenty of distortion, feedback and falsetto as Conor Murphy sings about how ‘They pissed on your dreams’. Halfway through there’s a demand to ‘make your mother proud’ amidst some healthy screams. Recent…
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