Bristol trio Sœur have already played at countless major festivals and are currently in the midst of a comprehensive UK tour to support the release of their second EP, ‘Fight’. ‘Quiet It’ opens the EP with Tina and Anya’s soulful and distinct vocal styles interlocking in style over brooding drums as they deliver personal and…
With their combination of shoegazey twinkling guitars and mathy hooks, The Yacht Club are the perfect new signings to our friends over at Beth Shalom Records. The London four-piece have unveiled a video for ‘Heigham Park’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘The Last Words That You Said To Me Have Kept Me Here…
Bridges – ‘Ghouls‘ A new signing to our friends over at Rose Coloured Records (order the EP here), Bridges combine the experimental nature of Manchester Orchestra with soaring Snow Patrol-style choruses. Ghouls is a toe-tapping anthem with visceral lyrics (‘My crack-weathered skin’; ‘My knuckles bleached white’) and atmospherics that can’t fail to leave an…
Ahead of the release of new album ‘Whatever We Probably Already Had It’ (order via Audio Antihero Records here and listen to new single ‘Something to Hide’ below), Tom White of Queens, New York lo-fi rockers Frog talks us through five albums that have shaped the band’s sound. After a lot of reflection, I have…
Kiran Leonard has released the sprawling nine-minute ‘Legacy of Neglect’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Western Culture’ on 9 November (Moshi Moshi). The song opens in serene fashion with Kiran showing off his Jeff Buckley-esque vocals amidst an atmospheric and gently swaying sound. As it enters its second minute, recent Q Awards album…
Ahead of a tour with Sam Evian, Brighton native Max Kinghorn-Mills’ Hollow Hand project has unveiled ‘Milestone’; a song that you can find on his debut album ‘Star Chamber’ (out via Talkshow Records now). A combination of Gruff Rhys and Graham Coxon’s solo material, the psych-tinged folk song is part of an album that aims…
Now signed to Alcopop! Records, Art Brut have announced details of new album ‘Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out’, a UK tour and a cracking new video for ‘Hospital’. The record will be released on 23 November. Inspired by Eddie Argos’ experiences in a German hospital (‘the most undignified month of my life’), it finds…
Tokyo Police Club have shared new single ‘Simple Dude’ ahead of the release of fourth album ‘TPC’ (out 5 October via Dine Alone Records). The band based themselves in a church in rural Ontario for the recording of this record and it was written while they grappled with the idea of calling it a day.…
flirting. are an ‘anxiety pop’ band with so much to say about the world and how we all treat mental health. Their new EP ‘This Would Be Funny if it Were Happening to Anyone But Me’ is released on 5 October via Noise is Therapy (digital) and Hidden Bay Records (cassette). The dark shoegaze of…
Already a thrilling live prospect and now a must-see fixture at festivals across the country, Black Peaks prepare to release their second album ‘All That Divides’ on 5 October. A wall of feedback and frantic drumming signal the start of album opener ‘Can’t Sleep’. Already a consistent part of Black Peaks live set, it finds…
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