Holiday Ghosts – ‘Mr. Herandi’


Brighton-via-Falmouth-based band Holiday Ghosts have announced they have signed to FatCat Records and released a video for new single ‘Mr. Herandi’ ahead of the release of their third album ‘North Street Air’. Bringing to mind revered acts The Kinks and Violent Femmes but also cult contemporaries including Jeffrey Lewis and Daniel Johnston, the new song…

Madi Diaz – ‘Man in Me’


Nashville-based singer-songwriter Madi Diaz has announced she has signed to ANTI- Records and shared the video for debut single ‘Man in Me’. The song, produced by Madi with additional work by Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Bon Iver), finds her looking back on a past relationship: ‘It’s a very intimately visceral moment, a sort of play-by-play…

Remember Sports – ‘Pinky Ring’


Philadelphia-based Remember Sports have shared the video for ‘Pinky Ring’, the opener of their upcoming fourth album ‘Like a Stone’ – released via Big Scary Monsters and Father/Daughter Records on 23 April. The record finds the band members trading instruments throughout, while the new single is a smart slice of indie-pop that would happily slot…

Dead Nature – ‘Red Clouds’


Dead Nature, former Spring King singer Tarek Musa’s new solo project, has shared new single ‘Red Clouds’ ahead of the release of an as-yet untitled debut album later this year. Tarek says the song is ‘about dewy-eyed experiences we have of love, of people moving on, of moments you truly don’t want to end. I…

Mush – ‘Lines Redacted’ album review


Mush follow up last year’s ‘3D Routine’ album with ‘Lines Redacted’, a record that finds main songwriter Dan Hyndman documenting the redacted and confusing nature of the world we now live in. He describes the twelve songs – that feature a variety of characters narrating – as a ‘Manifesto for Misinformation’. The scuzzy Pavement-esque ‘Drink…

Pictish Trail – ‘Dream Wall’


Pictish Trail has shared new single ‘Dream Wall’ ahead of the release of an EP of the same name on 1 April. This EP – which features remixes of PT songs by friends and collaborators including Callum Easter, Kinbote, Bamboo and Good Dog – is exclusively available now to subscribers of Lost Map’s PostMap Club.…

Abi Rose Kelly – ‘Kill the Waitress’


Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Abi Rose Kelly follows up ‘Polaroids & Violence’ with the grunge-tinged new single ‘Kill the Waitress’. Longlisted for the Glastonbury Festival Emerging competition in 2020, the song finds her taking stock of her own feelings and vowing to make her own path: ‘Kill the Waitress’ is a song about how angry I am…

Muttering – ‘Swim’


Muttering, the latest signings to Failure By Design Records, evaluate the effect of both the climate crisis and overpopulation – in just three minutes – on new single ‘Swim’. Vocalist Chaz Bush said the theme of the song came about after: ‘I read an article that suggested the worst thing you can do for the…