Category: indiepop

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Tight Knit – Too Hot

Tom

Originally released digitally in 2017 Too Hot, and flip side Want You, by Melbourne’s Tight Knit now get the vinyl treatment they deserve courtesy of Glasgow’s Not Unloved Records. Too Hot is a garage/indiepop hybrid with more than a few nods in the direction of riot grrrl whilst I Want You has a catchy chorus that you could die for. Order the 7″ here. The original digital versions are still available on a pay what you want basis from the band. Facebook Continue reading Tight Knit – Too Hot

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The Wendy Darlings – Always Late

Tom

Always Late is taken from the forthcoming album The Wendy Darlings Against Evil that will be released on Oddbox Records in May of this year. It is a short, shouty garage number that has me questioning myself asking have The Wendy Darlings always been this loud? I will reserve judgement for when the album is released but in the meantime crank up that volume and press play. Facebook Continue reading The Wendy Darlings – Always Late

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конец солнечных дней – «мне никогда не было весело с тобой»

Tom

Or to give the translated title which is I Have Never Had Fun With You By the End of Sunny Days which is an intriguing mix of songs from this Omsk based band. The songs are full of jangling sounds with sombre, deadpan delivered vocals. Whilst I have no idea what they are singing about the translated song titles suggest it could well be a mix of doom and gloom. And then some more. Still, it’s an interesting mix of indiepop/post-punk and regardless of the language my ears like this! Continue reading конец солнечных дней – «мне никогда не было весело с тобой»

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Terry Vs. Tori – Braille

Tom

Terry Vs. Tori return with a song that could have easily graced the Labrador Records catalogue circa 2008. Opening with what sounds like a cassette tape being inserted the song soon mixes a 70’s vibe and indiepop. It’s not too hard to think of bands associated with the aforementioned label and Braille sounds like the Acid House Kings making music under a searing Spanish sun. Facebook Continue reading Terry Vs. Tori – Braille

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Star Tropics – The Other Side of Midnight

Tom

The Other Side of Midnight is the first we have heard from Star Tropics since their 2017 album Lost Worlds. And it’s well worth the wait as they return with a charming indiepop song despite the maudlin lyrics. The band take their cues from the jangling (shambling?) C86 bands and the subsequent Sarah Records roster before applying their own delicious take across the indiepop board. Most marvellous! Facebook Continue reading Star Tropics – The Other Side of Midnight

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Perfect Strangers – Unlikely Partners

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Unlikely Partners is a collection of songs that flirt with the sounds of C86 and the jangle pop of the Paisley Underground. The band, who feature members of The Drums and Violens, deliver an album which doesn’t give us one standout track or wasted fillers but instead treats the listener to eight consistently strong songs. These include the short and poppy Deborah, the psychedelic-tinged Suds and the jangling Psychic Self-Defense. Entertaining stuff. Continue reading Perfect Strangers – Unlikely Partners

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Battery Point – Desire

Tom

Battery Point have been consistently delivering some great tunes for the past few years and Desire keeps that run of success going. It contains all the ingredients that have made have the band stand out and Desire errs between the lines of indiepop and shoegaze with the joint vocalists sounding better than they have ever done. Desire remains in the consciousness long after it finishes, and I am sure this one will be in the 2019 best of lists despite the year only being two months in! Continue reading Battery Point – Desire

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February Round Up #2

Tom

And the round up is on day two…. Patrick Farrugia – Too Late Patrick Farrugia has been releasing music for a few years now and the two tracks on Too Late is the first I have heard from him. Both tracks are 1980s-inspired or in the case of Oblivion 100% inspired by New Order’s Age of Consent such are the similarities between the two. Not bad then! Sadly less said about Olympiad the better. I am left wondering if it’s actually by the same person. Very MOR. Just grab the first track. Facebook Crystal Eyes/Marlaena Moore – Radical Softness – … Continue reading February Round Up #2

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February Round Up #1

Tom

Before I have had even time to blink I have racked almost a century of emails in my bandcamp folder. Time to wade through some of those tracks that are piling up! Leathers – Phantom Heart Leathers is the project of Shannon Hemmett who is also a member of Canadian post-punk band Actors. Phantom Heart mixes synth pop and dark wave to great effect. Facebook Sheer – Glimpse Glimpse is the first track in almost two years from Californians Sheer. It’s worth the wait as Glimpse is a laid back alt-rock track with lovely female vocals which betray the melancholic … Continue reading February Round Up #1