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Track: Thrillhouse – 2045 plus top ten favourite songs
Brighton’s brightest, Thrillhouse have released another brilliant single ‘2045’ to follow their previously reviewed singles ‘Wild Child’, ‘Ready When You Are’ and ‘Lesser’. Thrillhouse have developed quite a unique sound – danceable, almost funky grooves yet with an indie vibe and an enigmatic attitude. ‘2045’ follows the code: it has a delectable groove and suave …
TRACK: El Ten Eleven – ‘Shimmered’: yearning and dynamic postrock from their upcoming triple
EL TEN ELEVEN have really pushed the boat out on their soon-coming latest, Tautology: it’s a massive, conceptual triple set, predicated on a disc each representing youth, middle, and old age. In fact, they’ve been dropping the album in thirds right across the year, with the stunning energy of Tautology I reaching our ears on …
Track: The Electorate – Decades in a Day
The Electorate have individually quite a pedigree and yet little history. The band played together in their twenties without recording, and individual members have played with the legendary Peter Milton Walsh of the Apartments, and recorded recently with The Apartments as well as playing with a range of Australian bands including Big Heavy Stuff, Knievel …
Marble Mammoth – ‘Have The Sun Lick Your Mind’: big Swedish rock shapes
COMING atcha out of Stockholm, Marble Mammoth have an interesting thing goin’ on, mining in that space somewhere between harder edged psych and classic hard rock like Led Zep – with a line in big vocal uplift and dirty guitar solos. They’ve just released their very first utterances of 2020 in the shape of the …
Track: Palace Winter – ‘Won’t Be Long’: intelligent synthpop duo trail their third LP; tour dates
PALACE WINTER, the Australian-Danish duo comprised of lead singer and guitarist Carl Coleman and classically trained pianist and producer Caspar Hesselager, are leading up to their upcoming third long player of intelligent pop with the single “Won’t Be Long”, which you can hear below. “I’m staring into the mirror, hoping she might appear, feels like …
TRACK: Natty Wylah – ‘Cinders’: atmospheric and sharp North London rhymes
NATTY WYLAH, the north-of-the-Thames lyricist who’s been carving out a reputation over the past year or so with single drops like the musically laidback but lexically bold and proud “WHOAMI” and the chronic-funk of May’s “4 Siblings” has just dropped a new single for those Northern Line sundowns – “Cinders”. He’s a crisp new voice …
TRACK: Lizette & Quevin -‘Talk To Me’: another Sunny classic given the finest of rerubs
BIG CROWN. It’s a helluva label, period, is the Brooklyn purveyor of retro excellence to capture yo’ heart. It’s the kinda imprint you could swoon for; don’t believe me? Take a listen to The Shacks’ “Smile Now, Cry Later” over here, and then come back to me. Damn right. The label itself has been conducting …
TRACK: Mt. Wolf and Solomon Grey – ‘Anna Maria’: adorable first fruits from their joint EP
MT. WOLF, the dreampop outfit who have only just been welcomed back to our ears after three years away, have released a new track in vocal collaboration with emotive duo Solomon Grey ahead of a new joint EP in the autumn. The track is entitled “Anna Maria” and it’s an acoustic-shoegaze swoon, wholly redolent of …
TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Pine Trees’: otherwordly harp delicacy
MARY LATTIMORE, the Los Angeles-based harpist who charms all who enter her graceful, ambient world, has just released the beautiful and glimmering second single from her forthcoming album for Ghostly International, Silver Ladders, which will be out come October 9th. Take a listen with us. She recorded her new one down in Cornwall, adoptive home …
TRACK: Skinshape – ‘The Sun’: shimmering Afro-Anglo guitars trail fifth LP
SKINSHAPE, the London-by-way-Dorset recording artist, is all set to drop his fifth album for Lewis Recordings on the first Friday in September. If you’ve been over to Skinshape’s world before, you’ll know to expect an interesting peregrination through downtempo, psych, soundtracks, African influences and some pretty damn fine guitar playing. You’ll recognise his warm, reverbed …