indie tracks
Track: Metro Trinity – Die Young EP
Short lived Manchester band Metro Trinity only Released this EP, back in 1987 on their own Cafeteria label, and a split with the Inspiral Carpets via Dave Haslam’s Debris fanzine. Their parts however, moved onto more illustrious paths, with Jon Male later of Soul Family Sensation and Republica, and Jez Williams and Andy Williams of …
Track: Ascendo – Something Sweeter EP
Wakefield indie rock quartet Ascendo hit the ground running with their debut release Something Sweeter – a two track EP featuring tracks Pixie Dust and Pink Gin and Lemonade. The former – Pixie Dust takes the spirit of that wave of Sheffield bands – the Arctic Monkeys, Milburn and the like with this jagged singalonga-indie …
Track: Mt. Wolf – Tayrona feat. Tamsin Wilson
Dream folk pioneers Mt. Wolf have been quiet for the last few years, but have now teamed up with vocalist and guitarist Tamsin Wilson for a new EP, the first sight of which comes in the shape of a new single, Tayrona. Of the collaboration, Tamsin said “The instrumental track lead me to think of …
Track: Junk Drawer – What I’ve Learned / What I’m learning
Belfast quartet Junk Drawer are gearing up to the release of their debut album ‘Ready for the House’, out on April 24th via Art For Blind with a new track and the albums opening gambit ‘What I’ve Learned / What I’m Learning’. Of it, co-vocalist Steve says “The title comes from the Dunning-Kruger Effect – …
Track: The Milltown Brothers – Stockholm
Colne, Lancashire band The Milltown Brothers showed their hand with the brilliant ’Slinky’ album almost 30 years ago, with a string of brilliant singles – Which way should i jump / Apples Green and the like. Sporadically active since, but nothing since 2005’s self-released Long Road. Now though, they’re back. A fifth album is in …
Track: Jenny Hval – Bonus Material
Photo credit: Jenny Berger Myhre Jenny Hval, the enchanting Norwegian multidisciplinary artist has released a strand alone single – Bonus Material, following on from last years acclaimed ‘The Practise of Love’ album, which came out on Sacred Bones. “It is an unfinished track about unfinished substances leaking into one another,” says Hval. “Trash practicing love.” It’s beautiful and …
Track: The Loft – Up the hill and down the slope
Originally known as The Living Room, The Loft – Pete Astor, Dave Morgan, Bill Prince and Andy Strickland released just a handful of singles and a couple of compilations. Yet their influence, or at least peoples memory of the band, remains strong. Listening to Up the Hill and Down the Slope again, as it’s re-release …
Track: Mush – Fear Index
Not ones to sit around sitting on their hands after the release of their Lauded debut album 3D Routine, Leeds art rockers Mush have jumped back in the studio to record a new 5 track 7” EP “Great Artisanal Formats” which is coming out to coincide with Record Store Day on June 20th via Memphis …
Track: Household Dogs – Ain’t No Heaven
Leeds post-punks Household Dogs are back with their first new music of the year in the shape of a single, ‘Ain’t no Heaven’. It’s a gorgeous slice of slowcore indie, somewhere between Bill Ryder-Jones at his most intimate and The Saxophones / Cigarettes after Sex sort of way. It has this hushed, close atmosphere about …
Track: Close Lobsters – Godless
Out on April 10th is the latest single from long standing indie pop band Close Lobsters, via Last Night from Glasgow Records. It’s the second single to be taken from their recent Post Neo Anti album. As has been the case throughout the Glasgow bands history (they formed way back in 1983), they make bittersweet, …