ALBUM REVIEW: Ana Roxanne – ‘Because Of A Flower’: a blissful vocal gem from Kranky
Ana Roxanne’s debut LP for Kranky is a beautiful, ambient album that examines ideas about gender, identity and beauty whilst remaining ultimately soothing. It’s one to return to when in need of solace.
SEE: Firestations – ‘Small Island’
IN AN attempt to maintain focus on their bands in a time when gigs are not possible, Lost Map is launching the Automatic Tendencies initiative, a periodic release of EP collections of alternative versions of previously released tracks, as well as remixes by other artists in their roster. There will be three releases of this …
NEWS: Real Numbers announce new EP; share video for lead single, ‘Brighter Then’
MINNEAPOLIS’ Real Numbers are back with a brand new EP entitled Brighter Then. The EP will arrive on January 22nd next year via Meritorio Records and Slumberland Records. Following on from 2016’s Wordless Wonder LP and 2017’s single, “Frank Infatuation”, they have also teased the EP release with the video for their lead single, also …
NEWS: Leeds band Van Houten release ‘Home Alone’ EP this Friday – hear the title track
LEEDS psychedelic pop outfit Van Houten will release their new EP, Home Alone, via Clue Records this Friday, November 13th. Also out this Friday alongside the EP is beautifully personal single, “Not Me”, with the lyrics reflecting a sense of the reinvention within the band and marking an important and difficult process of separating yourself from your …
Track: Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres reveals the beautifully poignant ‘Dance’
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres has released “Dance”, the first single from her debut album 2 Years Stranger. The Bristol-based film composer spent two years in her family home while her father lay in a medically-induced coma, making recordings with her childhood piano. Hamilton-Ayres’ experience in capturing atmosphere is on full display with “Dance”: the rough and raw …
See: Miynt releases new visuals for ‘Give me palm trees and inner peace’
Stockholm artist Miynt has released a new AA-side single consisting of the tracks “Give me palm trees and inner peace” and “Lovesong”. The songs “address the inexorable digital ubiquity of modern-day human connection”. That sounds like heavy going or it might just mean people spend all their time texting each other rather than talking, a subject which has been covered …
ALBUM REVIEW: Denison Witmer – ‘American Foursquare’: soothing Philadelphia folk
Asthmatic Kitty announces a physical release for the soothing new album by PA songwriter
ALBUM REVIEW: Urlaub in Polen – ‘All’: welcome and surprise return of fine krautrock pair
This unexpected album from German duo Urlaub im Polen has arrived eight years after they originally disbanded. Back and bolder than ever, All marks an ambitious comeback from the pair – it’s a collection of warped, electronic Krautrock.
Album Review: Young Jesus – ‘Welcome to Conceptual Beach’
Saddle Creek ‘s emo-jazz-rock band presents its most accomplished album, a spiritual journey driven by a swirl of enthralling riffs
Occult rock trio Kabbalah signs to Rebel Waves for new album
REBEL WAVES RECORDS have announces the signing of Spanish occult garage rockers Kabbalah to their roster. The trio will release their new album, The Omen, in early 2021, with more details to be revealed soon! Hailing from from Pamplona, in the north of Spain, Kabbalah was formed from the ashes of local outfit Las Culebras, looming in the dark, esoteric realms of witchcraft …