Berlin via Dublin singer songwriter A.S.Fanning has shared new single ‘All Time’ ahead of the release of new album ‘You Should Go Mad’ via Proper Octopus Records on 13 November. The 7-minute piece blends elements of shoegaze with airy dream pop guitar hooks and baritone vocals that fit somewhere between Matt Berninger, Warren Zevon and…
Following support from Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing and Spotify, Beth Shalom Records signing Bryony Williams is set to release her debut EP ‘State I’m In’ on 30 October (pre-order here). Bryony says: ‘This is where I am at right now in my life, which is ever-changing. But the key things that remain are self-reflection, being…
Manchester-based singer-songwriter Phoebe Green has shared the video for ‘Golden Girl’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘I Can’t Cry for You’ on 3 December via Chess Club Records (preorder HERE). The song has already receives support from DJs including Annie Mac, Jack Saunders and Phil Taggart. Phobe says the song is about the…
Martha Hill shares her eagerly awaited ‘Summer Up North’ EP this weekend. The Newcastle-based musician worked remotely with producer Julien Flewon on these five songs during lockdown, recording them via Zoom. Martha says the overriding concept of these songs sums up simpler times (well, the ‘old normal’ that we’re all so desperate to return to):…
Rosehip Teahouse have shared ‘A Million Times’ ahead of the releas of their ‘Fine’ EP on 9 December. Inspired by Faye Rogers’ battles with anxiety (‘I was finding that I would try and mould myself into what I thought everyone else wanted from me, not realising that I was losing more and more of myself…
The Cribs have shared the video for ‘Never Thought I’d Feel Again’ ahead of the release of their eighth album, ‘Night Network’, on Friday 13 November. Describing the song as ‘Wakefield Motown’, the Jarman brothers said: ‘We wrote this song with a very simple goal in mind – we wanted something very simple, dancey and…
Tilly and the Wall’s Kianna White has shared her debut solo single, ‘Homecoming Queen’, via Team Love Records. Opening with dreamy guitar hooks and luscious melodies that fall somewhere between The Sundays and Haim, Kianna tells a story about how ‘someone’s giving drugs to the high school kids’ before declaring ‘I don’t really want to…
Royal Mountain Records (Mac DeMarco, Orville Peck, Pottery) founder Menno Versteeg is set to release the debut full-length record, ‘Strangers Like Us’, under his Mav Karlo moniker. Menno says: ‘The goal with the album was to take a good hard look at myself and my behaviour and really get to the heart of the matter.…
Sarah Beth Tomberlin follows up 2018’s beautiful ‘At Weddings’ album with her new EP, ‘Projections’. This release follows appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and tours with emo heroes including American Football, Alex G and Andy Shauf. The EP opens in subtle style with ‘Hours’, an understated song that reminded us of Tim Kasher’s solo material with…
Ryan Hemsworth has launched his new project, Quarter-Life Crisis, by sharing a collaboration with Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan. ‘Postcard from Spain’ will appear on the upcoming self-titled EP when it’s released on 4 December via Saddle Creek. Collaboration is a key part of this album and although Ryan produced all of the live instrumentation on…
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