Japanese band Stomp Talk Modstone are back with another shimmering affair. Titled Hello, New World it’s drenched in layers of late 1980s, early 1990s shoegaze of the type found on Creation Records. The vibrating guitars gush forward, overflowing from the … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Hello, New World
So rather than as per the usual, well as usual as can be, Friday three pack here is a sampler bundle instead to make up for the lack of posts this month. Enjoy! Here is the Playlist: or listen on … Continue reading The Something For The Weekend Sampler
Sacramento’s Soft Science have announced details of their forthcoming fourth album, which is their first since 2018’s Maps. Titled Lines it features ten tracks and is due to be released on September 08 2023. The band have also lifted the … Continue reading Soft Science – Sadness
Mind Is Light is a return to form for me by the Busan based Say Sue Me. The track builds steadily with the hazy vocals and the post-punk/shoegaze hybrid guitars working seamlessly before the guitars are left to drive through … Continue reading Say Sue Me – Mind Is Light
Greek outfit Royal Arch have recently released their third single. I previously wrote that their last single, the indiepop/post-punk hybrid Why Don’t You Let It Go, sounded a bit like The Lodger crossed with Franz Ferdinand, but on Twenty Three … Continue reading Royal Arch – Twenty Three
Tangerang’s Meeve follow up their Ride inspired debut Mist with their second single, Edges. Those aforementioned influences remain, although the band do their best to impose their own identity onto the song. You can see (hear?) them getting there although … Continue reading Meeve – Edges
Carnations are another new band from the burgeoning new Sydney “scene”. They have just released their debut EP which is heavily influenced by post-punk and the shambling indiepop bands circa C86. I Die is the EP’s lead track and is … Continue reading Carnations – I Die
Brighton’s Dreamcoaster release their new EP Say Nothing on September 01 2023. The duo continue their collaboration with producer Steve Whitfield and are also joined by The Popguns Tony Bryant on drums. The title track has been released as a … Continue reading Dreamcoaster – Say Nothing
So not much activity on these pages this month but plenty of activity for my ears as this 90 minute plus mix demonstrates. There is plenty here I would write about if time permitted, but it’s best to draw a … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2023
I managed to grab some listening time, well not much, on my recent excursion to the Shetland Islands. One track that caught my ear was the second single from London’s The Hazmats, who comprise members of Powerplant, Big Cheese and … Continue reading The Hazmats – Skewed View
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