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See: The Soft Moon releases video for Wrong
Following on from the release of Deeper, the third studio album from The Soft Moon, aka Luis Vasquez, he has unveiled a extensive tour including dates this site of the pond, and a new video for the albums standout track, Wrong. Littered with hard bursts of electro, and pulsing synth chords, bleeps and stabs, it’s …
See: GØSPEL release video for new single ‘Ain’t gonna let you in’
Out right now is the new single from London synth pop trio GØSPEL. Produced and mixed by Mikko Gordon (Ultraista/Gaz Coombes) is available from the bands bandcamp, and is backed by b-side Other Side. The track itself bubbles with atmosphere, shard of ite cold synths in complete contrast to the sultry vocals that dominate. It’s …
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 …
See: The Libertines release ‘Gunga Din’ video
Late 2014 saw the highly influential and much revered Libertines announce that not only were they re-entering the fray, but they’d also signed a record deal and were recording their first studio album in over ten years. Fast forward to today and we can confirm that the album ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’, is in the …
Track: AFX – Serge fenix Rendered 2, plus new EP details
Like buses, Richard D. James seems to be working in bursts. After Aphex Twin released the brilliant Syro last year and assorted EP releases, he’s now resurrected his AFX moniker – dormant since the flurry of Analord releases that ended in 2005, for a brand new EP. Called Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008). Its out via …
Track: Frog Eyes – Joe with the Jam
It’s been almost two years, but Carey Mercers project Frog Eyes are back with a new album, Pickpocket’s Locket, which drops on August 28th via Paper Bag Records. Despite featuring contributions from Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake), Jesse Zubot, John Paton and Paul Rigby, Mercer wrote the album on his acoustic guitar, …
Track: Wild Ones – Show Me islands
We’re not quite used to heat waves here in the north of England, so when we get one, like today (the hottest July day on record, apparently) we get all giddy, kicking back in the garden and drinking beer. I’m sat between work and work, in a supermarket cafe (with no air conditioning) so I’m …
See: Mates of State release video for ‘Staring Contest’.
With their new five track collection of songs ‘You’re Going to make it’ recently out on Fierce Panda (Barsuk in the US), Mates of State have released a brand new video for the track ‘Staring Contest’. Its based on a true story that the duo’s (husband and wife Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel) daughter June …
Track: The Vryll Society – Deep Blue Skies
When Alan Wills, the former Shack drummer and Deltasonic label boss, was tragically killed in a cycling accident in May last year, it seemed that his label, founded initially as a way of getting The Coral’s music released, would be no more. So the fact that The Vryll Society are due to release their debut …