Bella Union
See: Mr Ben & The Bens reveal video for Beast in the House
Ahead of the release of their new album, Life Drawing, out on July 10th via the ever brilliant Bella Union, one of our favourite Sheffield bands Mr Ben & the Bens have released a new video for the first single to be taken from the album, Beast In The House. The track, this elegiac three …
Track, Album News and Tour News: I Only Drink When I’m Drunk – BC Camplight
BC Camplight, aka Brian Christinzio, has announced his return with a new album “Shortly After Takeoff” on 24th April via Bella Union. It will be his first since 2018’s “Deportation Blues”. “This is an examination of madness and loss. I hope it starts a long overdue conversation” says Christinzio and adds, “It’s important to stress …
See: Modern Nature release new video for Peradam
Modern Nature, the new project from Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting / Mazes), Will Young of BEAK>, Woods’ Aaron Neveu and Jeff Tobias of Sunwatchers, have announced their debut album – How to Live, will be out via Bella Union on August 23rd, and from it they are sharing a new video for the single Peradam. …
See: Ezra Furman releases new video for ‘Calm Down’, plus new album and live news
Never one to rest upon his laurels, Ezra Furman is back with a new album – Twelve Nudes, out via Bella Union on August 30th, barely 18 months since his critically acclaimed Transangelic Exodus dropped. From the new record, Ezra has released a video for single ‘Calm Down’, and announced a whole raft of live …
Album review: Doomsquad – Let Yourself Be Seen
Let Yourself Be Seen is the 3rd album of electronic weirdness from Canadian “art collective” Doomsquad, and it’s out now on Bella Union. Previous releases have seen brightly coloured strangeness with a techno backing, and usually a general ambience of unease. This one is billed as a clearer message, the band say “What we always …
Track: Doomsquad – ‘Let It Go’, plus UK/US tour dates
Toronto’s electro-psych, dance-rock sibling trio DOOMSQUAD have shared entrancing new single ‘Let It Go’, the third track to be shared from their forthcoming LP Let Yourself Be Seen, out May 10th via Bella Union. “The song is kind of an inner debate between two opposing voices of a conflicted self-conscience over how to cope through these chaotic times. One side balances a …
Track: The Soft Cavalry – Dive
The Soft Cavalry is the new project of husband and wife duo Steve Clarke and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, and July 5th sees the release of their debut self-titled album on the stamp of quality that is Bella Union. From it, the pair have shared a first track ‘Dive’, which pairs the swooning lapping layers …
Album Review: John Grant – Love is Magic
Sometimes you just have to accept your own limitations. For example, the last two months have seen me trying to desperately juggle being a father and halfway decent life partner, with selling a house, with no less than three separate roles in my day job as well. Pressure and stress levels have been predictably high, …
See: Ari Roar reveals new video for ‘Implode’
Dallas singer-songwriter Caleb Campbell, aka Ari Roar, is heralding the release of his debut album Calm Down, out through Bella Union on May 25th, with a new video for his track Implode. On the video, Campbell says “We had been planning this other video idea initially but the idea of the arcade seemed less on …
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 …