Cotton Candy Clouds is the second single to be taken from the Manila based Cinéma Lumière’s forthcoming album, What’s Life Without Whimsy? Like its predecessor Sunday the track is inspired by twee pop circa post punk/C86. It’s appropriate the word … Continue reading Cinéma Lumière – Cotton Candy Clouds
I wonder what goes through the minds of a band when they create a song? I know, “let’s write a song about the true story where two brothers board up their countryside house to protect themselves from a breakout at … Continue reading Kindsight – Madhouse Breakout Multitool
Five years after volume 2, we finally get a new Strawberry Punks compilation, which is a series that showcases Indonesian indiepop past and present. Opener Catch Up was originally found on the now defunct twee pop duo Sex Sux’s 2010 … Continue reading Various – Strawberry Punks Vol 3
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases 05/03/2023
The Lousy Pop Group’s record label, Shiny Happy Records, suggest the band’s new EP would be “for the fans of Brighter, Harper Lee, Nixon, The Field Mice, etc”. They are not kidding. Eko Sutrisno, the man behind the monikor, has … Continue reading Lousy Pop Group – Last Breath
Another round up of all that’s good in the worlds of alt-rock, dreampop, janglepop, noisepop and shoegaze. There are songs inspired by twee, the 1960s and the 1980s/90s UK scene. February also saw Babaganouj announcing their new album alongside Shonen … Continue reading Records I Like Mix February 2023
The Filipino band Cinéma Lumière have a new album due out soon. Titled What’s Life Without Whimsy? it has been preceded by the first single to be taken from the album, called Sunday. The track itself has been around for … Continue reading Cinéma Lumière – Sunday
Shambling (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) indie/twee pop band The Happy Somethings have just released their new album over the weekend. Titled A Gathering of All Sorts it features a mix of the old and new … Continue reading The Happy Somethings – Some Happy Thing (pick n mix)
After hearing Humsikk’s recent collaboration with Amy Amanda & The Cottons, I was hoping that line up would bear more fruit. I thought it was a one-off, but little did I know it was the title track of the band’s new EP sans collaborators. Alone, as the title may suggest, is a slice of melancholy indiepop. The chords and the structure of the song will remind the listener of so much yet, by the end, it will have established its own identity, imprinting itself in your memories. I previously wrote, amongst other things, that the title track “is a mellow … Continue reading Humsikk – By the Sea
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases – 05/02/2022
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