Track: The Membranes – Breathe In/Breathe Out
One of the many highlights from the punk greats’ astounding 2019 album, Breathe In/Breathe Out is the Membranes‘ latest single. The established grandiosity of the track is elevated further still by an appropriately breath-taking 26-piece choir, a ravishing riposte between the poetic words from frontman John Robb. The accompanying video is as striking as the …
Track: Djo – Keep Your Head Up
Djo, the alias of musician-actor wunderkind Joe Keery, released a spectacular debut album last September. This was put out surreptitiously, with very little promotion or fanfare, and without a label. Despite this, the album has earned upwards of 40 million streams, a testament to the music’s undoubtable wonder. Released with equal surprise, new single Keep …
See: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets share video for Mr. Prism
THE AUSSIE psych machine that is the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets released their first single of 2020 earlier this month, “Mr. Prism”. It’s a familiar but refreshing mixture of the Porn Crumpet’s uproarious, fuzzy-guitar heavy choruses and ethereal lyricism, with added bouts of electronic reverie. The video for the track also arrived recently, created by frequent …
News: The Cribs announce UK tour dates
The Wakefield brothers, who recently shared details of their upcoming eighth album Night Network, have now revealed further information on their 2021 UK tour dates. For what will be their first string of shows in three years, The Cribs begin at London’s Roundhouse on the 11th June, before finishing in the grand environs of Halifax’s …
Track: Hinds With Chai release the collaborative track United Girls Rock’n’Roll Club
Spanish quartet Hinds recently collaborated with Tokyo-based Chai on new single UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB. The track is as ebullient and liberating, if not more, than both of the respective bands’ albums or live shows, with the brilliantly uplifting WOAH-OH-WOAH-OH vocals and joyous handclaps. That the track’s vocals are sung in a variety of English, …
Track: Pom Poko release new single, ‘Andrew’
The Norwegian punk-pop extraordinaires’ creative wizardry, very much cemented with their astounding debut LP Birthday, continues with new single Andrew. The single allows a welcome sense of familiarity with it’s fusion of dulcified vocal and guitar melodies, combined with their unique rhythmic sensibilities and galvanic ruptures. However, Andrew also signals a massively creative leap into …
Track: Michael Rother releases new single, ‘Bitter Tang’
The Krautrock pioneer Michael Rother, one half of the remarkable Neu!, recently released a new single. The new track foreshadows Rother’s new album, to be released later this year, entitled Dreaming. The origins of the album’s material date all the way back to the mid to late 90s, when Rother collaborated with British musician Sophie …
Meet: J. Zunz talks new album, influences and more
Lorelle The Obsolete‘s Lorena Quintanilla just released her second album as J. Zunz: Hibiscus. The record exhibits an even more electronic maelstrom of captivating, ethereal sound than previous projects. Lorena discusses this transition here, as well as the origins of Hibiscus, her influences, and songwriting in general. (Photography by Sofia Ruesga) Hi Lorena, I really …
Album Review: J. Zunz – Hibiscus
J.Zunz, the alias of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete‘s Lorena Quintanilla, released her debut album Silente in 2017, which melded fuzzy-or erstwhile intricate- guitars with textural synths. Since then, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete put out the highly praised De Facto in 2019, with it’s superb collision of swirling electronic manipulation and the duo’s guitar frenzies. As …
Track: Running Into You- The Cribs’ new single, plus video and new album details
After Cribs fans endured a hefty wait from 2017’s 24/7 Rock Star Shit, and many more were tantalised for new music by their lockdown performance of Be Safe, they have today shared new track Running Into You. The band had fans in uproar yesterday after changing their social media profile pictures, in addition to revealing …