Doves have made a welcome return with ‘Renegade’, the first single to be taken from upcoming sixth album ‘Constellations for the Lonely’ (out, appropriately enough, on Valentine’s Day, 2025). Described by drummer Andy Williams as ‘’Blade Runner’ set in our home city’ (Manchester), there is a cinematic and – at times – dystopian quality to…
Maxïmo Park have returned with new song ‘Favourite Songs’ and an extensive UK and EU tour for the autumn. An ode to the timeless power of pop music, ‘Favourite Songs’ opens with a line about Paul Smith’s best years being behind him but soon changes into a more celebratory tone as he decides to focus…
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 –…
Natasha Khan makes a welcome return with ‘The Dream of Delphi’, the first single (and opening track) to be taken from the upcoming album of the same name, out on 31 May via Mercury KX. Inspired and influenced by the birth of her daughter in 2020, the song captures ‘what happens when you’re stretched physically,…
Villagers have returned with ‘That Golden Time’, the title track from Conor O’Brien’s forthcoming sixth album – out on 10 May via Domino Records. The song – which ‘touches on a theme that keeps cropping up, of romanticism versus realism’ – opens in genteel and sparse fashion as Conor recalls the romantics of a more…
The Lemon Twigs have shared brand new single ‘My Golden Years’. A song about ‘making every minute count and living up to your potential’, it’s a jangly and breezy three minutes that recalls The Band or Love with its freewheeling harmonies, irresistible sense of nostalgia and self-confidence pep talk: ‘I know of only I try…
Brighton five-piece Youth Sector have shared new single ‘Free Parking’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Quarrels’ on 16 June via Dance to the Radio. With art rock elements and jagged riffs that hark back to the indie-rock explosion of the mid-2000s (think The Rakes, early Maximo Park and the Futureheads), it finds Youth…
As the year draws to a close, we thought we’d take a look at some of the records that have soundtracked our past 12 months. As ever, we’ll remind you that music is not a competition and there is so much to discover out there – and with the government’s (in the UK, at least)…
Quiet Lions have shared two live performances filmed by the Small Pond Recordings team in the middle of their hometown of Brighton’s legendary Concorde 2. The performances of the ‘Absenteeism’ album favourites ‘Field of Influence’ and ‘Epitaph’. ‘Field of Influence’ (below) finds the four-piece in fine form, harmonising and powering their way through a stirring…
Paws have shared new single ‘Joanna’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Your Church On My Bonfire’ (out 26 April via Ernest Jenning Record Co). Produced by Frightened Rabbit’s Andy Monaghan, the song is a three-minute anthem that brings to mind the likes of ‘The Remote Part’-era Idlewild or R.E.M. as Phillip Taylor pleads…
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