Larlin have shared ‘Sondheim’, an anthemic, shoegaze-infused piece of emotional indie rock. Formed in 2024 and based in Brighton but fronted by Sheffield-born songwriter Maryann Hoar, Larlin are set for a big summer with ‘Sondheim’ offering an exciting glimpse of what’s to come. Maryann pleads to be written out of the story and admits she’s…
Bodega have returned with new single ‘Pick Up the Check’, a song that guitarist/vocalist (and director of this song’s video) Ben Hozie says is ‘set at an imagined date at a faux fancy restaurant w/ art deco wallpaper and fish-tank ambience. I know too many friends who tolerate unfulfilling relationships (either romantic, platonic, artistic, or…
Los Angeles duo Cosmo Gold have returned with ‘Lemon Drop’, a bass-led, psychedelic and sensual slow-burner that finds Emily ‘Cosmo’ Gold opening up about a queer fantasy with the demand: ‘Show me what a good friend you are, show me what you are’. It’s all wrapped up with an enticing lo-fi aesthetic that’s hard not…
Beck has returned with ‘Ride Lonesome’, a gentle break-up ballad that evokes the spirit of his more restrained and refined albums ‘Morning Phase’ and ‘Sea Change’. He laments how ‘She is gone’ and reflects on turning memories into worst enemies over sparse acoustic and electric hooks before reassuring himself – or the subject – ‘You’ve…
Basement have shared ‘Head Alight’ ahead of the release of new album – and first in eight years – ‘Wired’ on 8 May, 2026 via their original label, Run for Cover Records. Vocalist Andrew Fisher says: ‘What started out as a love song quickly evolved into something a lot more ethereal.’ Proudly wearing its early…
Drawing on the political landscape and her personal experiences, Jesca Hoop’s seventh album ‘Long Wave Home’ finds the California-born. Manchester-based songwriter examining the value of relationships, community and the strength of solidarity. Album opener ‘Adam’ is a restrained affair with Jesca pleasing to stay together with the subject of the song (‘Only the wrong clothes,…
Ben Auld’s second album ‘Loserdom’ is named after a term said by Walter Becker in a Steely Dan documentary and finds the Norwich-based singer-songwriter celebrating the relief that comes when you accept your losses and start to move on in life. The appropriately titled ‘Opening’ starts the record with gentle guitar strums and then later…
Recorded between the Albion Rooms in Margate and Jelly Studios in Ramsgate, spiritual five-piece Pigeon’s debut album ‘OUTTANATIONAL’ tackles subjects including belonging, migration and identity with a joyous enthusiasm. There’s an afrobeat intro on album opener ‘NRG’, a song that demands you give it its titles while Falle Nioke wards off evil spirits over a…
Truthpaste have shared ‘Friendship is the Truth’ ahead of the release of debut EP ‘I Don’t Know Either’ on 28 April, 2026 via Dirty Hit and Memorials of Distinction. Reminding us of Slow Club and the anti-folk classics of the early 2000s but combined with the complex chamber pop melodies of contemporaries like Black Country,…
Limerick newcomers Theatre have shared new single ‘The Fall’. This release follows shows with English Teacher, Westside Cowboy and Shame, and comes ahead of a performance at The Great Escape and tour support slot with Bleech 9:3. Deeply atmospheric from its opening moments, so much so you could imagine the band’s sound filling the Bang…
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