track
SEE: the cute-as guitar pop of Fever’s ‘Honesty’; rescheduled dates confirmed
HULL’S Fever usher in the end of the summer with a guitar pop choon soaring for the sky in a simple plea for “Honesty”. It’s proper sweet. Have a listen below. The song’s out today via Very Clever Records, and it’s all direct to your heartstrings, doe-eyed pop. Sometimes the simple tunes really are the …
TRACK: Landshapes – ‘The Ring’: first single teases November album
LANDSHAPES, the London four-piece with a nifty line in synth-driven indie psychedelia, have readied the third long-playing instalment of their recording career for your delectation after five years away. Following two fine and well-received albums for Bella Union in the shape of Rambutan and Heyoon, they’re set to explore loneliness, isolation, alienation, the need for …
NEWS: Hot Chip announce ‘LateNightTales’ mix, release Velvets cover
HOT CHIP. I can’t think of any other British band since New Order who have so straddled the indie-dance divide so successfully; and with such love from us listeners. They have a way with a sweet melody that gets ya, even if synthiness isn’t really your thing. And they’ve announced they are curating the latest instalment …
TRACK: Garcia Peoples – ‘Crown of Thought’: an Airplane-style psych jam
NEW JERSEY’S Garcia Peoples, who’s latest long-playing foray Nightcap At Wit’s End is out on October 9th, have just released the second single to be lifted from that LP in the shape of “Crown Of Thought”. It follows the cool East Coast rock of “One At A Time”, which we had a squizz at here; …
TRACK: Andy Cooper – ‘The Man’: dizzying delivery from Ugly Duckling wordsmith; LP to follow
ANDY COOPER, the Californian wordsmith who was one-third of old-skool rhymers Ugly Duckling, is back. He’s got third solo LP ‘L.I.S.T.E.N.’ (Lyrical Innovation Supplying The Ear’s Need),Supplying The Ear’s Need), locked and loaded; it’ll be with you digitally on September 25th, with the wax bringing up the rear on December 11th (trust us; it’s murder out …
TRACK: A Lily – ‘Endless Jasmine’: bewitching minimalism laments troubled times
A LILY, the harmonious experimental project of artist James Vella (save, of course, his 2011, Japan-only dive towards a wonky pure pop form, Thunder Ate The Iron Tree) is set to release its fifth album, Sleep Through The Storm, on October 16th. It’ll be his first to be curated by London-Dorset imprint Bytes, who recently …
TRACK: Emmy the Great – ‘A Window/O’Keefe’: a Laurel Canyon lovers’ classic
BELLA UNION’S crafter of intelligent guitar pop with a real classic vibe, Emmy the Great, is gearing up to release her new album April /月音 on October 9th; and in preparing to open the door and let us in to that world, she’s released what sounds like a gorgeous highlight from an intense diary of an album …
TRACK: Adulkt Life – ‘County Pride’: Huggy Bear and Male Bonding types combine for a righteous thrash
ADULKT LIFE is the new project of Chris Rowley, formerly of the brilliant riot grrrl torchbearers Huggy Bear, who’s got together with John Arthur Webb and Kevin Hendrick of Sub Pop noiseniks Male Bonding. And they’re setting out their manifesto for a nicely noisy indiepop future with their first single, “County Pride”, which is out …
TRACK: Blue Hawaii – ‘Feelin”: slinky deep house from Braids’ Raphaelle
BLUE HAWAII is the project of Raphaelle “Ra” Standell-Preston (also known and loved by us here at Backseat Mafia as the singer with Braids) and Alex “Agor” Kerby, one based in Montreal, the other in Berlin. Distance is no barrier to their creative spark; they’ve been releasing albums well worthy of your ears since the …
SEE: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: ‘Double Denim Hop’: a trash-glam cracker with its thumbs in its front pockets
OK, what you need to know about breaking Welsh quartet Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard is: they’re a lot of glam-trash fun, with a way with a solid, twelve gold bars boogie that sits right on your hips and sticks its thumbs in your johnny pockets. They’ve shared the video for “Double Denim Hop”, a neon-framed infomercial …