indie tracks
Track: The Ellen Degenerates Fanorexic Club – The Ellen Degenerates Fanorexic Club
A double helping from Tauranga – still low in fidelity but arguably high in catchyness. The mouthful that is The Ellen Degenerates Fanorexic Club brings together a “who’s who” (or rather, “who the f**k”) of members from the area’s music scene – Austin Cunningham and Luke Turner (Threat.Meet.Protocol), Joel Burgin (Grown Downz, the previously covered …
See: Jehnny Beth reveals new video for Innocence
Taken from her soon to be released debut album To Love is To Live, out on June 12th via Caroline Records, Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth has released a video from her latest single to be taken from it, Innocence. It’s a dark, usually sparse affair, her vocal alternating between the bitter of the verse to …
Track: Findlay Brown – When I’m With You
Yorkshire-born, Copenhagen based singer-songwriter Findlay Brown has released a brand new single When I’m With You, his first new material since his 2018 album Not Everything Beautiful is Good. Swathed in strings and decorated with this acoustic guitar playing that could be straight out of Paul Simons songbook, Brown delivers this love song with his …
Track: The Shacks – Wings
Following on from their debut eponymous ep which brought them to the worlds attention, especially with the smash hit ‘This Strange Effect’, and tours with the likes of Khurangbin and Chicano Batman, The Shacks are back with a new tune, Wings. It has this sort of shrouded indie mystery about it, as it plays out …
Track: Diet Cig – Who Are You
Diet Cig, the power pop punk twosome from New York State, return to all listening channels on May 1st with their second LP ‘Do You Wonder About Me?’ via Frenchkiss Records. This release sees Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman pushing on with real momentum and confidence from their much praised debut ‘Swear I’m Good At this’ …
EP: Velveteen – The Bluest Summer
Available now on Bandcamp via Brighton Indie label, Shoredive Records, is ‘The Bluest Sunshine’ ep by London Shoegaze band, Velveteen.The ep comprises of four dream-like tunes, awash with wave after wave of psychedelic guitar effects and poppy melodies. Like Loveless-era My Bloody Valentine, the guitars often seemingly phase in and out of reality, providing an …
Track: Happyness – Ouch (Yup)
Taken from their third album ‘Floatr’ which is due for release on 1st May, ‘Ouch (Yup)’ is the latest single from South London band ‘Happyness’. Returning after three years, they have said it was written on their lives and surrounding circumstances ofthe band break up aswell as other life changing situations of reality and love. …
Track: Lazaris Pit – You don’t tag me in memes anymore
Raleigh, North Carolina indie rockers Lazaris Pit have announced a new album Coniphers is out on May 22nd, and ahead of it the band have released the lead single from it, You Don’t Tag Me in Memes Anymore. Essentially a modern break up song (couldn’t be anything else really, could it) it’s described by the …
Track: Alison Mosshart (The Kills / Dead Weather) – Rise
Known principally as one half of The Kills, but also moonlighting as Baby Ruthless of The Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart is stepping into the limelight has herself, with ‘Rise’, the first solo single of her career. Written for the FacebookWatch drama Sacred Lies, Rise this dark, frayed slice of garage/indie rock. It has this delightfully …
Track: Self Esteem – Favourite Problem (Alternative Version)
Sheffield’s Self Esteen has announced a new EP, Cuddles Please which is out on May 1st via Fiction Records, featuring alternative versions of three of the songs from her much lauded Compliments Please album from last year, ands a cover of Alex Cameron’s ‘Miami Memory’ The EP features a Sheffield-based choir, Neighbourhood Voices, which was …