This weeks pack of three features three albums that have been released today: Well Whale – Bittersweet Kisses Indonesian indiepop band Well Whale have released their debut album Bittersweet Kisses. It features eight tracks including previous singles Diana, Pipe Dream and the glorious pop-punk effort that is She’s A Punk. Of the tracks that are new to me the lovely Crush stands out as does … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Albums
Los Angeles’ based Smokescreens have a new album due for release later this year. Titled A Strange Dream it will be released by Slumberland Records on October 30th 2020 and it’s produced by The Cleans David Kilgour. Given the band’s obvious love for all things Dunedin sound, they must have been delighted with that! The opening track Fork In The Road is now available to … Continue reading Smokescreens – Fork In The Road
C86 and Flying Nun enthusiasts/revivalists Smokescreen release their new album Used To Yesterday via Slumberland Records on July 13th 2018. The album opener Someone New has been released as a taster and what a catchy jangle-fest it is, suggesting that the forthcoming album is gonna be something else! Pre-order the album from here or via the label. Facebook Continue reading Smokescreens – Someone New
Out Of Time is a taster taken from the forthcoming self titled release by Smokescreens. Their line up includes Corey Cunningham from Terry Malts/Business of Dreams as well as Chris Rosi of Plateaus. The track itself invokes comparisons to the jangle pop bands that appeared on the C86 cassette but I reckon they like a bit of noise as well which prevents me tagging them … Continue reading Smokescreens – Out Of Time
