I clocked an article on Disease X whilst supping my first brew of the morning, which cheered me up no end I can tell you! Well music is an antidote isn’t it, so here is a prescription chock-full of tunes.

Here is the Playlist:

or listen on YouTube

Get Wrong – It’s So Easy

Get Wrong are Naomi Griffin of Martha and Adam Todd of The Spook School. It’s So Easy is taken from their forthcoming debut self-titled EP that is due out at the beginning of December. It’s a bouncy indiepop song with some lovely programming and keys. Some may say it’s “crisp”. Pre-order from Alcopop! Records (UK) or Father/Daughter Records (US).

Atmos Bloom – Sea Legs

Oh. This one reminds me of so much, especially when it comes to the vocals, yet for the life of me I cannot pin it down. It’s a catchy and infectious indiepop/dreampop track. The video is great fun too, as I have been to many of the places featured, and it was good to tick them off!

Paradise Blossom – Glitter Eyes

Another dreamy, hazy and ultimately luscious track from Fresno’s Paradise Blossom. It’s so easy to close your eyes and drift away to this one, which is out now via Indigotea Records.

Whitelands – The Prophet & I

I noticed a comment on YouTube stating that The Prophet & I lacks distortion or drive. Each to their own of course, but this melodic shoegaze track sits fine with me and thanks to its lyrics it still has a cutting sharp side. There is no need to have your foot on the pedal permanently, is there? The Prophet & I is out now via Sonic Cathedral.

Castlebeat – Sick

Another song that reminds me of so much more. Sick is taken from the “surprise new lo-fi EP” Nothing which is the band’s words and not mind. It’s certainly my pick of a very fine bunch of songs and is out now via Spirit Goth Records.

Bathe Alone – Gemini

I must admit I struggled with the recent Fall With The Lights Down album, but this maudlin track about another person’s depression seems to fit with me. Mellow and delicate, but yet haunting at the time. Gemini is a fine dreampop (gloom pop thanks to that aforementioned article?) song indeed. It’s out now via Nettwerk.

Bubblegum Lemonade – Out There On The Radio

There are not many acts who I wrote about when this blog first started over a decade now who are still going to this day, but Bubblegum lemonade are one of them. Laz is back and Out There on the Radio is the title track of the new EP. It’s a slice of 1960s influenced indiepop that jangles away to its lo-fi, and DIY aesthetic, content.

Out There on the Radio will appear on the forthcoming new album Lawrence of Suburbia later this year. The EP’s other two tracks are exclusive to this release. The EP is out now digitally via Matinee Recordings.

The Crystal Teardrop – By The River

The new single from the 1960s revivalists fuses both east and west (they mention Beatles in Rishikesh vibes) on their new single By The River. Psychedelia meets the sitar courtesy of Lucian Thomas from Farfisa. Not my area of expertise at all. Well, that’s if I had one, but I am liking what I am hearing.

Wandering Summer – Hexagons
Taken from July’s self-titled EP Hexagons fits the label’s description of the Leeds based band as a “noisepop indiepunk band”. However, give the EP a listen and there is more to them than that, as tracks such as Show Me The Way and Ghosts In Your House allow them to take influences from their city’s past bands (and some still going!) in order to mould and shape their own identity.

The Wandering Summer EP is out now via Safe Suburban Home Records. Read more about the band and its personnel on the label page.

The Blue Herons – Echoes In The Dust

Echoes In The Dust is a stunningly beautiful track that brings both the voice and lyrics of Gretchen DeVault to the fore. However, let’s not forget Andy Jossi’s musicianship either, as his ringing guitars deliver a discordant soundtrack to accompany DeVault throughout. It’s backed with a haunting melancholia version. And talking about stunning. Check out that cover art, too. You can get it from here.