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Track: Indiepop royalty Heavenly announce new album, release new single Excuse Me.

It’s overused I know, but indie pop legends (you find me a better description….) return with a new single Excuse Me, accompanied by news of a new album Highway To…

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Album Review: Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Sounds made by humans; Guest review by Sarah Records founder Matt Haynes

Should Bob Dylan have got the Nobel Prize for Literature? Of course not, he wasn’t a poet; as he famously said, he saw himself more as a song and dance…

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Live Review: Skep Wax Records Night: The Gentle Spring / Sassyhiya / Pink Opaque – Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield 24.01.2025

The Hallamshire Hotel, with its gloriously kitschy 70s charm, provided the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable Skep Wax Records night. Drawing a healthy crowd of indiepop fans, all eager to…

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Track: The Gentle Spring craft indie pop gem with new single “Looking Back At The World”

The Gentle Spring’s new single, Looking Back at the World, released on January 17, 2025, via Skep Wax Records, is a poignant reflection on the past, echoing the classic sound…

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Premiere: Legendary Scottish indie stalwarts The Orchids release new single, This Boy Is A Mess

Legendary might seem an overused word, but were gonna go ahead and use it anyway to describe Glasgow indie band The Orchids. First coming to notice making smart, emotive and…

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Premiere: Skep Wax announce new compilation from former Sarah Records artists – first listen to new tracks from The Luxembourg Signal and The Orchids, here

So we all know (well, I do anyway) that indie pop royalty Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, who have between them (and together) an extensive cannon behind them, including Heavenly,…

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See: Indie pop supergroup Swansea Sound release new video for Rock N Roll Void

Out on November 19th is the debut – Live at the Rum Puncheon, from indie pop supergroup Swansea Sound, aka Hue Williams alongside Pooh Sticks singing partner Amelia Fletcher (ex-Talulah…

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