New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand have made their long-awaited return with the new single ‘Inversion’. Frontman Walter Schreifels says: “The music to ‘Inversion’ was very squatter punk at first. To get something going vocally I started singing in an English Niel Nausea kind of vibe (Nausea are a peace/squatter punk band from the Lower […]
Lucy Dacus has announced her third album, ‘Home Video’, out June 25th on Matador, and has released lead single and video, ‘Hot & Heavy’. Dacus explains: “I thought I was writing ‘Hot & Heavy’ about an old friend, but I realized along the way that it was just about me outgrowing past versions of myself. […]
Melbourne-based Maple Glider, the project of Tori Zietsch (pronounced like ‘peach’ with a z), has announced her debut album, ‘To Enjoy is the Only Thing’, due out on June 25th 2021 via Partisan Records. To coincide with the announcement, she has also shared ‘Swimming’, accompanied by a skeletal music video. On ‘Swimming’, Zietsch says: “This […]
Lead by British frontman Liam, Italian bass player Piero and South African Megan, Berlin based Shybits’ new single ‘Sunshine’ is determined to give a much needed moment of joy and optimism. It is due to feature on the band’s forthcoming debut album in September via Duchess Box Records. Shybits
UK-based Daytime TV have stepped out with their first new music of 2021 with ‘Zombie’. The self-filmed and self-directed video accompaniment for ‘Zombie’ was shot in three different locations across the UK where each member is currently residing – the Midlands, Scotland, and London. Speaking on the new single, the band’s vocalist and guitarist, Will […]
Eli Smart has shared ‘Highschool Steady’. Of the song Smart says: “‘Highschool Steady’ was the first song I wrote when I can back home to Kauai from Liverpool after the initial lockdown in March. It doesn’t have really anything to do with Highschool but more about the culture shock I felt when coming back to […]
It was on a cold night in Berlin, when Alice was queuing with her friends to get into a club and she realised something wasn’t quite right. The closer she got to the front, the worse she felt. As a twinge of dizziness became a rush of vertigo, Alice made her excuses and hastily headed […]
Red Ribbon, the project of LA-based songwriter Emma Danner, has released her new single ‘Way’ alongside its Eleanor Petry-directed video, off her forthcoming album ‘Planet X’ out June 11th via Danger Collective Records. “This one doesn’t have many words but I probably spent two years writing the lyrics,” explains Danner. “If you knew it was […]
Lachlan’s latest single, ‘Relay’ has been explained as a ‘relationship soured. Lachlan Will says: “Relay is a tale of a relationship soured. The imagery of being rushed to the next person just as quick as being settled with the prior person. The seemingly endless inner battle with your emotions and the events that have transpired, […]
South London’s ME REX have shared a brand-new animated video for their single ‘Heart of Garbage’, taken from their most recent EP ‘Stegosaurus’. Talking about the track, lead singer Myles McCabe said: “The central metaphor is of a plant trying to grow in a poisonous environment. The song is about digging out space, providing light […]
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