2017 has been an incredible year for music with so many must-have EPs and albums. Big names like Ryan Adams, The National and British Sea Power released their best new material in years while the likes of BSM, Holy Roar and Specialist Subject Records helped ensure the independent scene continued to thrive. Below are our…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more excited to hear it. A Brexit-baiting track that was inspired by David Brewis’ disappointment in his hometown Sunderland being the first town to vote Leave, it combines…
A couple of weeks back, we included Natalie Evans in one of our new music round-ups and now we’re delighted to be hosting the premiere of a simply breathtaking live performance at her label Small Pond’s studio in Brighton. ‘Under the Moon’ finds the Kent-based singer-songwriter laying her heart bare as she sings about wanting…
Words by Joe Booley. Over two years since the monumental release of ‘Carrie & Lowell’, Sufjan Steven’s has released ‘The Greatest Gift’, a mixtape of outtakes, remixes and demos from his 7th studio album. ‘The Greatest Gift’ starts off with ‘Wallowa Lake Monster’, a track that strikes as no surprise to those who have heard…
Following the release of ‘Planet Shhh!’, Paul Russell’s Human Pyramids project put a smile on the faces of crowds at festivals ranging from ArcTanGent to Glastonbury and now the Axes man has come up with another 12 pieces of gloriously orchestral pop for you to wrap your ears around. Coming out on Three Mile Town…
It is morning in Cardiff and I wake up entirely entangled with Ollie on a friend’s sofa. On the floor next to me is our videographer and professional pal Sam. Normally I take a little while to wake up but on tour I get hit by a wave of anxiety and excitement (easy to mix…
‘Time is a Riddle’ is a hugely appropriate title for Luke Sital-Singh’s new album, which follows up his 2014 debut ‘The Fire Inside’. Released via Raygun Records and Red Essential, it’s an album that examines the nature and concept of time and probes at every element of a successful (or not so successful) relationship. Lead…
Birmingham trio Maybe Don’t have signed to the awesome Odd Box Records to release ‘At Owl Mansion’, a three-track EP which will be released as a limited edition EP (only 100 are being made!). Following on from their self-released cassette last year, it’s also available to stream and download via Bandcamp. With talk of dirty…
Hailing from Buffalo, New York, Mutual Friends are set to release an EP called ‘Instant Gratification‘ on Bandcamp and we’re honoured to be hosting the video premiere here on Spectral Nights. An emo four-piece who have a dreamy outlook, the four-minute song is very fantastical and seems to combine elements of Beach House or Mercury…
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