Exeter trio Soot Sprite will release their debut album ‘Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon’ via Specialist Subject Records on 16 May, 2025. Elise Cook (lead vocals/guitar) says the album is ‘about embracing empathy over apathy, despite the constant stream of worldly horrors. If we have empathy we can have hope, and with hope then…
Edinburgh duo No Windows (multi-instrumentalist Morgan Morris and lyricist Verity Slangen) are releasing their latest EP ‘The Great Traitor’ via Fat Possum Records on 9 May, 2025. Drawing on inspirations ranging from Leonard Cohen and George Harrison to film composer Jon Brion, the six songs were written and recorded during a time of personal upheaval…
9Bach have shared new single ‘Llaw – 101 Mix’ exclusively on Bandcamp ahead a run of headline shows. This is the first song to be released showcasing their collaboration with Andy Gangadeen, an artist who’s worked with acts ranging from Chase & Status to Lava La Rue. With big beats and a touch of acid…
Panic Shack have announced details of their debut self-titled album and shared lead single ‘Girl Band Starter Pack’. The record will be released on 18 July via Brace Yourself Records and promises to capture the vibrant energy of their phenomenal love show. ‘Girl Band Starter Pack’ is an instantly relatable and zesty piece of pop-punk…
Spectral Nights favourites Tugboat Captain have shared new album ‘Dog Tale’. Written and recorded in just one week, it finds lead singer Sox ruminating on London life when you’re navigating your mid to late 20s: ‘I feel like this album is a ‘Dog’s Tale’ of love, relationships, family and domesticity. I feel like lyrically, I’ve…
Bleach Lab have shared ‘Feel Something’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Close to the Flame’ on 18 July, 2025. Frontwoman Jenna Kyle says the new single is ‘About being locked in a slowly dying relationship, where you’re heavily dependent on another.’ This feeling of devastation and being stuck as you only bring out…
Scottish sisters Brèagha Cuinn (Guitar and vocals) and Onnagh Cuinn (Bass and vocals) – Bratakus – have signed to Venn Records and released new single ‘Final Girls’, ‘a song about the horror movie trope of the ‘Final Girl’ and all the rules they have to follow in order to survive the movie. The song talks…
Symbol Soup (known to family and friends as Michael Rea) has shared ‘Miniatures’ via Sad Club Records. With themes of detachment at its core, the song finds Michael looking at his own life as if it were a miniature model world. This feeling of being out of control is delivered against a crescendo of guitars…
Friendship, friends of MJ Lenderman and Wednesday, have shared ‘Resident Evil’ ahead of the release of more new material in the near future. Written while crashing at MJ and Karly Hartzman’s home in summer 2023, the song is an introspective piece of anthemic alt-folk with plenty of self-deprecation about where life takes you – despite…
Inspired by former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s infamous interview where he claimed to know what poverty was like because he grew up with no Sky TV (join the club), Those Fucking Snowflakes return with the appropriately titled ‘No Sky for Rishi’. A singalong, old-school punk anthem with gonzo drumming, stop-start riffs and witty lyrics explaining…
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