indie tracks
New Music: No Hot Ashes – Easy Peeler / Smooth
Manchester indie funk four piece No Hot Ashes have followed up last years debut single, Goose with a AA-side single Easy Peeler / Smooth (no bits), Produced (as was that highly regarded opener) by Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Ocean Colour Scene,The Twang, JAWS) the band released it with a sold out gig at the Kraak Gallery …
New Music: London post-rock band Nonta release new single, Pulse
London post-rock indie band Nonta make the kind of atmospheric music that has you screaming Daughter and Sigur Ros (well, maybe not screaming, more fervently whispering). Ahead of their forthcoming debut EP Pulse, the band have shared the title track. It cracks through the silence, layers of intertwining guitars, glockenspiel and cello, its woody beauty …
Track: Rebecca Everett releases the yearning torch song, Sting Of A Kiss
Rebecca Everett is set to unleash her new album ‘Seven Shades’ and she promises it will be “dark, moody, melodic”. Well, if “Sting of a Kiss” is any indication then she looks to make good on that promise. This is a classic torch song with shades of early James Bond and a southern twang.
Track: Pleasure Beach – Go
Go is the debut single from Belfast five piece Pleasure Beach, and far from being something cheap and tacky, and a little passed its best like the name suggests (at least if you’ve been to Blackpool’s said venue) it’s actually a little slab of pulsating, twinkling dream pop. Go trips along, like The a killers …
Track: HeyRocco – Jake Millers House Party
South Carolina’s HeyRocco are headed back to the UK, in support of their Teenage Movie Soundtrack, which showed they were fine purveyors of messy grunge rock, filled with smart tunes and quirky tales. Cue a new single, Jake Miller’s House Party, out on October 30th via Vital Music (timed to coincided with the tour) that …
Track: Gwenno – Chwyldro (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
On his remix of Gwenno’s album opener Chwyldro, Andrew Weatherall adds his lightest magic touch to an already spellbinding track. Chwyldro is the first track on Gwenno Saunders’ debut solo album Y Dydd Olaf (named for Welsh author Owain Owain’s 1976 sci-fi novel). Sung almost entirely in her native Welsh tongue (one song is sung …
Track: Fine, It’s Pink – Young Burns
I wonder how many successful bands have been formed in karaoke bars. I can’t believe it’s many. But that’s exactly where Fine, It’s Pink started life in Romania in 2013 and now they’re releasing their debut single Young Burns (out on 25 September). It’s hard to believe they’ve gone from being a covers band to …
Track: Maybug – Out to Sea
While the title of Maybug’s latest single conjures up feelings of being carried away from safety into a vast and alien environment, Out To Sea is actually the musical equivalent of getting into the comfort of a deep, warm bath. Bristol based singer-songwriter Joseph Dunn is Maybug and this is the first single from his …
Track: Desperate Journalist “Perfect Health” Plus tour dates
Desperate Journalist continue to impress and rise above the current indie scene with their latest offering, 5 track EP ‘Good Luck’. Indicating a slight change of perspective for the band, promo-track ‘Perfect Health’ displays all the traits of an indie classic. At first coming across as a sweet reminisce of youthful love, on closer inspection …
Track: The Lion and the Wolf – My Fathers Eyes
Tom George, aka The Lion and the Wolf, is back with a new, second release, My Fathers Eyes. Available as a limited edition 7inch, George is releasing a second single, Bar Stools, from the release. It tells the story of a drunken walk home. “The song is about a time I made a stupid decision …