Bed Head is the sound of The Cocteau Twins if they appeared in 1989 and had a debut EP on Creation. Throughout the EP shimmering guitars clash with ethereal vocals with most of the tracks building up, reaching a crescendo. The exception is closer Acid Braids which sounds like a Seefeel demo! Thoroughly enjoyable. File alongside the aforementioned and the likes of Slowdive. Get it from here. Facebook Continue reading Lazy Legs – Tremor EP
Investigating Sunchoke a bit further throws up that they are comprised of members who have featured in a number of other bands such as Heavy Pockets, Gash, Crystal Methodist and Idling. This self titled EP is the band’s debut and their sound is a mix of dreampop and indiepop whilst the vocals of Jess Allard are utilised to great effect. The delectable Graceful Creature is my pick of the five tracks here but there isn’t a filler in sight. Download it for nowt from here. Facebook Continue reading Sunchoke – Sunchoke EP
This weeks pack of three features three tracks from forthcoming debut albums. The Beths – Future Me Hates Me The title track from the forthcoming debut album from New Zealand band The Beths. It’s a fine slice of alt rock that will embed itself into your head due to it’s bounce. The album is out on August via Carpark Records – pre-order it from here. Facebook Young Scum – Wasting Time Superior jangle pop from Young Scum and a prelude to their debut, yet again self titled, album. Wasting Time, like 2016’s Zona, is pure pop perfection. It’s out on … Continue reading Something For The Weekend – Three from Forthcoming Debut Albums
The Golden Teardrops have made available two singles from their forthcoming debut album Promises & Smiles that will be released via Emma’s House Records later this month. Both singles mix 1960’s influences such as baroque pop and surf music with 1980’s indiepop and it’s a very good mix indeed as evidenced here. It’s the sound of summer and I already have my portable speakers alongside the bucket and spade at the ready! You can pre-order the album from here. Facebook Continue reading Golden Teardrops – Two Singles
Soft Science follow up their recent Undone single with another fine effort in the shape of Sooner. It’s very Lush (pun intended) as it sounds pretty similar to that band’s output circa 1990-1991. If you haven’t heard of Lush before then in a nutshell Sooner is dreamy, swirling shoegaze with lovely ethereal vocals. It’s backed with the bands remastered cover of Northern Picture Library’s Paris track which they originally recorded for the excellent TBTCI Sarah Records covers project Popkiss last year. They slow it down and cover it in more 4AD inspired sounds complete with shimmering guitars and heavenly vocals. … Continue reading Soft Science – Sooner/Paris
Hopes and Fears is taken from Soma Cake’s recently released Girls Bite Harder album. It’s a guitar driven post punk track which, despite it’s melancholy lyrics, has a catchy melodic feel about it. Now I am off to grab the aforementioned album hoping that they can maintain the standard this single has set. Both the single and album can be downloaded digitally from here. Facebook Continue reading Soma Cake – Hopes and Fears
Another week, another single by The Age of Colored Lizards. Tomorrow is the third single to be lifted from the forthcoming debut album of the same name and carries on in pretty much the same vein as the previous single If You Want Me Back. If Ride’s first couple of EP’s on Creation had more of a psychedelic influence they may have well sounded like this. The Age of Colored Lizards also remind me of long forgotten Swedish band Easy in a big way too and that isn’t a bad thing to these ears. Hopefully the album rather than another … Continue reading The Age of Colored Lizards – Tomorrow
Tired-al Wave is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming debut self titled album by Brisbane’s dreampop/shoegaze band Terra Pines. Rather than issue a second full on, all guitars blazing single (Kidult was the first) the band have released this slow burning atmospheric effort instead. The joint vocals work a treat alongside the dreamy and fuzzy guitars and you can see why they have selected it to close the album. Bliss… The album is out later this month on various formats. Pre-order from here. Facebook Continue reading Terra Pines – Tired-al Wave
Run & Run is an ode to the joys of spring but I think Belfast’s Sea Pinks have jumped the gun some what early as it’s pissing down and freezing cold in London Town as I write this! That said Run & Run is a pretty decent indiepop tune that has seen me press repeat on more than one occasion. And, thanks to the trumpet, it reminds me of The June Brides. Hang on? Is that the spring sun trying to break through? No….. *Presses play once more* Get it digitally from here. Facebook Continue reading Sea Pinks – Run & Run
I haven’t really got The Catherines or their appeal. Their music, artwork, song titles and lyrics all seem straight out of the C86/indiepop template recipe book. Don’t get me wrong they can make a good tune but it just seems to be the same one churned out time and time again. It all just seems to be too cliched for my liking. That said, and to create a balance, Sorry, But Your Suicide Note Is Really Funny is a catchy song and maybe it’s the addition of strong female vocals that gives it some spark which generates interest to these … Continue reading The Catherines – Sorry, But Your Suicide Note Is Really Funny
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