Symbol Soup (known to family and friends as Michael Rea) has shared ‘Miniatures’ via Sad Club Records. With themes of detachment at its core, the song finds Michael looking at his own life as if it were a miniature model world. This feeling of being out of control is delivered against a crescendo of guitars…
Inspired by former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s infamous interview where he claimed to know what poverty was like because he grew up with no Sky TV (join the club), Those Fucking Snowflakes return with the appropriately titled ‘No Sky for Rishi’. A singalong, old-school punk anthem with gonzo drumming, stop-start riffs and witty lyrics explaining…
Love Rarely have shared ‘Disappear’ ahead of shows with Sweet Pill and appearances at 2000trees and ArcTanGent Festivals. The melodically mathy song finds Courtney Levitt letting her frustrations about being made to feel shit loose with primal, raw emotion: ‘You said I should disappear’. With quieter interludes and healthy doses of screaming amidst the hardcore…
Exeter’s Soot Sprite have shared new single ‘Vicious Cycles’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon’ via Specialist Subject Records on 16 May, 2025. A reflective and slow-burning piece with gothic atmospherics that bring to mind Anna Calvi or Hovvdy – but with the edgier emo stylings of Sweet…
Suds have shared new single ‘State of Everything’, their first new material since 2023’s debut album ‘The Great Overgrowth’. Falling between Cursive and Sweet Pill, the emo hit finds the band trying to make sense of the internal conflicts over the past couple of years that threatened to tear the band apart. With pulsating drums…
HLLLYH (formerly the Mae Shi) have shared their debut song ‘Dead Clade’. Following 2008’s cult classic ‘HLLLYH’ album, the Mae Shi went dark… Leaving an incredible legacy but fans wondering what had happened. In 2022, Mae Shi founding member Tim Byron decided to get the band back together and record one last album. This ending…
Glasgow-based twin sibling duo Cloth (Rachael and Paul Swinton) have shared the title track for their new album ‘Pink Silence’ (out on 25 April, 2025 via Rock Action). Featuring guest appearances from Adrian Utley and Stuart Braithwaite, Paul says the song is based on ‘a particular time and feeling – those moments late in the…
The Divine Comedy has shared ‘Achilles’ ahead of the release of 13th album ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ on 19 September, 2025. The album was recorded at Abbey Road and finds Neil Hannon offering his usual variety of emotions – funny, sad, angry and everything in-between. Following the bombastic chocolate love-in on the Wonka soundtrack, this record…
Edinburgh duo No Windows have shared ‘Easter Island’, the latest song to be taken from new EP ‘The Great Traitor’, which will be released on 9 May, 2025 via Fat Possum Records. Lo-fi and folk tinged, it brought back fond memories of early Slow Club for us with the gorgeous blend of dual vocals, pared-back…
Bath/Bristol dreampoppers Night Swimming have shared ‘In the Real World’ ahead of shows with Miki Berenyi and a debut headline UK tour in the autumn. Produced by Peter Miles (TORRES, Orla Gartland) and mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive, the song is delivered from the point of view of a young person who feels trapped,…
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