After 4 years spent focusing on bringing out incredible bands on his Super Fan 99 Records label, Uncle Luc (aka Luke Barham) makes his return with new album ‘Sticking to the Rules’. Here, Luke talks us through some of the bands and songs that have influenced the record, which you can pre-order here. So I…
Kermes are a queer indie-punk quartet from Leicester who are signed to Robot Needs Home. They’re set to release their debut album ‘We Choose Pretty Names’ on 13 April and it’s a record that – like their soon-to-be tour mates itoldyouiwouldeatyou – tackles important and timely subjects ranging from mental health and misoginy to gender…
Luvia, the latest signing to My Little Empire Records, has unveiled the chillingly beautiful ‘For You’. Wrapped up in dreamy atmospherics, this heartfelt song is all about people who are chasing more in life and how they do things that can be a ‘quick fix in lies’, which can sometimes lead to unhealthy addiction. Luvia’s…
Signed to our friends Beth Shalom (digitally) and Rose Coloured (physically), Manchester trip Hora Douse have unveiled the video for new two-in-one single ‘Outgrow/Anything’. Influenced by emo heavyweights including The Hotelier and Manchester Orchestra and featuring backing vocals by Kamikaze Girls’ Lucinda Livingstone, this track has been recorded and mixed by Bob Cooper (who’s produced…
Following shows with The Orielles, Hinds and The Big Moon, Quiet as a Mouse have unveiled the video for ‘Modern Belle’ – a song that will feature on their forthcoming part-Creative Scotland-funded album ‘Is it Funny When it Hurts?’ (out on 27 April). Produced by Marcus Mackay (who’s worked with Frightened Rabbit and Snow Patrol),…
Following countless tours and festival appearances, Orchards have signed to Big Scary Monsters in the perfect combination of band and label. To celebrate the news, the Brighton four-piece have unveiled ‘Luv You 2’, a song about falling for the same person as someone who used to be a friend and then not putting yourself down…
Liverpool duo Her’s have returned with ‘Love on the Line (Call Now)’. Opening like an electro-tinged soft-rock version of ‘Oliver’s Army’, there’s a playful sense of humour as the synths take over and the band sing about how ‘hers is a love that I cannot afford’. As it veers into a more jangly rhythm, the…
