The Reds, Pinks & Purples skewers modern indie fandom with the ironically titled ‘The Biggest Fan’ – the third single from the upcoming Slumberland/Tough Love LP ‘Uncomon Weather’. Glenn Donaldson explains the source material for the song: “There’s this thing that I witnessed sometimes after shows, people walking up to the merch table to say […]
Dark-alt pop duo Charlotte Spiral have unveiled their new EP, ‘New Light’. It is due to be released on April 9th. The duo share new track ‘Out Of Here’ which was co-produced with Dan Carey over Zoom during the first lockdown. The song addresses a ‘recurring situation that breeds a longing for escape’. Lead singer […]
A new single and video for ‘A Woman’ has been released alongside the announcement that their debut album, Quale Futuro? is due on June 4th on Maple Death Records. The band say of the accompanying video: “There’s a famous Irish republican quote that goes ‘It is not those who can inflict the most, but those […]
Ahead of this Friday’s release of their fifth studio album, ‘Sketchy, Tune-Yards has released its third single ‘Hypnotized’. It is a ‘soulful plea to stay awake and present in this time of pandemic and oligarchy’. Its companion video, directed by Tee Ken Ng, posits the viewer on a never-ending looping train track. […]
LA-based artist Glüme is set to release her debut album ‘The Internet’ on April 30th via Italians Do It Better. She has shared new single and video ‘What Is A Feeling’ from the record. Speaking about the track, Glüme said: “I had a doctor once tell me my feelings were doing my heart more harm […]
Organ Morgan introduce themselves with their debut track ‘Dracula’s Toothache’ via new London Folk collective, Broadside Hacks. They are named after the hermetic composer from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’. Speaking about the track, the band’s Harris McMillan says: “The song came from some unpleasant realisations I had about getting older – I […]
‘Honey Lungs’ is the first, self-released single to be shared from new material that Said The Whale worked on throughout 2020’s lockdowns. Co-written jointly in the studio by singer-songwriters Tyler Bancroft and Ben Worcester, the lyrics of ‘Honey Lungs’ aim to address today’s ‘fraught political climate while placing an emphasis on empathy’. They wrote it […]
George Eve’s new track ‘Gates’ has been revealed alongside its official video. Eve filmed and edited the video when lockdown was loosened last October. He took to the streets of London armed with just his iPhone to capture snippets of what life was like in lockdown, as well as uplifting shots of being reunited with […]
Barnaby Keen’s debut single ‘Lay Our Cards’ has been released. The track’s video captures the track’s mood with nostalgic stock footage being manipulated and altered. Barnaby Keen Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Robbing Millions – the project of Belgian avant-pop musician Lucien Fraipont – has announced the release of his second album ‘Holidays Inside’, via MGMT Records, in collaboration with [PIAS]. Listen to the album’s first single, ‘Camera’, below. About the song, which features Halo Maud’s backing vocals, Fraipont says: “‘Camera’ is the last-minute track I wrote […]
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