indie tracks
EP: Gengahr – I’ll Be Waiting, plus tour dates
Gengahr swiftly follow-up their simply stunning second album with a stripped-back EP and a UK headline tour. Gengahr’s gorgeous second album ‘Where Wildness Grows’ didn’t take long to become rooted in my brain, with its shimmering psychedelic pop soundscapes combined with a lyrical intimacy delivered by Felix Bushe’s amazing voice. So, I’m thrilled that the …
Track: Celestial North – Illuminate Yourself
One song at a time, Celestial North is slowly quietly building a lovely collection of heart-liftingly elegiac and pastoral indie-rock tunes. Illuminate Yourself is the third of them and well worth a listen. Find it and its equally ace predecessors (Winter Circle and Hey Völva) at Bandcamp
Track: Pavo Pavo – Statue Is A Man Inside
Pavo Pavo are back with a new track, following up their debut album with the first view of their forthcoming second album. ‘Statue Is A Man Inside’ is the latest from the unconventional duo’s project. Oliver Hill is a co-founder of Pavo Pavo and describes the background to the track as “I thought of two …
Track: The Hit Parade release Happy World / Otaku Boy for RSD 2018
One of the UK’s most cherished indie bands The Hit Parade releases its thirteenth single on JSH Records tomorrow to mark Record Store Day 2018. The Hit Parade was formed by three school friends in 1984. They have released six albums and 12 singles since and built a small but determined following amongst record fans in …
Track: Drinks – Corner Shops
Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley (White Fence) have teamed up for a second album as DRINKS. The new album, Hippo Lite, will be released on Drag City worldwide on April 20, 2018. DRINKS began in 2015 with the release of their debut LP, Hermits on Holiday on Presley’s own Birth Records. Despite DRINKS creating …
Track: The Essex Green – Sloane Ranger
Long standing Brooklyn indie trio The Essex Green have broken their long hiatus – taken to (according to the band at least) build houseboats, lead fermentation effort in Vermont and study elk rutting, and have reconvened over the last 2-3 years in various locations to record new album Hardly Electronic. It’s out on June 29th …
Track: Mein – (I’m tired of) Western Shouting
The debut album from MIEN, pronounced “Mean” and featuring members of The Horrors, The Black Angels & more has shared it’s new single ‘(I’m tired of) Western Shouting. “It was very random and unpredictable,” says John Mark Lapham, of MIEN’s beginnings. “Rishi had contributed sitar to the Earlies’ second album, and I was living in …
Track: Ari Roar – Don’t have a fit
Ahead of his debut album Calm Down, out 25th May via the ever brilliant Bella Union, Ari Roar aka Caleb Campbell has revealed a new track taken from it, titled ‘Don’t Have A Fit’. Of the track, Caleb says “I wrote the song during a bit moving around the country. To me it’s about confronting anxiety. How …
Track: Frederick the Younger – Jessica
Currently touring with Houndmouth, Louisville psych-pop band Frederick The Younger have shared ‘Jessica’, the first new song to be taken from their forthcoming album, out later in the year. The band – powerhouse vocalist Jenni Cochran, virtuosic guitarist Aaron Craker (who’s pulling double-duty playing guitar w/ Houndmouth on this tour), and their new rhythm section …
Track: Manuka Hive – R.E.D
Just four months after first meeting, Yorkshire’s Manuka Hive have begun forging a name for themselves as a live act to watch, with slots supporting rising stars such as The Blinders, Sheafs and Avalanche Party and being tipped by the likes of BBC Introducing and This Feeling. Now, they’ve released their debut recorded offering, “R.E.D”; …