Red Sleeping Beauty’s latest collaboration sees them teaming up with Amelia Fletcher formerly of Tallulah Gosh, Heavenly etc and now of Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound. It also sees the band dispensing with the synth-pop sound they have engaged with … Continue reading Red Sleeping Beauty featuring Amelia Fletcher – Solid Gold
The Saint Larsen is the new project of Stefan Larsen who you may know as the vocalist and guitarist from Northern Portrait. Middleman is the debut single and Larsen’s distinctive vocals shine as they croon their way through the song. … Continue reading The Saint Larsen – Middleman
The first sampler playlist of the year rounds up some end of 2021 releases, forthcoming albums and compilations along with the odd new single – or two! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual … Continue reading The First Sampler of 2022
The new single from Red Sleeping Beauty sees the Swedish outfit join forces with Mary Wyer from Even As We Speak who features on vocals. It’s a casual, relaxed dance tune and it’s hard not to compare the song with … Continue reading Red Sleeping Beauty – Second Time
Matinee Recordings are having a prolific November on the singles front. Frost by Spanish band The Royal Landscaping Society is the fourth released by the label this month and what do you know it’s another cracker. Well, I think it’s … Continue reading The Royal Landscaping Society – Frost
2020 has been a dump of a year all round but the return of Danish band Northern Portrait brings a smile to my face. The band will be releasing their first material since 2013’s Pretty Decent Swimmers EP in the … Continue reading Northern Portrait – At Attention
Swedish band My Darling You! will be releasing their second single for Matinee Recordings on November 18th 2020. Titled We Break Up On Friday it’s the follow up to last year’s Thanks For Letting Me Stay single. It’s a fast … Continue reading My Darling YOU! – We Break Up On Friday
Today saw the release of the first Strawberry Whiplash! material for five years. Press 4 For Love is a jangling 1960’s inspired indie-pop effort and is backed with A Rainy Day In Glasgow. That track was originally left over from … Continue reading Strawberry Whiplash – Press 4 For Love
There are labels and there are labels. Matinee Recordings has been an odds-on favourite for many an indiepop fan. In fact, Matinee was the subject of the first-ever post on this blog back in 2012! The label has been a … Continue reading Matinee Recordings Website Relaunch
Spanish indiepop veterans Royal Landscaping Society are back with a new single and the second for their new label, Matinee Recordings. Clean is a sparkling synthpop/indiepop hybrid and is backed with band’s cover of The Softies I Love You More. Clean is being released digitally via Matinee Recordings later this week. An album, titled Means of Production, follows later this summer. Facebook Continue reading Royal Landscaping Society – Clean
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