Every so often I come across a track that develops into a fixation requiring constant plays. Beyond by the London based These Sleeping Hands is one of those tracks. It’s a hypnotic shoegazing track, interwoven with so many textures and … Continue reading These Sleeping Hands – Beyond
Jakarta’s self styled “unskilled pop unit” Splitz follow up last years No Bye Bye single with a new slab of indiepop goodness with their new single Felix. It’s a catchy and bouncy pop single despite our protagonist being spurned. Some … Continue reading Splitz – Felix
Swedish band Salt Lake Alley have just released the second single to be taken from their forthcoming album Always Out of Time. It’s an incandescent track that builds upon the bands influences (they mention Felt and McCarthy on this one) … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – What They “Forgot” To Tell You
Danish indiepopsters Josie will be releasing their debut album A Life On Sweets Alone on September 26 2025 via perennialdeath and K Records (US | UK). They have just released the lead single from the album titled My Boy And … Continue reading Josie – My Boy And I
Glasgow’s Dancer release their second album More or Less on September 12 2025 via the Madrid based Meritorio Records. Just Say Yes is the first single to be taken from the album and it’s as arty and poppy as post-punk … Continue reading Dancer – Just Say Yes
The latest release on the Jakarta based label Disanorak is from Bourgeois and their new (debut?) single Mattias which may or may not have been recorded several years ago depending on how you interpret the Bandcamp page. The track is … Continue reading Bourgeois – Mattias
Market Harborough’s Hidden Eyes channel their inner Pains of Being Pure At Heart on new single So Alive. It’s a fuzzy DIY indiepop track that should even get the dead moving. On the flip side we find Piranha which is … Continue reading Hidden Eyes – So Alive/Piranha
Another day, another ethereal dreampop/shoegaze track. Battlebots is the debut release from the Texan band Keepsake. They write that they take inspiration from artists like Cocteau Twins and The Cranberries and I can certainly hear the former here musically and … Continue reading Keepsake – Battlebots
Lights is the latest single from the new to me Malaysian dreampop band Commemorate. The band, who consist of Sasha Ningkan (lyrics/vocals/ guitars), Irman Hilmi (guitars/sequencing), Wan Hafiz (bass), Tariq Hamzah (guitars) and Muhammad Naqi (drums), released their debut self … Continue reading Commemorate – Lights
The debut album from the Texas based Paper Jam, sound wise at least, is a trip down memory lane because of the retro tinged sounds that permanate throughout the ten tracks found on This And That. Opener Polka Dot Girl … Continue reading Paper Jam – This And That
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