Cast follow up their support slot at the Oasis reunion last year with brand new album ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’, a record John Power says ‘arrived out of the blue’. John declares ‘Is there something you want me to say?’ on album opener ‘Poison Vine’ before backing up on himself and asking ‘Is there something you…
London’s The Leaf Library have shares ‘The Reader’s Lamp’ ahead of the release of fourth studio album ‘After the Rain, Strange Seeds’ on 20 March 2026 via Fika Recordings. There’s a touch of Delgados in the song’s gentle guitar tones while Kate Gibson’s vocals glide over in style. Described as ‘a hymn to the strangeness…
The Just Joans, sibling duo David and Katie Pope, are set to release their new album ‘Romantic Visions of Scotland’ via Fika Recordings on 23 January. The album finds them casting their eye on the ridiculous moments of romance and everyday disappointment… ‘Think Fast, Make Conversation’ opens the album with super-sweet Orange Juice hooks and…
London punks Rifle have unleashed their debut record, with its focus on giving a voice to the working class who are all too often ignored in the current, divisive climate. ‘Rifle’ opens the record and with the same name as both the band and the album, it’s a frenetic and focuses statement of intent –…
Halifax-based singer-songwriter Ellur has shared ‘Dream of Mine’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘At Home in My Mind’ via Dance to the Radio on 6 February, 2026. A song about ‘feeling selfish for wanting to pursue a career that requires a lot of sacrifices’, it finds Ellur ruminating on the insecurities that come…
The Reds, Pinks & Purples have returned with ‘New Leaf, a suitably restrained slice of melancholic indie rock that finds Glenn Donaldson in wistful mood: ‘Between the earth and the sea, always a mystery, always unknown’. There’s a touch of The National in the atmospheric guitar work while gothic undertones add an expertly pitched uneasiness.
Divorce’s guitarist and co-vocalist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow has shared ‘Song By A Stranger’, the first song to be released under his Book of Churches moniker. The single comes ahead of the side-project’s self-titled debut album which comes out on 6 March, 2026. With each song written one day and recorded the next, the album finds Felix…
Torrance, California emo legends Seahaven have shared ‘Long Goodbye’ ahead of extensive US and UK tours Clocking in at just 2 minutes and 16 seconds, it finds the band reminiscing about watching someone cry at the end of a relationship – ‘Undeserving – someone left you in a lonely way’; ‘Tired eyes, lost time and…
The Orielles have returned with the release of double single (they used to be called double A-sides) ‘You are Eating a Part of Yourself’ and ‘To Undo the World Itself’ ahead of the release of their fourth studio album ‘Only You Left’ via Heavenly on 13 March, 2026. ‘To Undo the World Itself’ finds the…
Music City have shared new single ‘Pretty Feelings’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Welcome to Music City’ on 6 February, 2026. A song with romance at its core, frontman Conor Lumsden describes it as ‘About giving in, letting yourself disintegrate into particles of light in the presence of love’. With this approach…
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