Track: Kate Boy – Midnight Sun
We finally have news of the debut Kate Boy album – it’s called ONE and is due to be released in November via Fiction/Island/Iamsound. More good news – they’ve shared new track Midnight Sun and it is electro-pop perfection. Maybe it’s just that I’ve been hooked on stories featuring artificial intelligence recently (Humans, Ex Machina…I …
Track: Demob Happy – Wash It Down
Demob Happy’s frontman Matt Marcantonio says “apathy has been encouraged” in the current music market, but thankfully his band sounds anything but indifferent on blazing new track Wash It Down. This single is taken from the Brighton quartet’s eagerly awaited debut album, due out later this year, and follows the well-deserved hype surrounding previous single …
Track: New Arcades – More Than This
At a time when Chvrches have just announced the release date for their new album and previewed a few new songs, London duo New Arcades are in danger of falling slightly short on a sound that could be as addictive as the Scottish trio. London Duo Dean Canty and Adam Sullivan do run the risk …
Tracks: Shannon And The Clams – Corvette
Corvette is the first single from the forthcoming Shannon And The Clams album Gone By The Dawn, due for release on 11 September. This is a song that begins sweetly with Shannon Shaw’s vocals a deep purr. As the lyrics turn sour she starts to growl and you realise that this one will have a …
Track: Hyde & Beast – Hard Times Good Times
With a new EP due for release on 24 June, Hyde & Beast bring us more of their psychedelic pop with title track Hard Times Good Times. Dave Hyde (The Futureheads) and Neil Bassett (The Golden Virgins) have continued in a similar vein as last year’s album, Keep Moving, on this single with its fuzzy …
Live Review: Gengahr – Rough Trade East, London 2.7.15, plus gallery
We were in the middle of a heat wave but, judging by the large crowd that formed in Rough Trade East on a balmy July evening, Gengahr were going to get a warm reception whatever the weather. I’m pleased to say that Gengahr’s teenage fans showed up en masse for this in store show, waving …
Track: Seapony – Let Go
Seattle’s Seapony are back after nearly two years with new album A Vision due to be released on 31 July. Let Go is the second single from the album and is just under three minutes of breezy surf pop perfection. Jen Weidl’s dreamy vocals and Danny Rowland’s jangling guitar combine with a touch of synth …
Track: Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
We’ve been waiting a long time for a new Mercury Rev album – since 2008’s Snowflake Midnight – and, if first single and album opener The Queen Of Swans is anything to go by, The Light In You will have been worth the wait when it is released on 18 September. This is a sparkling …