Featuring recordings made between 2013 and 2020, the six songs on this debut record span genres and tackle all kinds of vital subjects as Gordian Stimm (Maeve from itoldyouiwouldeatyou) tries to make sense of tangible and imagined physicality and emotions. The LP opens with the 7-minute ‘Bleeding Out in a Septic Tank’ – a track…
Anna Burch follows up 2018’s glorious debut ‘Quit the Curse’ with ‘If You’re Dreaming’ – an album written after months on the road and significant upheaval in her personal life. Tracked with producer (and acclaimed singer-songwriter in his own right) Sam Evian at his home studio in upstate New York, the songs were recorded against…
Following shows with Swimming Tapes and Pottery and praise from outlets including DIY, Clash and Dork, Glaswegian indie-rockers Yakima are all set to release their debut EP. Recorded in a drafty old gatehouse next to a castle and produced by Benji Compston and Jon EE Allan of Happyness (who also plays on some of the…
A brand new band (only formed in late 2019!), Innerlove will release their debut EP ‘Fine By Me’ on 27 March via Know Hope Records. The ethos of the band is to ‘write songs with the intention of communicating feelings of hopefulness and self-perseverance’ without shying away from the harder times we all go through.…
Half Waif follows up 2018’s ‘Lavender’ with ‘The Caretaker’, a record that finds Nandi Rose opening up her heart and sharing her innermost thoughts as she ponders the importance and impact of isolation and connection. There’s a slow Warpaint feel to the introduction of album opener ‘Clouds Rest’ with its words about ‘going nowhere fast…
Already a favourite with Steve Lamacq, DIY and NME, Talk Show have spent the past year on the road with bands ranging from The Murder Capital and Fontaines D.C. to Pip Blom and Black Country New Road and are now finally set to release their debut EP ‘These People’ via Council Records on 27 March.…
The world is a very strange place right now and we hope everyone is staying safe and adhering to the social distancing rules… It feels weird that when Bright Eyes announced their comeback at the beginning of the year, everything seemed so different but Conor Oberst and co have decided to press on and have…
With three singer-songwriters (Brock Ginther, Alex Merrill and Galen Richmond) and a long-time love of the indie-rock scene, Portland, Maine band Lemon Pitch are all set to release debut album ‘Flat Black Sea’ on 27 March. Recorded as live, the band describe their sound as ‘lyrically dense noisy pop’. Three and a half minutes of…
Deeper follow up their eponymous 2018 LP with ‘Auto-Pain’ – a record that finds the Chicago band dipping into more ideas and emotions than ever before as they grapple with mortality, mental illness, harm and loss. Duelling guitars fade in and out on the album opener ‘Esoteric’. This then evolves into the kind of melodic…
‘Hot Springs’ is the new EP from Beth Shalom Records signings Marigolds. It follows support slots to bands including Spring King and Turnover and finds the band dipping into various genres across the four tracks: ‘Ultimately, we see this EP as a step forward for Marigolds and believe each song offers enough versatility for each…
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