Manchester-based post-punk trio LIINES re-emerge following lockdown with single Keep On Going, digging deeper into their established sound. Artist: LIINES Track: Keep On Going Label: self-release Released: 3 September 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify In unsettled times there is a certain comfort which comes from knowing what you can expect from a band, in …
Welsh duo Tacsidermi – Gwenllian Anthony from the ‘Welsh Music Prize’ winning band Adwaith and multi instrumentalist Matthew Kilgariff – channel woozy 60’s French pop and pastoral folk on new single Ble Pierre. Artist: Tacsidermi Track: Ble Pierre Label: Libertino Released: 13 August 2021 Find it: Spotify These are the days of a dying summer. …
Go! Go! Go! is the debut EP from Berlin-based three-piece indie rock by way of punk pop Lobsterbomb – out now digitally and introducing the riotous sound of the band. Artist: Lobsterbomb Release: Go! Go! Go! Label: self-released Released: 30 July 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify It was somewhat inevitable that those who managed …
Lifted from recent EP Liminal Brighton-based musical riot GENN release their ‘call to arms’ single Catalyst, along with a live version of Feel. Artist: GENN Track: Catalyst Label: Everything Sucks Music Released: 27 August 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify As everything slowed in a world nudged toward necessary solitude the fractures in society seemed …
Lou Hanman, of Caves and Flamingo50, has released new single Looks Right under the All Away Lou name via Specialist Subject Records. Artist: All Away Lou Track: Looks Right Label: Specialist Subject Released: 13 August 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Described as ‘a 40 something, queer, English woman living in Philadelphia, PA, still playing punk …
Underground Cork-based alternative rock band The Altered Hours return with wonderfully woozy single You Are Wrong ahead of their second full length album, due out in October on Pizza Pizza Records. Artist: The Altered Hours Track: You Are Wrong Label: PIzza Pizza Records Released: 2 September 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Love is not …
With a career-spanning compilation out next week London DIY stalwarts th’sheridans release remastered single A Quiet Year on independent label Reckless Yes. Artist: th’sheridans Track: A Quiet Year Label: Reckless Yes Released: 3 September 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Perhaps it is the recent times of going through isolation together, or perhaps it has …
Minneapolis three-piece Gully Boys release new single The Way on Get Better Records ahead of new EP Favourite Son dropping in September 2021. Artist: Gully Boys Track: The Way Label: Get Better Records Released: 27 August 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify It was the song Neopet Graveyard which first drew me toward Minneapolis three-piece …
We don’t really do album reviews here at Popoptica but that doesn’t stop us wanting to enthuse about the great albums we’ve been listening to and pull them together into our albums of the month feature. Releases have landed thick and fast throughout this summer and as we’re only just stepping back into the fray …
Ahead of debut album OYEZ being released in September Derby artist YAY MARIA has released a video to go with recent single Template, featuring Franx. Artist: YAY MARIA feat. Franx Track: Template Label: Year of Glad Released: 29 July 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify The sun shines down on a Derbyshire hill side, the …