Massachusetts post-rockers Caspian have made a welcome return with the release of new single ‘Flowers of Light’ ahead of new album ‘On Circles’ on 24 January (Triple Crown Records – pre-order here). Described by guitarist/keyboardist Phillip Jamieson as ‘our attempt to find the intersection between propulsive, relentless energy and a trance like sense of reverie’,…
Brighton band Wild Cat Strike have shared a video of a stripped-down live version of album favourite ‘Lemonade’ – featuring the vocal and harp-playing talents of Natalie Evans. The sparse and intimate setting and acoustic rework gives the duet a powerful poignancy as Natalie and WCS frontman Danny discuss developing a fear of drowning, looking…
Brighton/London instrumental prog rockers POLY-MATH have shared their new 15-minute (!) single ‘Sensors in Everything’ ahead of UK and EU tour dates with Body Hound. It’s the first song to feature new member Josh Gesner on keyboards and synthesisers and also the first of an ambitious two-part release for 2020, which the quartet have recorded…
Olympians are set to release their second album, ‘Lake Mannion’, on 31 October (buy here). It’s a record that finds the band realising how average they are as people – and how that might actually be OK. ‘We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Come to It’ finds Dan Harvey musing about a time that might…
Blackpool’s political punks Those Fucking Snowflakes make their views of the current state of the world clear with ‘Stop Being Dickheads to Each Other’. Formed by members of Dinosaurs Are Shit Dragons, Oceans Over Alderaan, and Goonies Never Say Die, the band’s sound fits somewhere between the abrasive yet melodic nature of Girl Band and…
concrete concrete are a new band from Brooklyn who have already played shows with Alex Cameron and Cavemen. They have a debut album ‘Drifter’ (produced by toe’s Mino Takaaki) ready to wow the math rock community and ‘Hues’ offers a fine introduction to the three-piece’s intelligently crafted sound. Opening with stop-start and zig-zag patterns of…
Leeds-based Living Body have shared new single ‘C.R.E.A.M.’. Self-described as ‘post-Brexitcore’, all the instruments on the track have been played, recorded and mixed by Jeff T. Smith and the track combines shoegazey melodies with pining vocals (you can hear the passion as Jeff sings ‘Opening up to Heaven’s Gate… Won’t you come and take me…
