Scottish nugaze/darkwave duo Japan Review release new single Competition Winner and announce debut album Kvetch Sounds to be released on independent label Reckless Yes in autumn. Artist: Japan Review Release: Competition Winner Label: Reckless Yes Released: 19 August 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify In the dying days of a no-mark summer, you find yourself …
The Crystal Furs, out of Portland OR, further develop their upbeat girl-group harmonies and melodic pop blended with direct lyrics speaking to their experience on self-released double A singles Miss Hughes and Please Fade Away. Artist: The Crystal Furs Release: Miss Hughes / Please Fade Away Label: Kitten Pants Records Released: 13 August 2021 Find …
Following her signing to independent label Reckless Yes Cumbria-based Hannah Rose Kessler releases industrial-edged first single Come Feel Me, ahead of a new EP. Artist: Hannah Rose Kessler Track: Come Feel Me Label: Reckless Yes Released: 12 February 2021 Find it: Spotify Industrial-edged guitar drones as vocal, beats and percussion build together into a primal …
Writing and performing in character as Essential Forever, a forgotten crooner from pop radio’s golden era, Jungle Green’s Al Heaney celebrates the sound of the era with lushly orchestrated first track Hollywood Royalty. Artist: Essential Forever Track: Hollywood Royalty Label: Earth Libraries Released: 5 February 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Douglas Coupland called it …
Genn release new hazy psych-pop single Feel from forthcoming EP Liminal set for release in March 2021 via Everything Sucks Music. Artist: Genn Track: Feel Label: Everything Sucks Music Released: 26 January 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Described as a ‘trans-national, genre-blending, musical riot, ready to rock your ears and mess with your brain’ …
Moving closer to a folk-rock sound Paris-born London-based musician Madame So navigates friendship on her first release of 2021, Real Friends. Artist: Madame So Track: Real Friends Label: Self-released Released: 29 January 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Paris-born London-based musician Madame So had a prolific 2020 with the releases of singles Generation Y, You Say and Who Are …
Finding an old Soviet-era spying device at an East London car boot sale set Michael Hodgson AKA Misled Convoy off on a creative mission to which Kat Five (Feral Five) signed up for vocal duties. The resulting single, Apply The Pressure, is out now on Dubmission Records. Artist: Misled Convoy x Kat Five Track: Apply …
Following the addition of songwriter & vocalist Marina Red, The Dying Lights release their second new single in the new line-up with Crash. Artist: The Dying Lights Track: Crash Label: self-release Released: 5 February 2021 Find it: Bandcamp “The car crash is a fertilising rather than a destructive event,” so says the character of Vaughan …
Dropped as an instrumental ‘cutting room floor’ project as a Bandcamp exclusive it’s the new EP from Gordian Stimm – Flirty Lustre for Public Sector – on Amateur Pop Inc. Artist: Gordian Stimm Tracks: Flirty Lucre for Public Sector Label: Amateur Pop Incorporated Released: 5 February 2021 Find it: Bandcamp ‘Kill your darlings’, they say …
At once challenging and chilling yet hypnotically irresistible art-pop post-punk DIY duo tAngerinecAt release new single Something Broke Inside. Artist: tAngerinecAt Track: Something Broke Inside Label: self-released Released: 5 February 2021 Instrumentation grates against droning and intrusive beats, the vocal piercingly calling out a waking nightmare with stark imagery. This track surrounds you, gets within …