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NEWS – High Vis share video for Trauma Bonds and announce first North America tour with UK and European dates now sold out
High Vis have released a moving new video for their single ‘Trauma Bonds’. Frontman Graham Sayle explains:“Filmed and directed by Jonah West and shot over the course of a year, the video is an emotionally charged portrait of Jamz and Sean. Two people negotiating the world whilst living in the shadow of trauma. The video is dedicated …
TRACK: Sprints – Literary Mind (W. H. Lung – Tom Sharkett remix)
Dublin’s Sprints have released a remix of their current single ‘Literary Mind‘. Tom Sharkett experimented with new equipment and sounds while recording his band’s (W. H. Lung) first record and he was drawn deeper into the world of electronics. He creates electronic music with a punk ethos and so working with Sprints is a match …
NEWS: Hotel Lux announce debut album, release new single Common Sense and confirm UK headline tour
Hotel Lux have announced their debut album Hands Across The Creek set for release on 27 January 2023 via The state51 Conspiracy. They also unveil new single ‘Common Sense‘ and a string of UK/EU tour dates. The Portsmouth/London band released a critically acclaimed debut EP in 2020, and with the inevitable challenges brought about by the pandemic the …
Track: Sprints – Literary Mind
Sprints have released new track ‘Literary Mind’ out now on Nice Swan Records. It’s the first new music since their A Modern Job EP which was out in the spring. The 7″ vinyl sold out immediately which demonstrates the growing interest in the band. It’s a slightly different sound for Sprints, but still raw, still …
LIVE: CLAMM / Velvet – The Flying Duck, Glasgow 29.08.2022
On August Bank Holiday Monday Melbourne punks CLAMM played at Glasgow’s basement venue The Flying Duck. They released their excellent second album CARE earlier this month, and to be perfectly frank this reviewer was buzzing to be seeing CLAMM live. Patience is a virtue, however and first onstage was local band Velvet. What immediately struck …
Track: Sprints release new single ‘Little Fix’
Sprints have released new track ‘Little Fix’ taken from their upcoming EP A Modern Job, which is out 11th March 2022 on Nice Swan Records. The Dublin band who have been quoted on a number of Ones To Watch lists for 2022 open their account for the year with this banger. Explosive and instantly attention grabbing Sprints continue to create energising music blending the …
See: Muck Spreader drop the shadowy dub riot of ‘Take Flight’ ahead of a July EP; there’s a June tour, too
A CHAOTIC, riotously fun force of nature which – if you believe the myth – came about after lightning struck, Muck Spreader are back with a shadowy, gloriously dub-jazz didactic single, “Take Flight”, ahead of a July EP for Brace Yourself – and a tour in very fine company. The new eight-tracker, Abysmal, follows last …