indie tracks
TRACK: Firestations – ‘The Circular’: bright as a button indiepop drop preludes March EP
LOST MAP’S quirkily lovely alt.popsters Firestations have released a really bright and moreish single, “The Circular”, ahead of their March EP, Melted Medium, which sings with a indiepop summeriness last heard around these parts with Real Estate – or, going further back, maybe even The Railway Children or something on Flying Nun. Bloody lovely, it …
Track: Travis Shaw shares a track full of hope with ‘Refuge’
The North East’s atmospheric melody maker, Travis Shaw, has started the year off with his first release – ‘Refuge’ Regarding the track Shaw comments: “The single is about going inside yourself to find peace and heal. I wrote the song when I was struggling a lot and searching for answers/coping mechanisms. Over the years I’ve …
TRACK: Mint Julep – ‘Black Maps’
Announced less than a year after their last album release, Stray Fantasies, which came out in January 2020, Mint Julep return in March with a new album entitled In A Deep And Dreamless Sleep, via Western Vinyl. That album was a kaleidoscopic and dreamy concoction of shoegaze wonder, from album opener “Blinded” to the disco-tinged …
Track: Field Music release new single ‘Orion from the Street’, plus new tour dates
Perennial Backseat Mafia favourites Field Music, aka Peter and David Brewis are back with a new song, ‘Orion from the street,’, is out now via Memphis Industries and the first glimpse of a new studio album due out later in the year. Of the new track, Peter says “I wrote it in a daze – …
See: Cole Anyway Shares single Sundown plus visualiser by Cole Kush
Cole Anyway is the new project from sound designer and multi-instrumentalist Cole Emoff. He has shared his second and final single ‘Sundown’ from his new EP – ‘Sitting With Stillness’. The EP is a collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and animator, Cole Kush (Mac DeMarco, Homeshake, Jerry Paper, TNGHT). Shimmering and reflective synths with crushed guitars giving the track a …
Track: Cub Scout Bowling Pins – Heaven Beats Iowa
Cub Scout Bowling Pins is a new secret identity of indie rock super-heroes Guided By Voices. They plan on dropping their EP Heaven Beats Lowa on 7″ and CD on January 22 via Rockathon Records. The band have shared the title track off the EP – ‘Heaven Beats Iowa’ Led by a bright organ and surf guitar …
Track: White Flowers – You Caught Me
Manchester’s White Flowers have shared their self-directed video to accompany their single ‘You Caught Me’, the latest track to be taken from the ‘Within A Dream’ 4-track EP which is out now via Tough Love on Friday 15th January 2021. Regarding the track the band comments: “You Caught Me deals with the concept that everything is multi-dimensional and in a constant …
Track: Wyndow, aka Lavinia Blackwall and Laura J Martin, release ‘Take My Picture’
Forged out of a need to be creative in these lockdown times, Wyndow is the new project from ex-Trambling Bells’ Lavinia Blackwall and singer-songwriter Laura J Martin. They’ve released a new singl ‘Take My Picture’, as well as revealing they are working on an album together. After meeting first at Moseley Folk Festival, the pair …
Track: Lemon Drink announce new single, Demon Child
Glasgow based quartet Lemon Drink have followed up the success of their debut EP, ‘Better Run’ with a new single, Demon Child. It’s out via Last Night From Glasgow digitally and on an exclusive run of 7” vinyl with a custom b-side etching and artwork by Lauren Peters from the band. Soaked in feedback and …
Track: Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains release new single, Holly Golightly
Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains is back with a new single ‘Holly Golightly’, taken from his forthcoming album Banane Bleue, out on 26th February, and a follow up to the first track to be revealed from the album, Coucou. On the track, Frànçois says “’Holly Golightly’ refers to the character in the Truman Capote novella, …