indie tracks
Track: Feral Mantra “Lost”
Doncaster band Feral Mantra have unveiled a brand new track in the form of “Lost”. Hailed as their debut single, the track sees the uplifting indie band create an instantly catchy and vintage anthem. In my live review of their recent gig at The Rocking Chair in Sheffield, I described them as a wonderful ‘mad …
Track: Lou Rhodes – All the birds
All the birds is the first glimpse of Lamb’s Lou Rhodes fourth solo album – theyesandeye, out on July 22nd via the newly re-established Nude Records. Moving alongside her work with influential electronic group Lamb, Rhodes wanted some experiment with a different sort of sound on her new album. “I had a bunch of songs”, …
Track: Arrows of Love – Toad, plus UK tour dates
London art-rockers Arrows of Love follow up their highly regarded debut album, ‘Everything’s F*cked’, with a new single ‘Toad’, out on May 27th via the bands own Handspun Records and on limited edition vinyl and tape via Strong Island Recordings.The five piece, led by co-writers Nima and Nuha take a lead from the likes of …
Track: Her’s – Dorothy
Talking about Dorothy, the debut single from Liverpool based Her’s, which is out tomorrow on Heist or Hit, the band say “It was one of the first songs we wrote together, but it came together really quick somehow. Steve brought the chords and some ideas for a melody over to mine late one night. We …
EP: Jay Forden – Fool on the Hill
I first met Manchester singer-songwriter Jay Forden when he was playing as a support act to another band at Manchester 235 Casino. As I watched him I remember being struck by how he managed to be so vulnerable and yet so Rock n Roll at the same time. This EP has that same mix of …
Track: Ded Rabbit – Only Dating
It’s all coming out of Scotland at the moment, masses of ‘next big things’ sending their catchy, if rather jagged, indie pop our way. Latest in the long line is Edinburgh’s Ded Rabbit, and their new track Only Dating. Written after watching The Imitation Game, its a bawdy, swaggering piece of singalong pop – ridiculously …
Track: Thomas Cohen – Hazy Shades, plus UK tour dates
In some ways, its almost remarkable that former S.C.U.M frontman Thomas Cohen’s album Bloom Forever is being released at all. Its an album that chronicles the songs Cohen wrote between 2012 and 2015, including the period immediately after the unthinkable death of his wife Peaches at the age of just 25. Rather than abandon the …
Track: Why We Run – A Moment to Return
One of my favourite local Sydney bands, Why We Run, is back with no sign of a waning of their incredible talent. In fact, quite the opposite. I reviewed the debut single, ‘Comfortable Lie’, last year and follow-up release, ‘Ignites’ from with great enthusiasm, and they just keep getting better. Their atmospheric, enigmatic songs fuse …
New Music: Spookyland – Big Head
Isn’t everyone heading to SXSW (well, no – because we aren’t..) this next week. Certainly Sydney quartet Spookyland are one of the hot ticket/next big things that a lot of people are looking forward to. With their debut album Beauty already Beautiful dropping on May 6th via Play it again Sam, the band have released …
Track: Kate Jackson – Metropolis
Former frontwoman of Backseat Mafia favourites Long Blondes, artist and singer-songwriter Kate Jackson is back with her debut solo album, British Road Movies, out on May 20th via Hoo Ha Records. It was writer by Jackson alongside guitar legend and producer Bernard Butler (Suede, The Tears) at West Heath Studios in London, and features an …