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Track: Vended – Burn My Misery
New metal band Vended have shared their new single, ‘Burn My Misery’, which is taken from their self-released 5-track debut EP, ‘What Is It / Kill It’ due 12th November. About the EP the band comments: “’What Is It / Kill It’ is a collection of music written within the past three years that represents us. Your support means …
Track: Therion – Nocturnal Light
Swedish symphonic metal band Therion released their seventeenth studio album ‘Leviathan’ earlier this year to great success. The band have shared the music video for track Nocturnal Light, which is taken from this album. Therion’s Christofer Johnsson comments: “This is a very epic song with Middle Eastern influences written by Thomas Vikström. The lyrics deal with the Sumerian goddess Inanna. It was one …
Track: Northtale – Midnight Bells
Power metallers Northtale have shared another track, ‘Midnight Bells’, taken from their new album Eternal Flame, which is set to be released on November 12th via Nuclear Blast. Regarding the track Guitarist Bill Hudson states: “This is one of my favourite songs and one of the heavier ones on the record. Musically, I was able to fuse my influences of …
Track: Self Esteem – You Forever
Self Esteem today shares her track ‘You Forever’, which is the final track to be lifted from her highly anticipated second album Prioritise Pleasure out now via Fiction Records. Empowering and witty in trademark Self Esteem style, ‘You Forever’ is another standout cut, about which Rebecca Taylor says, “This song is about the bravery of …
See: The Eels Share Video For New Track Good Night On Earth
Eels have revealed the official music video for their new single ‘Good Night On Earth’, taken from their upcoming fourteenth studio album Extreme Witchcraft, due 28th January via PIAS and the band’s own E Works Records. Directed by Steven Mertens (Sheryl Crow, Regina Spektor, Elohim/Wiz Khalifa), this nightmare vision sees an intergalactic clash of the …
Track: NZ’s Alba Rose presents the sweet indie soul of sophomore single ‘Holding On’: Debut EP ‘Silhouette’ coming 12 Nov
Wellington-based musician Alba Rose has just released her self-produced, sophomore single Holding On – a sweetly reflective indie-soul track, mixed by London-based Jim Macrae (Jordan Rakei, Leifur James, Arjuna Oaks) and mastered by Bravo Bonez at Wellington’s PureSound Studios. This follows the artist’s August release of debut single, the contemporary soul, jazz-edged Eve, and marks …
Track: New Zealand’s French For Rabbits release the whimsical and enchanting single ‘Walk The Desert’ ahead of album release.
‘Walk The Desert’ is the third charming single off New Zealand dream popsters French For Rabbit‘s forthcoming album ‘The Overflow’, out November 12th via Reckless Yes in the UK, Europe, and North America, AAA Records in NZ and Australia, and A Modest Proposal in Italy. The singles released so far (‘The Overflow’ and Ouija Board’) evoke a dreamy mysticism – floating, …
See: Damien Binder unveils video for the shimmering track ‘Don’t Know What’
Directed by Jonathan King, Damien Binder has released a sumptuous video for his slow burning, yearning single ‘Don’t Know What’. Mostly a black and white piece with colour only present in a brief shot of the iconic photo of Binder, it consists of Binder performing in an archetypal Australian pub, with a nod to the …
See: The brilliant Sydney post punk exponents Johnny Hunter release powerful video for the single ‘Life’
I’ve waxed lyrical about the genius that is Johnny Hunter – one of the most exciting acts in the world at the moment. Their glam theatrical approach is mesmerising and exciting and their songwriting recalls the best of post punk movement with sonorous vocals, icy, edgy guitars and anthemic choruses. Jonny Hunter have just released …
Track: Chelsea Carmichael – There Is You And You, debut album out now
Saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael has released her debut album, ‘The River Doesn’t Like Strangers’ as the debut signing to Shabaka Hutchings’ (The Comet Is Coming, Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors) new label Native Rebel Recordings. Carmichael has shared one of the tracks taken from the album – ‘There Is You And You’. About the …