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SEE: The animated video for Samuel Sharp’s ‘Dawn Rises’; the English dawn captured in solo sax
HE’S QUITE the scion of British solo saxophone, is Samuel Sharp; not, perhaps, on the face of it, an easy thing to comprehend, but what he’s offering over what’s now a triad of single drops and next month’s album, Patterns Various, is experimental, pretty, dubby, evocative; pastoralist, impressionist, and I think an album which will …
See: Sun June release new visuals for Everything I Had
Taken from their album ‘Somewhere’, out in February 5th via Run for Cover / Keeled Scales is the new single from Austin, Texas’ Sun June, titled ‘Everything I Had’, and they’ve just released the accompanying visuals for it. “‘Everything I Had’ is about feeling stuck and wishing you could go back in time. It misses …
SEE: Death By Unga Bunga – ‘Egocentric’: don’t be a dick, say Norway’s power punkers
WITH a new album, Heavy Male Insecurity, just around the corner, Norwegian power-pop punkers Death By Unga Bunga have released a video for another come-hither, “Egocentric”, which you can watch below. It’s a bit of a banger, with that trademark DBUB attention to fuzz and melody, all wrapped up in basketball court shenanigans. And there’s intelligence …
Track: The Ghost of Helags release dreamy, nostalgic synth pop track ‘Mary’ and announce debut album
Over the past year The Ghost of Helags have released a batch of gorgeous singles displaying an immaculate craft in melodic electronic pop infused with melancholia and elegant poise. They even took part in an exclusive Live in Session with Backseat Mafia (if you haven’t already – go and subscribe). It is excellent news then that their debut …
Album Review: Still Corners release the majestic album “The Last Exit”: a magical journey of mystery, romance and isolation.
In ‘The Last Exit’, Still Corners have perfectly captured a magical ethereal desert landscape in the spacious layers of their songs. Crystal sharp guitars, soaked in reverb and mystery, punctuate a bedrock of acoustic instruments and evocative, wild and unnatural sounds. Singer Tess Murray’s crooning, louche vocals smooth the path. There is an inherent a …
Track: Bryan Estepa: Trick of the Light
Sydney musician Bryan Estepa has impressive song-writing style that is certainly Beatlesesque in delivery, while maintaining his own distinctive delivery and style. His new single ‘Trick of the Light’ showcases his smooth vocals with an extraordinary range as well as the lush and sparkling instrumentation. ‘Trick of the Light’ is infused with a deep melancholia …
Album Review: Buck Meek – Two Saviors
Big Thief guitarist presents a new album of (mostly) quiet Americana lullabies
Track: Holding Absence Release New Single ‘Afterlife’
Welsh rockers Holding Absence have kicked off 2021 with their new single ‘Afterlife.’
Track: TV Priest share video for new track Press Gang
TV Priest will release their album Uppers on February 5th, 2021 via Sub Pop. In the run up the band have shared their new single and official video for track ‘Press Gang’. ‘Press Gang’ is inspired by Charlie’s grandfather’s life’s work as a photojournalist and war correspondent on Fleet Street from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The …
