Category: Noise Pop

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Various – Oddbox 2014

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Oddbox Records have released a pay as much as you want compilation highlighting their releases this past year. It features tracks from the likes of The Wolfhounds, The Wendy Darlings, Tyrannosaurus Dead and more. The label will open 2015 with the release of the new album from the reformed Manhattan Love Suicides which is a joint release with Squirrel Records. Happy new year indeed! You can get it here. It’s available until the end of January 2015. Homepage Continue reading Various – Oddbox 2014

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Various Artists – Fuzz Pop

Tom

As some of you may have gathered from this blog I prefer the fuzzier side of indiepop. Definitely no flippin’ ukuleles for me and cut down on the glockenspiels too (although I admit some bands do use those to good effect). So this cassette compilation from Stoke On Trent’s Very Gun Records is right up my street. Fuzz Pop features twenty noisy & fuzzy tunes from a variety of bands most of whom I have not heard before. It’s early days on the listening front but I am already drawn to tracks by Gurr, Love Cuts and Expert Alterations. As … Continue reading Various Artists – Fuzz Pop

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Tyrannosaurus Dead – Flying Ant Day

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Tyrannosaurus Dead recently released their debut long player Flying Ant Day on Oddbox Records. It features ten tracks including the single Post Holiday Dead Song as well as personal fave Local Bullies. Fuzzy guitars provide a backing to vocals that merge and blur with lyrics dealing with desperation and frustration. What’s not too like? Get it here in various formats. Facebook Continue reading Tyrannosaurus Dead – Flying Ant Day

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Zipper – The Worst Day Of The Week

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Currently no one does fuzzy indie pop better than Madrid’s Zipper in my view and their brand new single The Worst Day Of The Week isn’t going to see them relinquish that particular crown just yet. Pure pop from a great band on a great label…………. It’s out now on limited edition 7″ single via Dufflecoat Records. Get it (but save me a copy as I don’t get paid until next week!) Facebook Bandcamp Continue reading Zipper – The Worst Day Of The Week

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Need We Say More (no) – Too Many Dead​/​Superstition corner

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Need We Say More (no) are a one off all grrrrl band featuring Helen (Shrag), Steph (The Blue Minkies, Summer Hunter, Shrag) and Kathy (The Thermals). They recorded a couple of tracks and this is the result for London’s Freakscene label. You shouldn’t be at all surprised that they sound like most the aforementioned bands! It’s out now digitally and you can also get it bundled with postcards and pocxket mirrors. See the label’s bandcamp page for more. Continue reading Need We Say More (no) – Too Many Dead​/​Superstition corner

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Hjearts – Hungry Ghost

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When you play Hjearts for the first time it sounds like a record in your collection that you just cannot place. And that feeling keeps occurring track after track. That’s not to say there is nowt original here and there are plenty of ideas competing with one another in order to be heard. Hungry Ghost (the 4th EP in as many months) is chock full of strong songs none more so than Flowering Judas which is one of the finest examples of fuzzy DIY bedroom pop you will hear this year. Gonna give those other EP’s available a listen now. … Continue reading Hjearts – Hungry Ghost