indiepop
SEE: The Close Lobsters have still got the guitar shimmer nailed – ‘Godless’
STRAIGHT outta Paisley on the back of the C86 guitar pop wave, Close Lobsters were a little unfortunate to fly under the radar compared to some of their contemporaries. The pristine jangle shimmer of singles such as “ Never Seen Before” and “Going To Heaven To See If It Rains” led to a brace of …
ALBUM REVIEW: Jetstream Pony – ‘Jetstream Pony’
FOR those who study the form, Sussex/Surrey four-piece Jetstream Pony are serious indie thoroughbreds. Four singles under their belts (should that be their harness?) the band’s self-titled debut LP is out now on limited-press coloured vinyl LP, CD and download. A quick earful and you get punky guitars with bittersweet female melodies, ripe to hook …
TRACK: hear sweet new ballad from Dublin’s Milk
DUBLIN quartet Milk have made new track “Always On Time” available on SoundCloud as a taster for their six-tracker 1, The EP, which goes on sale on June 19th. “Always On Time” is dreamy and languid, building to a brass-laden crescendo as the guitars shift up. It’s a delicate ¾-time sweetheart, wrapping you up warm, …
See: watch the video for Sea Girls’ latest single, Do You Really Wanna Know?
BOUNCY London guitar popsters Sea Girls have unveiled the video for their latest single, “Do You Really Wanna Know?” For the clip, Italian animator Francesca de Bassa has taken photos that members have taken during the virus lockdown and brought them to life as kaleidoscopic, animated collages. An initially empty canvas erupts into an absurd …
Track: Mood Robot – Drip
By Ryan Jameson Weaver Los Angeles synth-pop trio Mood Robot (Jenny Helms, Alex Kazenoff, Ben Kazenoff), have been steadily releasing a sleek catalog of one-off velvet gems for the past year or so with each release giving us more awareness to their acuity of making PBR&B saccharine cuts. Their newest single, Drip, furthers this testament …