Most Indonesian indiepop groups take Bristol’s Sarah Records as their source of inspiration. Crayon Cats go back to a label from the same city that was established a few years earlier in the shape of the Subway Organisation. I hear … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Songs About You!
A Brighter Summer Day is the first release from Well Whale in four years. Unsurprisingly there is some change in musical style with a departure from the indie stroke jangle pop/c86/creation records influences of the past and a move into … Continue reading Well Whale – A Brighter Summer Day
I have been on a retro indiepop trip of late and if I did not know better I would have said that Mingling With The Thorns was a long lost classic from the C86/Sarah Records (insert own lazy cliche here) … Continue reading WUT – Mingling with the Thorns
Cœur À L’Index hail from Brussels and consist of Julia Stravato (vocals/guitar), Charlotte Lobert (Bass) and Louise (drums). They caught the ear with last years demo (still available here) and will now be releasing their debut album Adieu Minette on … Continue reading Cœur À L’Index – Minette
Waiting for You is a hazy and mesmerising shoegazing track that induces the listener thanks to its dreamy and ethereal sounds. If you close your eyes you can imagine floating along to this one. Given the build up I would have liked the track to have a lengthy fade out rather than the abrupt ending but I guess these ears cannot have everything! Waiting for You is taken from an as of yet untitled album but in the meantime you can grab it from here. Instagram Continue reading Paradise Blossom – Waiting for You
Dancer will be releasing their new record next month. Actually let me rephrase that as it is a split release with Whisper Hiss with both band’s contributing six tracks each. Priority Girl is Dancer’s lead track and it’s a retro … Continue reading Dancer – Priority Girl
There are quite a few bands making a post-punk sound which I lazily describe as being influenced by The Fire Engines, The Raincoats, Delta 5, Girls At Our Best as well as decade old revivalists such as Liechtenstein. Whatever happened … Continue reading G2G – Pop Song
Singapore’s Blush are back with a rather dynamic new single. Most bands have that one single up their sleeve that set pulses racing and this fast paced indiepop/dreampop hybrid is no exception to that rule. If you imagine a very … Continue reading Blush – Lover’s Speed
New York’s Sea Shapes are a new name on my listening horizon. It’s a one man project and the previous releases have been influenced heavily by post-punk and shoegaze. That said I Miss The Way is a catchy, dreamy affair … Continue reading Sea Shapes – I Miss The Way
Cooler is Slowight’s second single for GoldMold Records being a fine pop song with melancholy tendencies. It tells the tale of our protagonist thinking that they and a member of a band they look up when they are down would … Continue reading Slowlight – Cooler
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