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Track: The enigmatic Johnny Hunter unveils the dark and sizzling new track ‘The Floor’
Johnny Hunter released one of the most enthralling and fascinating albums of last year with their debut EP ‘Early Trauma’ (see my review here). Theatrical, gothic, effervescent and with just a hint of malevolence, this is a band that slaps on some makeup and puts on a show – visual and aural pummeling that is …
Track: The Cold Stares – Heavy Shoes
Indiana duo The Cold Stares have shared their new song ‘Heavy Shoes’, taken from their upcoming album of the same name, due 13th August via Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group. Talking about the song Tapp says; “Heavy Shoes is a metaphor for something that is weighing you down. Could be a relationship, an addiction, or just something you can’t …
Track: Cornish singer Billie Flynn debuts with the wistful, breathy folk-pop of ‘Hey Stranger’
LIVING among the gnarly granite and crashing waves of Cornwall’s rugged north coast is no bad thing for creative inspiration and evocation; as debuting Cornish singer Billie Flynn knows, as she unveils the hushed folk mystery of “Hey Stranger” Billie has just signed with Gabrielle Aplin’s Never Fade imprint and this first drop is, I …
See: Creation legends The Boo Radleys return with ‘A Full Syringe And Memories Of You’
I KNOW, I know. “Wake Up Boo!” the ubiqituous feelgood summer hit that propelled them right to the top of the pile, blasting from a million radios up and down the land. But let’s step back and deeper into the canon: the dub majesty of “Lazarus” (watch out for cameos from McGee and Liz Hurley …
Track: Courtney Barnett takes a gentle, wry look at ‘Rae Street’ and announces third studio album, ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’
Australian indie icon Courtney Barnett has just announced the release of her third studio album ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ on 12 November 2021 through Marathon Artists and released the first single, ‘Rae Street’. ‘Rae Street’ is a gentle, reflective track with Barnett’s signature wry observations on the vicissitudes of life: immediate real and acute …
Track: Koppies – Hospital Song
South African-British indie-folk ensemble Koppies are to release their self-titled debut EP via Lost Map Records. Koppies sees five long-time friends and collaborators – a trio of songwriters in Victoria Hume (vocals, keys), Matthew van der Want (vocals, guitar) and Chris Letcher (vocals, guitar, keys), plus bassist Andrew Joseph and drummer Nicholas Bjorkman (drums) Regarding the track Victoria …
See: Far Caspian drops the hushed guitar thrill of ‘Questions’, announces his debut album and a European tour
THESE days based in Leeds, the grand capital of God’s Own Country, Yorkshire, but hailing from the rural south-western corner of Northern Ireland, Joel Johnston returned home to put together his October debut album, Ways To Get Out, to revisit past selves, the musical diet he grew up on, remember the ways he himself got …
Track: Dead Soul Revival – Down For The Last Time
Dead Soul Revival is a hard rock/post grunge band formed by vocalist/guitarist Matt Clark and drummer Scott Freak (both formerly of Freakhouse) and bassist Kendall Clark. The band is currently in the studio preparing their debut album Ignite. “For our first single we let the fans vote to pick their favourite,” says Kendall. “What they immediately …
See: Harkness gestures to a prettier, baroque pop world beyond the virus with ‘Moon Spell’
HARKNESS is a beautiful musical enigma wrapped up inside a conundrum wrapped inside a rather fetching, actuellement, mask and gown; from within which couture he has a very personal line in sounds for the topsy-turvy world we’re somehow tasked with navigating right now. Having honed his craft quietly away from the spotlight for a decade …
Track: Jeb Loy Nicols releases new 7 featuring album favourite ‘The World Loves A Fool’
Taken from his recent album ‘Jeb Loy’, the aforementioned American born, Welsh based singer Jeb Loy Nicols has released the final single to be taken from it. Titled The World Loves A Fool and backed by another album cut, the beautiful Not There Yet, its out now on rather lovely 7inch vinyl on the Timmion …