Nottingham trio Bloodworm have shared ‘Bloodlust’ ahead of an extensive tour of the UK supporting Suede – after being personally invited by guitarist Richard Oakes after he caught one of their London shows. With a devilishly brooding bass line and darkly tinged lyrics – ‘You come for me, I’ll come for you’ – this is…
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 –…
Mirah has shared ‘After the Rain, her first single in seven years and first to be taken from upcoming seventh album ‘Dedication’, which will be released via Double Double Whammy and Absolute Magnitude on 20 February, 2026. Covering a turbulent time in her life that included relationship worries and a bout of writer’s block, the…
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…
Rosie Carney has shared ‘Sixteen’, the fourth and final single to be taken from her fourth studio album ‘Doomsday… Don’t Leave Me Here’ (out on 27 February, 2026). Nostalgic and contemplative, it finds Rosie looking back on her youth and how she was ‘better off leaning on my sisters than some idiot who probably wouldn’t…
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