Cheekface have shared new single ‘Black Site’ ahead of the release of their sixth album ‘Podium’ on 28 July. A song that takes aim at America’s CIA black sites, where music has been weaponised as a tool to annoy or coerce detainees. They’re essentially turning a sense of dread into something more communal, with Greg…
Embrace are set to celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of ninth album ‘Avalanche’ via Cooking Vinyl on 12 June, 2026. Ahead of this release, the band have shared ‘Stop’, a song that finds them dipping into The National or Echo and the Bunnymen-esque melodies while delivering a hands-in-the-air singalong chorus that has served…
Tori Amos has shared ‘Shush’, the second song to be taken from forthcoming album ‘In Times of Dragons’ (out on 1 May via Universal/Fontana). Each song on the album follows the life of one of 10 interconnected characters and in ‘Shush’ we get to meet a battle-hardened ‘lizard demon’ billionaire, who embodies the end result…
American Football have previewed LP4 with the release of 8-minute epic ‘Bad Moons’. Originally written as two separate reacks, the first section is built around a sample of a gentle harp strum as Mike Kinsella ponders over past misdemeanours and the hurt they’ve caused: ‘Surprise, I’ve been so many boys in this trenchcoat. Ask my…
Nottingham trio Eyre Llew have shared new single ‘Miningsby’. A song about ‘staying, listening and offering warmth’ when someone you love is struggling, the poignant song was recorded on a baby grand piano the band no longer owns. It opens in sparse post-rock fashion, all bowed guitar, restrained drums and genteel piano before the falsetto…
Manchester duo Succulents have shared their debut single ‘Underdog’, a song that Laurie Hulme says has ‘a darkly playful edge to the narrative, not unlike the gleeful antagonism found in The Twits, wrapped in warm, fuzzed-out indie-pop textures’. With The Pastels-meets-Cheap Trick power-pop hooks from its first melodic moment, Lauria and bandmate Lucy Ridges sing…
False Advertising have shared new single ‘Acid Rain’ ahead of the release of new album ‘The Sorry Window’ on 1 May, 2026. A song about ‘feeling attacked by your own insecurity and fighting back’, the music was inspired by a dream Jen Hingley had about watching Fall Out Boy live. There’s a grungey atmosphere running…
Tori Amos has shared ‘Stronger Together’ ahead of the release of new album ‘In Times of Dragons’ on 1 May via Universal/Fontana. The album’s tracks are based around 10 distinct characters that reflect the uncertain times we live in right now, with ‘Stronger Together’ introducing The Daughter. Fittingly, the track features backing vocals from Tori’s…
London four-piece Tooth have shared debut single ‘The Age of Innocence’ via Relentless imprint Soil to the Sun (Cliffords, Hex Girlfriend). From the first play of this song, you can see why they’re already festival favourites. It’s a zesty, catchy slice of indie-rock with a touch of regret – ‘I didn’t think that you could…
Lime Gardeb have shared new single ’23’ ahead of the release of second album ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ via So Young Records on 10 April, 2026. The band have also announced details of an extensive UK tour in October. Vocalist and guitarist Chloe Howard says the song was ‘born from a dream I had where I…
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