indie tracks
Track: HeyRocco – Jake Millers House Party
South Carolina’s HeyRocco are headed back to the UK, in support of their Teenage Movie Soundtrack, which showed they were fine purveyors of messy grunge rock, filled with smart tunes and quirky tales. Cue a new single, Jake Miller’s House Party, out on October 30th via Vital Music (timed to coincided with the tour) that …
Track: Gwenno – Chwyldro (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
On his remix of Gwenno’s album opener Chwyldro, Andrew Weatherall adds his lightest magic touch to an already spellbinding track. Chwyldro is the first track on Gwenno Saunders’ debut solo album Y Dydd Olaf (named for Welsh author Owain Owain’s 1976 sci-fi novel). Sung almost entirely in her native Welsh tongue (one song is sung …
Track: Fine, It’s Pink – Young Burns
I wonder how many successful bands have been formed in karaoke bars. I can’t believe it’s many. But that’s exactly where Fine, It’s Pink started life in Romania in 2013 and now they’re releasing their debut single Young Burns (out on 25 September). It’s hard to believe they’ve gone from being a covers band to …
Track: Maybug – Out to Sea
While the title of Maybug’s latest single conjures up feelings of being carried away from safety into a vast and alien environment, Out To Sea is actually the musical equivalent of getting into the comfort of a deep, warm bath. Bristol based singer-songwriter Joseph Dunn is Maybug and this is the first single from his …
Track: Desperate Journalist “Perfect Health” Plus tour dates
Desperate Journalist continue to impress and rise above the current indie scene with their latest offering, 5 track EP ‘Good Luck’. Indicating a slight change of perspective for the band, promo-track ‘Perfect Health’ displays all the traits of an indie classic. At first coming across as a sweet reminisce of youthful love, on closer inspection …
Track: The Lion and the Wolf – My Fathers Eyes
Tom George, aka The Lion and the Wolf, is back with a new, second release, My Fathers Eyes. Available as a limited edition 7inch, George is releasing a second single, Bar Stools, from the release. It tells the story of a drunken walk home. “The song is about a time I made a stupid decision …
Track: Broken Hands – Who Sent You
Who Sent You, the new single from Canteburys Broken Hands is, according to frontman Dale Norton, a description of “the moment when paranoia takes over from fun experiences and the strange other worldly voice enters your thoughts. You start to question your own trajectory; even asking your friends “is everything okay here?” as if they …
Track: Careless Sons – Betty
Last year we enthused about North London ‘Pop and Roll’ outfit, Careless Sons. They are back better than ever with their new single ‘Betty’: a more mature, smooth sound yet still emotive and hook-laden: The production is clear and precise, driving the chiming guitars and excellent layered harmonies. I am reminded a little of the …
New Music: David Ward – Mother
Vancouver singer songwriter David Ward is a rather special talent. He’s back with a new song, Mother, taken from his forthcoming album ‘Transitioning. Mother is an object lesson in new (nu) soul, as his voice, this instrument capable of overwhelming beauty, steers it’s course somewhere close to Stevie Wonder. Underneath all of that is some …
Track: Primetime – Anyway
Following on from their self titled EP which dropped on La Vida Es Un last Summer, Londons messy punks Primetime are back with a new song, ‘Anyway’, recorded by Lindsay Corstorphine of Sauna Youth and Primitive Parts. Anyway slithers away with this punk lilt, it describes issues of letting go and gleefully losing your mind. …