When Foals were writing and recording their second album ‘Total Life Forever’, Yannis Philippakis became fascinated with Fela Kuti and then his drummer, Tony Allen. In 2016, the two had the chance to collaborate with Yannis heading to a studio in Paris filled with African percussion instruments and analogue equipment. Scheduling conflicts prevented the two…
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…
After blowing everyone away at 2000trees Festival, Meryl Streek returns with new single ‘Counting Sheep’, the latest single to be taken from forthcoming album ‘Songs for the Deceased’ (released via Venn Records on 25 October. ‘Written about the daily grind of working full time you whole life 40 hours a week for a fraction of…
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…
Quiet Lions recently returned with ‘The Long Recovery’ EP, the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Absenteeism’ album. As we all know, a lot has happened in the past five years – personally, professionally and beyond – and this is reflected in the EP’s topics of parenthood, fatigue and workplace existentialism. A wall of guitar noise opens ‘Weigh…
Bright Eyes have shared ‘Rainbow Overpass’, the second single to be taken from their forthcoming tenth studio album ‘Five Dice, All Threes’, which will be released by Dead Oceans on 20 September. Featuring a cameo from Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos, the song opens with a burst of ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s…
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