post-punk
News: Iceage announce fifth album, ‘Seek Shelter’, with ‘Vendetta’
A SIMMERING, fervid forge of modern post-punk, Copenhagen’s Iceage have unravelled in unexpected and thrilling fashion since their 2011 iconic debut. Forthcoming album Seek Shelter, as glimpsed previously with Holding Hand, and now Vendetta, sees them unfurling their musical wings to an ever-widening span; working with new elements: the illustrious psych grandmaster Pete “Sonic Boom” …
Track: Bandicoot – ‘Dark Too Long’: bringing the glammy punk to Libertino
WHO ARE Bandicoot? Is the question on your lips, and even their own, if you judge by their social media handle across the various platforms. Their new single for Libertino, “Dark Too Long”, out on February 26th, helps reveal a little more. Out today and embedded below, they’ve certainly got the rock ‘n’ roll; guitars …
News: Squid announce debut album with new track, ‘Narrator’
BRIGHTON quintet Squid have shed light on their massively anticipated debut album, Bright Green Field: due to be released on May 7th. It’ll boast production from Dan Carey and boast entirely new material from this continually, creatively ploughing band. They’ve just released “Narrator”, accompanied by stunning visuals from Felix Green. “Narrator”, perhaps the band’s most …
EP REVIEW: LUMER – ‘Disappearing Act’: cathartic post-punk anger
Cathartic anger from Yorkshire post-punks stakes their claim to a place in a crowded pantheon
SEE: The Underground Youth – ‘For You Are The One’: dark romance and the swing of the violin
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH, Manchester-forged and currently Berlin-based – and can’t you so hear that city bleeding through their sound? – have today released the video for the gravel-voiced, folksy swing of “For You Are The One”; untucked collars and suits, late-night card tables and spirits, cigarette smoke and dark romance in the veins. You can …
Track: TV Priest share video for new track Press Gang
TV Priest will release their album Uppers on February 5th, 2021 via Sub Pop. In the run up the band have shared their new single and official video for track ‘Press Gang’. ‘Press Gang’ is inspired by Charlie’s grandfather’s life’s work as a photojournalist and war correspondent on Fleet Street from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The …
Track: Detective Larsson – 21 (Dreamt of Freedom)
Welsh band Detective Larsson who have just released their debut single ’21 (Dreamt Of Freedom)’ with two B-sides in the form of the bands arrangements of Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson’s ‘My Rifle, My Pony and Me’ and Marianne Faithfull’s ‘As Tears Go By’. All jangly and floaty with a deep bass, ’21 (Dreamt Of …
SEE: The Underground Youth – ‘A Sorrowful Race’; tenth album in March
BORN in the musical fires of Manchester, currently resident in Berlin, it’s fair to say that there’s a decent dose of proper musical heritage, maybe a little darkness, a willingness to party and explore the edges, in the DNA of The Underground Youth. The band, led by Craig Dyer and also comprised of his wife …
PREMIERE: People Soup – ‘Rosemary’: fragrant ‘n’ wired Leeds post-punk debut
PEOPLE SOUP is a new post-punk trio outta the capital of God’s Own Country, Leeds, comprised of singer-guitarist Harry Jones, bassist Ryan Walker and drummer Joe Willis. They’ve got it going on and have just released their first single, “Rosemary”, via the offices of Bandcamp, who’ve certainly come through as one of the good guys …
SEE: The video for Folk Devils’ ‘Forever’ – London noiseniks are back on fine form
SPINNING out of all the gnarl and edginess of West London’s Ladbroke Grove in the mid-1980s, Folk Devils were an outfit that were never appreciated as much as they perhaps should’ve been beyond a hugely loyal fanbase. They released just four singles from 1984 to 1987, their last release being The Best Protection EP on …