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Closure – Journey EP

Tom

This EP has been one of my most loved discoveries of the past couple of months. It’s certainly one of the best debut releases I have heard for a while – well since Strange Passage last year.  Indie pop with a heavy post punk influence and some fantastic vocals to boot combine to make this a fantastic EP. Check out the jangletastic Would She Love Me and Slow Drive and try to deny you have heard better this year (and if you have tell me!). Essential listening……. Available on CDR from O Pamela or digitally from Let’s Kiss A Secret … Continue reading Closure – Journey EP

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Pale Spectres – Pale Spectres

Tom

More excellent indiepop from Parisians Pale Spectres who musically transport the listener back to the 1980’s. If they were around in those days they could well have been signed to a certain Bristol based label. There are four songs spread across this EP and they all delight in equal measure. The jangling guitars and the morose vocals combine to great effect none more so than on the closing track Goodbye which is flippin’ great! Er buy! Available on 7″ from Cloudberry Records or digitally from the band. Facebook Continue reading Pale Spectres – Pale Spectres

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Something For The Weekend? Three Shozegazers

Tom

This weeks pack of three come via from three artists who tag themselves, amongst others, as Shoegaze on bandcamp. Glaze – Wasted Mind EP This EP is nearer post rock than shoegaze thanks to the guitar driven melancholic but melodic tracks contained within. Slow building layers of noise are punctured by sparse vocals that sometimes struggle to be heard behind the sonic wall. The livelier Mercury is the pick of the bunch for me. It’s not my usual fare but it caught my attention. It may get yours too. Get is free/pay what you want from bandcamp. Facebook DAODA – … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Shozegazers

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Krimewatch – Krimewatch

Tom

These demos originally surfaced last year but now have been re-issued in light of the band’s current European tour. They are a healthy dose of hardcore punk tunes from New York City complete with shouty vocals in both Japanese and English. The songs are short, loud, fast & frantic – what’s not to like? It’s out digitally on Static Shock Records and I think a 7″ will be available from the label as well as US label Lockin’ Out Records. Continue reading Krimewatch – Krimewatch

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Not The One – A Records I Like Playlist (June 2017 #2)

Tom

I think I may have solved the problem of embedded playlists (wordpress.com does not support iframe) but with two steps instead of one. A tip on the wordpress.com support boards got me thinking about having a clickable image which brings up a pop-up player. So there you have it and this is a good post as any to try it out so without further ado here is a mix featuring of tracks previously mentioned or soon to be mentioned on this site. It covers a mix of indiepop, post-punk, shoegaze, garage and jangle pop. Enjoy! Alternatively head over to our … Continue reading Not The One – A Records I Like Playlist (June 2017 #2)

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Something For The Weekend? Three New Indiepop Releases

Tom

This week’s pack of three features three recent melodic indiepop releases. The Golden Rail – Oh My! The Golden Rail are a new band but there is pedigree in their ranks as band members have been involved with the likes of The Palisades and The Rainyard amongst others. Oh My! is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album Electric Trails From Nowhere. And what a catchy single it is too, ticking all the right boxes along the way. Jangling indiepop at it’s finest. Available in CD and digital formats from here. Facebook Tomiji – Tomiji EP Tomiji … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Indiepop Releases

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Счастливая Смерть – Ещё один день

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The band name and song, as translated by Google from their native Russian, is Another Day by Happy Death. The band’s roots are firmly placed in post-punk with smatterings of coldwave and goth tinged rock dispersed throughout. As you would expect from that description it’s a melancholic and moody EP but it’s also pretty good and if you, like me, are a fan of the genre you cannot really go wrong. Stand out track for me is the epic closer Виселица (Химера) – Gallows (Chimera) that advertises all it’s influences throughout it’s six minutes plus. Available digitally from Bandcamp. Continue reading Счастливая Смерть – Ещё один день

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Choir Division – At The Opera

Tom

The Hamburg Opera Chorsaal describe themselves as probably the world’s first and one and only choir to worship the music of Joy Division and New Order. There are some pretty dire cover versions of both bands to be found on Bandcamp but thankfully these recordings are not amongst them. The arrangements and the voices do these songs justice and it’s amazing how well they fit in a choral setting especially on Passover. Available on a pay what you want basis from Bandcamp! They also cover Atmosphere and provide us with a remixed version which works just as well, if not … Continue reading Choir Division – At The Opera

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Sheer – Psychic Quarry EP

Tom

I have been culling my bandcamp links left, right and centre these past few days and came across this one I bookmarked a couple of months ago. The reason for this is clear as the opening track on this EP Room is one of the catchier rock tracks I have heard for a while thanks to the vocals and guitars packed full of reverb. The rest of the EP continues in a similar vein mixing melodic indie-rock with hints of dreampop and shoegaze and it’s on the faster tracks (Shut It Off) where they are most effective. It’s good stuff … Continue reading Sheer – Psychic Quarry EP

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Something For The Weekend? Three from Shelflife.

Tom

This week’s pack of three focuses on three current & imminent releases from Shelflife Records. Love Dance – All The Time I haven’t heard anything from Love Dance in an age and then I heard this and I thought it was a completely different band. Long gone is the jangling indie pop which is now replaced by pulsating synth pop beats. Hell it even sounds like Bizarre Love Triangle towards the end. Excellent. Available digitally from here. Facebook Homepage The Luxembourg Signal – Laura Palmer More shimmering dreampop loveliness from The Luxembourg Signal who deliver the goods once more. Musically … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three from Shelflife.