Annabel Allum – ‘Rich Backgrounds‘ Annabel Allum has long been a Spectral Nights favourite and she’s going from strength to strength. Playing shows at SXSW and getting set to release a new EP on the ever-reliable Killing Moon Records, ‘Rich Backgrounds’ introduces another side to her. It’s a slacker-punk song full of fiery energy as…
A Bristol quartet with a penchant for bubblegum-sweet melodies, Why We Love’s ‘Lucky One’ opens with the line ‘Begging for forgiveness from the one you used to hold’ amongst some absolutely delicious hooks. Signed to our friends at My Little Empire Records, there’s a timeless quality to the song and also some brilliantly geeky references:…
Signed to My Little Empire Records (kudos on the Manics reference in the name, by the way), we reviewed Easy Kill’s ‘Mould’ last year and had a lot of time for its take on anthemic indie rock in the vein of The National. Now, theband is returning with a new EP called ‘Sermons’ and you…
‘Cos when we first started this, we were just kids. You were surface, I was deep’. Manchester’s Easy Kill are a band with a candid approach to songwriting and this openness and sincerity runs through ‘Mould’, the lead single from their ‘Already Entitled’ EP (available on My Little Empire Records). A break-up song that would…
