Wild Pink return with ‘Dulling the Horns’ (out on 4 October via FireTalk Records). This release finds John Ross ruminating on what it takes to move forward, no matter what obstacles – or honours – life throws at you along the way… Recent single ‘The Fences of Stonehenge’ opens the album with a swather of…
After a month of being available via an online treasure hunt, Happy Accidents (Rich Mandell and Phoebe Cross) release their fifth album ‘Edit Undo’. It’s a record that finds the band ruminating on the feeling of being past your prime and battling your inner demons. There is talk of the seasons, going mad and a…
London-based alt-rocker Uzumaki release their debut album ‘Waded’ via Everything Sucks Music on 13 September. With influences ranging from Sonic Youth to Pulp and early Weezer, the record aims to capture the raw and real energy of the band in a live setting… The 2 1/2-minute title track opens the record with a Breeders-esque bass…
The title track opens the record in slow and swaying style as Blair Howerton sings about how ‘sometimes it’s over’ and then becomes more defiant: ‘Wake up, take all your chances’. With a touch of Laurel Canyon in its alt-folk sound, it’s a soulful piece that carries through on ‘Rhyme or Reason’, a touching story…
Hello Mary have shared ‘Down My Life’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Emita Ox’ via Frenchkiss Records on 13 September. Helena Straight says the song was written after ‘one of the saddest experiences of her life’ and you can feel the pain and anguish in her vocal delivery – which glides over a…
October Drift have shared the video for ‘Tyrannosaurus Wreck’ ahead of the release of third album ‘Blame the Young on 27 September via Physical Education Recordings. Frontman and guitarist Kiran Roy says the song is ‘About a relationship breakdown and the balance of life within this band and life outside of it’, showing how hard…
Joanna Sternberg has shared ‘A Country Dance’, the third stand-alone single to follow their second album ‘I’ve Got Me’. The song features prominently in the forthcoming film ‘Between the Temples’, which stars Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. Although Joanna doesn’t dance or drink wine in real life, this Moldy Peaches-esque slice of alt-folk finds their…
Foxing follow up the 8-minute ‘Greyhound’ with ‘Hell 99’, the second song to be taken from their upcoming self-titled album (out on the band’s own Grand Paradise label on 13 September). Described by guitarist Eric Hudson as being ‘about burnout and fatigue’, the song resembles the feelings of frustration and exhaustion we all experience in…
illuminati hotties, the brainchild of GRAMMY Award-winning producer Sarah Tudzin returns with new album ‘Power’, a record that examines how the modern world can be full of both misery and joy – often within a split-second of each other. ‘I Would Still Love You’ has a frenetic and frantic drum beat as Sarah explains how…
Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Andy Pastalaniec’s Chime School project follows up his 2021 self-titled debut with ‘The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel’, an album that examines the sadness of gentrification and the much-missed bars and theatres that were lost in its wake… There are elements of The Pastels and Orange Juice in the opening sadpop…
Spectral Nights - alternative music, indie music, music reviews, new music, music blog 