indie tracks
Track: VITALS – Colour (debut single)
‘Colour’ is the debut single from new Barnsley band VITALS, whom feature members from the recently disbanded Four Authors. The new group pick up where Four Authors left off, bringing their uniquely bright pop/rock sounds to the forefront of local music. The new track opens up with summery dance vibes, before the vocal harmonies settle …
Track: Hajk – Nothing Left to Say
Oslo quintet Hajk caused a stir amongst taste-makers and keen observers with their single Magazine, and ahead of their debut self-titled album, they’re back with a new track, ‘Nothing Left to Say’. On top of it’s indie leanings is a coat of glittering electro-pop, and it weaves its layers intricately around a tale of love …
Track: Wavves – Animal
LA indie boys Wavves have a new album ‘You’re Welcome’ out on May 19th via their own Ghost Ramp label, and they’ve now shared a third slice of the action in the shape of a song, Animal. Zane Lowe got the exclusive on his Beats 1 show, and it’s easy to see why he dropped …
Track: Aimee Mann – Patient Zero, plus album news
Aimee Mann has consistently delivered beautiful and thought provoking since her debut solo album ‘Whatever’. It’s hard to believe that was over twenty years ago, but it’s still a record that keeps popping to the surface again and again in my listening material, and still sounds as fresh as the day it was released. Much …
Track: Wedding – 18
Wedding, essentially (at least at its outset) is the the project of Thomas Craig, formerly of Londoners Charles Howl. A debut EP began to bring some attention their way, and a recent move from Berlin to Manchester has prompted a debut album, and this single taken from it, 18. “’18’ was the first song written …
Track: Diet Cig – Barf Day
There’s something of the c86 about duo Diet Cig that makes you want to instantly wrap your arms around them. In their new track, the delightfully titled Barf Day, singer Alex Luciano sings of missed parties, ice creams and her seeming inability to keep plants alive in her fresh faced but almost fragile way. Equally …
Track: Thunder Dreamer – Capture
On the cusp of releasing their debut album on 6131 records, Thunder Dreamer began as a solo project for Steven Hamilton but has expanded into a four piece. Together they create these rather captivating indie rock songs, often with a large dose of piano at their core, and brushed with a sheen of melancholy. So …
New Music: Loom – Hate
Taking their lead from the likes of The Jesus Lizard, Bad Brains, Pixies, GG Allin, Misfits, and Warsaw – all of whom they covered on an early Cassette EP, Leamington Spa’s Loom make dark aggressive music that flits between goth, punk and grunge. Having garnered support from the likes of Zane Lowe and Daniel P …
Track: Girl Ray – Stupid Things
Of their new single Stupid Things, out via Moshi Moshi on April 14th, Girl Ray lead vocalist and guitarist Poppy Hankin says “It’s about crushing really hard on someone, and finding myself doing fucking ridiculous things to feel like we’ve got some kind of connection. Watching films that they mentioned fleetingly or ordering their favourite …
Track: The Darling Buds – Complicated
So unless your of a similar age to myself, Welsh indie poppers The Darling Buds may just have passed you by. It has been a quarter of a century since their last material, but the wait (at least for those of us who have been waiting) is over, with the release of and EP, Evergreen, …