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Track: Colleen Green unveils the cool and witty track ‘I Wanna Be A Dog’ and announces the release of the fittingly titled album ‘Cool’ for September
Track: Geoffrey O’Connor reveals the synth pop joy of ‘For As Long As I Can Remember (feat. Jonnine)’
Track: Polish Club give us a resounding ‘Whack’ with their thumping new single and announce national tour on eve of album release
Premiere: Naytee released the expressive and personal EP ‘Tears While We Sleep’
Premiere: James Leonard Hewitson shares nervy, expansive new song ‘Waiting For A Call’
News: Erland Cooper signs for Mercury KX, buries his latest album in the soil of Orkney as a three-year time capsule with a treasure hunt ensuing; watch a short film
See: Rowan – ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change’: irresistible lo-fi guitar pop! from Cork trio, who also announced a Dublin date
See: The esoteric psilocybin dream of Fuzzy Lights’ ‘Sirens’: fine fenland acid folk preludes next week’s new album
Track: Elliot Lee – Drama Queen
News: Red Rum Club announce an October album with the slick, brassy pop of ‘Nightcalling’
Track: Freakshow – Waste
See: SCALPING whirl you through 360° in the crunch and spin of ‘Empty Cascade’
Blu-Ray Review: Murder By Decree
Premiere: Versari exclusively unveil for us their new EP Brûle: an epic filled with glorious edits and remixes casting a whole new light on the originals
EP Review: Strangely Enough unveils the atmospheric and intricate sounds of debut EP ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ and announces live dates
Track: Rituals – Awake
Track: Static Dress – Sweet
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Premiere: Julia Daigle of Paupière announces debut solo album and shares lead single

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Track: Polish Club give us a resounding ‘Whack’ with their thumping new single and announce national tour on eve of album release

Arun Kendall June 24, 2021

Polish Club are spinning back to the dance floor, dropping down and turning around with their ebullient and effervescent track ‘Whack’: a bluesy, soul-soaked whirligig of a track that provides a pulse-quickening aural cleanse. This is a band that over the two previous releases we have covered ( the disco pop of ‘Stop for a …

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Premiere: James Leonard Hewitson shares nervy, expansive new song ‘Waiting For A Call’

Gareth O Malley June 23, 2021

New James Leonard Hewitson songs are like buses – you wait a year for them and then two come along almost at once. The second he’s shared in three weeks, ‘Waiting For A Call’ tackles the anxiety surrounding exactly that; the feeling of holding out for something that may never come. It’s out tomorrow, lifted …

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News: Erland Cooper signs for Mercury KX, buries his latest album in the soil of Orkney as a three-year time capsule with a treasure hunt ensuing; watch a short film

Chris Sawle June 23, 2021

SIGNING today with one of the leading modern compositional imprints, Decca/Mercury KX, Orcadian composer Erland Cooper has marked the occasion in a fascinating if not entirely expected way. He already has his first album recorded; it’s entitled Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence, and is a new work written and recorded for solo …

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News: Red Rum Club announce an October album with the slick, brassy pop of ‘Nightcalling’

Chris Sawle June 23, 2021

LIVERPOOL’S upbeat popsters Red Rum Club are gonna be swinging into autumn with a new album, in which the sextet are gonna unveil a dastardly plan couched in well-turned tunesmithery – How To Steal The World. Top hats, twizzling ‘taches and some bloody decent tunes. Wanna hear a first single? Good-o, because “Nightcalling” is with …

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EP Review: Strangely Enough unveils the atmospheric and intricate sounds of debut EP ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ and announces live dates

Arun Kendall June 23, 2021

The Breakdown ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ is a dramatic, theatrical indulgent pleasure that is rich and evocative and deeply satisfying. Independent – 8.5 There is a lightness in ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ that gives wings to a series of delicate and intricate songs filled with Strangely Enough‘s Greg Olley’s glorious voice and celestial melodies. Infused …

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