indie tracks
Track: Pottery – ‘Hot Heater’
Firing out from Montreal once again comes the wired post punkers Pottery with ‘Hot Heater’ the final taster from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Bobby’s Motel’. Following the pumping afro- disco of‘ ‘Texas Drums Pt 1&11’, the electro speed hop of ‘Take your time’ and the jangling Postcard warmth of ‘Hot like Jungle’ , ‘Hot …
Track: Ariel Pink – Iron Worrier
Mexican Summer last week launched a new digital singles project under the title of Looking Glass, looking At familiar names on its label to celebrate discovery, diversity and collaboration. To that end, this week has seen a new single on there from Ariel Pink – Iron Worrier. It’s has this almost overbearing nature to it, …
Track: Silverbacks – Muted Gold
Quirky and bubbly, angular and slightly off-kilter: Dublin’s Silverbacks have released a fantastic new single ‘Muted Gold’ that is eccentric, bold and highly enjoyable. Think of Talking Heads (maybe more Tom Tom Club), Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend with the slightly unhinged singing and idiosyncratic guitar picking style that I always associate with the late …
Track: PLÅSTIC- Bled
After being on the scene for just over a year, picking up attention as they go around London, PLÅSTIC have just released their new single Bled. Bled starts out with this energetic, early The Cure type thing going on, but it soon lets the shackles off, shakes out its hair and instead rumbles uncontrollably down …
Track: The Berries – Ancient Steel
“I’ve always been attracted to pop sensibilities and I was interested in making music that leaned more towards that instead of volume and distortion,” said Matt Berry, of The Berries about their last album. The former Big Bite and Happy Diving member and his band have released a new stand along single ‘Ancient Steel’, via …
Track: Coastal elite – Runaway
Essentially a collective stemming from Sydneys Personal Best label, Coastal Elite have released a new track, runaway, which this time features Moody Beach and ex-Porsches frontman Carl Fox. Like an indie comfort blanket, Runaway, with its glorious double bass lines, eases itself into your mind with its earworm melody, chiming synths and vocal harmonies, nodding …
Track: Meadow Meadow – Bonzo
Meadow Meadow are a collaborative project between Peter Darlington and James Green, split between Manchester and London. They’ve released their debut single Bonzo, via Practise Music. Peter says of the track Peter on the track: “Bonzo was the first song we wrote together that we felt captured the direction of where we wanted to go creatively. …
Track: Jehnny Beth – Heroine
Singer-Songwriter, singer, and multi-disciplinary artist Jehnny Beth, best known for her work with her band Savages, has released the second single taken from her forthcoming album, ‘To Love Is To Live’, which has a new release date of June 12 via Caroline Records. Titled ‘Heroine’ it is produced by acclaimed producer Flood. About the track Beth …
See: Squid release new video for Sludge
Squid’s “Sludge” is perhaps the perfect isolation soundtrack (American Football’s “Stay Home” a close second). The band, in collaboration with visual artist Ali Amiri, have unveiled an intimate look of fans’ lockdown settings: set against the raucous noise of “Sludge”. The video’s settings change minutely, from desolate farm to desolate suburbs. Squid summarise this one …
Track: Hayfitz – I want
Out on May 29th is the new album from NYC-based indie folk artist Hayfitz, Capsules, is released and ahead of that he’s shared a new single ‘I want’, taken from it that encapsulates the indie-folk sound of Jónsi, Jose Gonzales, Kings of Convenience and the like. Light and ethereal, I want takes you somewhere quiet …