Ahead of album Tears Before Bedtime getting a release in February cult indiepop band Would-be-goods bring us a perfect slice of their sparkling guitar pop with single Dr Love. Artist: Would-be-goods Track: Dr Love Label: Skep Wax Release date: 12 January 2026 Find it: YouTube Seminal 1980s indiepop band Would-be-goods have delivered us another slice …
Icons of indiepop Heavenly have announced their first album in 30 years – Highway To Heavenly – with the release of single Excuse Me. Check out the single here and get ready to order your copy of Popoptica Zine for a full interview with the band. Artist: Heavenly Track: Excuse Me Label: Skep Wax Release …
Belgium four-piece The Bernadette Maries release shoe-gazey indie track The Closer You Look ahead of a 2026 debut album due on label Géographie. Artist: The Bernadette Maries Title: The Closer You Look Label: Géographie Release date: 3 December 2025 Find it: YouTube If you stick around long enough, most everything will come back around again. …
FML, the first release from New Jersey goth pop princess Sophie Swanson since her 2024 mini-album is packed with ’90s Riot Grrrl guitar and emo-tinged attitude. Artist: Sophie Swanson Track: FML Label: self released Released: 31 October 2025 Find it: YouTube The first single following on from Sophie Swanson‘s 2024 debut mini album Social Burnout …
More new tracks to add to your festive playlists, this time with Swansea Sound’s lament to the online order gone awry Not My Order, released as part of the band’s Christmas mini album All Is Calm. Artist: Swansea Sound Track: Not My Order Label: Skep Wax Release date: 5 December 2025 Find it: Bandcamp Indiepop …
Fightmilk’s Lily teamed up with Tugboat Captain’s Sox to ‘write and record the saddest Christmas banger of all time’ and with We Only Kiss At Christmas we think they have succeeded Artist: Fightmilk featuring Sox Track: We Only Kiss At Christmas Label: self released Release date: 24 November 2025 Find it: Bandcamp Bing Crosby and …
Seminal indiepop band The Just Joans have shared a Northern Soul tinged single Limpet ahead of the release of a new album, Romantic Visions Of Scotland, due January 2026 on Fika Recordings. Artist: The Just Joans Track: Limpet Label: Fika Recordings Release date: 2 December 2025 Find it: YouTube With a beautifully comforting and familiar …
Metal-loving punk supergroup YAKKIE release their second single Rabbit’s Got The Gun, with a dedicated to Luigi Mangione, ahead of a debut album in February 2026. Artist: YAKKIE Track: Rabbit’s Got The Gun Label: self released Release date: 3 December 2025 Find it: Bandcamp Opening with buzz, feedback and anticipatory percussive shimmer YAKKIE have delivered …
Belfast bubblegrungers Wynona Bleach release Christmas single (Don’t Know Why) I Wish You A Merry Christmas on label Fierce Panda Records – and it is an absolute belter full of rich melody and festive melancholy Artist: Wynona Bleach Track: (Don’t Know Why) I Wish You A Merry Christmas Label: Fierce Panda Released: 1 December 2025 …
London based space rock psych outfit Solar Circles release their second eponymously titled EP to soundtrack your journey back from the outer solar system and home in time for Christmas. Artist: Solar Circles Title: Solar Circles II Label: self released Release date: 26 November 2025 Find it: Bandcamp Way back in time, during a previous …