dark pop
TRACK: Such Small Hands release new single, ‘Do I Belong Here?’
WEDDING PRESENT bassist Melanie Howard, aka Such Small Hands, who blends dark pop with twinges of quirky folk and electronica, has released new single “Do I Belong Here?” The single precedes her new album Carousel, which is due to be released on September 18th via Such Small Records. Having initially released a series of lo-fi …
Album Review: Warhaus – We Fucked a Flame into being
Essentially the solo project of Maarten Devoldere of the Belgian group Balthazar, We Fucked a Flame into being (a direct quote from Lady Chatterley’s lover) see’s Devoldere abandon some of the dark, editors like indie rock for dark, at times intimate pop/torch music, that references the likes of Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg …
Track: The KVB – In Deep, plus European tour dates
Out on March 11th via Geoff Barrows Invada label is the new studio album from London duo The KVB, aka Nicholas Wood & Kat Day. From it, the bands fifth LP since 2010, the pair have released a single, In Deep. Described by Wood as being about longing, “there is definitely a romantic undercurrent to …
See: Promise and the Monster reveal new video for Time of the Season
Taken from her forthcoming third album Feed the Fire, out January 22nd via the ever brilliant Bella Union label, Promise and the Monster – aka Stockholm’s Billie Lindahl, has released a new video for ‘Time of the Season’. It’s a complex and dark pop record, driven by this repetitive and bewitching backing, swirling around the …
See: VOWWS release new video for Councillor
Brooklyn based VOWWS recently released their latest album The Great Sun. Filled as it is by industrial strength synths and dark pop tendancies, it also featured guest appearances from Gary Numan and Thor Harris of Swans. From it the band has made a video (well, they self-directed, filmed and edited it) for the track Councillor. …
See: Damaged Bug releases video to “Jet in Jungle”
He’s full of surprises, that John Dwyer. While we’ve all been waiting to see what comes next with his troupe The Oh Sees, instead he’s spirited himself away, surrounded himself with synths, and recorded a new album, Cold Hot Plumbs in his Damaged Bug alter ego, which is out right now on the Castle Face …