Tugboat Captain make a welcome return with ‘Bosch’, the story of a homicide detective who has a horrible realisation about his own actions. It’s delivered against an intro that reminded us of Sneaker Pimps or I Monster’s ‘Daydream’. This soon morphs into the more familiar baroque pop sound – albeit with pleasing jazzy interludes –…
Masca have shared ‘Sweet Tooth’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Teen Dream Dealer’ in June. With angular guitar work and a woozy, wonky melody that falls somewhere between Everything Everything and Anamanaguchi, the song ponders the seemingly perfect nature of AI and how – if you fall madly in love and come to…
Silent Forum have shared ‘Yes Man’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Domestic Majestic’ on 23 February. Opening with a group vocal harmonising instructions to ‘keep your head down’, the song – about working under a psychopath – veers into a sound akin to Modest Mouse grappling with Bombay Bicycle Club, over a bed…
Released on Repeating Cloud Records ahead of new album ‘Upside Down World’ on 12 April, Mythical Motors new single ‘Court of the Beekeeper’ sits somewhere between Pup, XTC and The Reds, Pinks and Purples. Melodic garage rock that clocks in under two minutes with moments of pure jangle pop joy, there’s also an element of…
As long-time readers of the site will know (and if you’re not, the rather sporadic nature of our posts may well give it away), we welcomed Spectral Nights Jr just over two years ago and CBeebies – especially Bluey, Duggee and Moon and Me – have been a life-saver over that time. Now we’re delighted…
A further 50+ bands have been added to 2000trees’ already stellar 2024 festival line-up. Joining the already-announced The Gaslight Anthem, Manchester Orchestra and The Mysterines are The Chats (headlining their first ever UK festival) the incredible and awe-inspiring Nova Twins and a much-anticipated set from Spanish Love Songs. Although there’s so much to enjoy and…
NewDad release their long-awaited debut album ‘Madra’ (which means ‘dog’ in Irish) this January. A guitar-heavy record that explores themes of self-exploration, destruction, mental health and resistance, it’s one that we’ve been excited about since first hearing them on BBC 6 Music and then seeing them at 2022’s Glastonbury Festival. ‘Angel’ opens the record with…
My Life Story have shared ‘Running Out of Heartbeats, the opening track from their forthcoming album ‘Loving You is Killing Me’ (out on 9 February). The song – inspired by a quote from Neil Armstrong about how ‘every human has a finite number of heartbeats’ and his subsequent vow not to waste any of his…
English Teacher have shared new single ‘Albert Road’ ahead of the release of their debut LP ‘This Could Be Texas’ (out on 12 April via Island Records). The ballad opens in sparse and introspective fashion as Lily Fontaine opens up about how it feels to be a mixed-race individual in an increasingly intolerant and divisive…
Divorce have shared the video for ‘Sex and the Millennium Bridge’, a song that can be found on their recently released ‘Heady Metal’ EP. While the video finds the band channelling their inner Alice Coopers or Motley Crue, the song itself is more in line with Big Thief or Better Oblivion Community Center – albeit…
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