Taken from the two-track ‘Press 4 For Love’ single, out now on Matinée Recordings. First release in five years from Scottish pop purists Strawberry Whiplash! ‘Press 4 for Love’ is an exquisitely structured dose of perfect pop with jangling Rickenbacker guitars, stop-start rhythms, and Sandra’s sweet-as-sunshine vocals, while ‘A Rainy Day In Glasgow’—a forgotten classic…
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THE LUXEMBOURG SIGNAL – The Long Now (Shelflife / Spinout Nuggets, 2020) Se, per definizione, il mondo del “pop” (inteso nel senso più ampio del termine) vive di un’immediatezza ben presto portata via dal tempo, l’indie-pop continua a rappresentare il contesto per eccellenza di una nostalgia rivolta non soltanto al passato ma anche a un…
[streaming] Stephen’s Shore – Brisbane Radio
Title track of the new EP by Stephen’s Shore, out January 22th 2021. Following on from 2016’s “Ocean Blue” EP and 2018’s “September Love” LP, Stockholm’s Stephen’s Shore are back with a brand new EP entitled “Brisbane Radio. Stephen’s Shore started out as a two man project by Viktor Sjödin and Erik J Undéhn in…
[streaming] Knife In The Water – Tears Won’t Make The Cotton Grow
Knife in the Water formed in Austin, Texas during the Summer of 1997. Aaron Blunt is the band’s primary songwriter and lead gutarist, along with Laura Krause who plays organ and often provides back-up vocals. Their line-up also include steel pedal player Bill McCullough and John Brewington on Bass. Their debut album, “Plays One Sound…
[streaming] Love, Burns – Gate And The Ghost
Pale Lights singer and songwriter Phil Sutton has recorded a single, as Love, Burns. It includes two songs, “Gate and The Ghost” and “It’s a Shame”. The single is available now as a digital download and as a 7″ single via Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten. Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton, of Pale…
[streaming] Swallow Cave – Cold Moon
New single by Bristolian quartet Swallow Cave, produced by Ali Chant (who in the past has worked with PJ Harvey, Soccer Mommy, Katy J Pearson). The band, who have built a strong name for themselves on Bristol’s live scene with support slots for acts including Sasami, Porridge Radio and Lazarus Kane, have a knack for…
[streaming] Sun Drift – So Close
Taken from the album “Lucky”, out November 13th via Bingo Records. Sheffield-based musician and producer Zac Barfoot, who releases music as Sun Drift, is releasing his second album ‘Lucky’ via Bingo Records. Spawned from songs written on a broken tape machine, ‘Lucky’ is an attempt by Barfoot to get away from the screen-staring, production-driven sound…
CUT WORMS – Nobody Lives Here Anymore(Jagjaguwar, 2020) Se il debutto “Hollow Ground” aveva rivelato il gusto pop retrò di Max Clarke sotto forma di canzoni dalle melodie scorrevoli e solari, “Nobody Lives Here Anymore” ne eleva con decisione il profilo a quello di ricercato cultore di uno stile sixties radicato nelle tradizioni americane. Non…
[streaming] Swansea Sound – Corporate Indie Band
First single by Swansea Sound, available 17 October 2020 as limited edition cassette via Lavender Sweep. Hue Williams and Amelia Fletcher are reunited in Swansea Sound, with a brand new set of songs and full-on indie attitude. The first single is a two-track cassette on Welsh indie label Lavender Sweep. In ‘Angry Girl’ and ‘Corporate…
[streaming] Dig Nitty – Palm Springs
Taken from “Reverse of Mastery”, out September 18th 2020. Many of Dig Nitty’s songs were written while Erin McGrath was working as a national park ranger, surveilling birds at the beach in the Rockaways. “Walking in a straight line while monitoring birds would free up my brain and melodies would float in,” she reflects. The…
[streaming] The Slanted City – False Starts
‘False Starts’ is the first single lifted from the self-titled debut album by The Slanted City, the new minimalist pop project from Erik Nilsson. The album sees release on the 9th of October 2020 via Hidden Shoal Records. The Slanted City sees Erik Nilsson shape the experimental instrumental work of his previous two Hidden Shoal…
[streaming] Rosehip Teahouse – Regretting It
New digital single out now via Sad Club Records. “Regretting It is a song I wrote last year when I was feeling totally overwhelmed. I struggle with understanding and coping with my emotions at the best of times, and I was making decisions that I knew were bad for me and trying not to sink…
[streaming] Corasandel – Cracked Light
A hazy drone with cymbals drenched in reverb, evolving into a three minute ambient-pop song, “Cracked Light” hopes that the ones we care about are ok. “I was older, lost by change.” “Cracked Light” is backed by instrumental b-side “Alaudidae”. Recorded in isolation, with the band emailing tracks to each other. The digital single is…
[streaming] Fort Not – Jennie Brown
Taken from “The Club Is Open”, out September 11th via Meritorio Records. Fort Not is a Gothenburg based band, emerged out of the fumes of gin and tonic during a west coast summer night. The band, consisting of two friends, Fredrik and Robert, is a musically odd couple that found common ground in catchy pop…
[streaming] The Slow Summits – Safe And Sorry
“Safe And Sorry” is the first single from the forthcoming album by The Slow Summits, a four-piece pop band from Linköping, Sweden. The song’s a jangly lamentation about the restless sense of living life in jogtrot. A life less extraordinary. A happy one. Yet the nagging feeling that some piece in the puzzle might be…
[streaming] Pop Filter – Romance At The Petrol Station
The Ocean Party doesn’t exist anymore because one of its six members, Zac Denton, very sadly passed away. All other five members, including jangle pop hero Lachlan Denton and other Australian indie scene legends such as Liam Halliwell (Snowy) and Nick Kearton (Cool Sounds), are now Pop Filter. Pop Filter began as a collective creative…
JETSTREAM PONY – Jetstream Pony (Shelflife / Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten, 2020)* Rimanda davvero ad altri tempi, per tutti gli amanti del pop chitarristico di almeno un quarto di secolo fa, l’attesa di un album di debutto dopo una teoria di singoli dispensati nel corso di un periodo piuttosto ampio. Per coloro che non hanno mai…
BENJAMIN FINGER – Less One Knows (Dead Definition, 2020) Parafrasando una celeberrima battuta cinematografica, quando si comincia l’ascolto di un album di Benjamin Finger non si sa mai cosa ci si può trovare dentro. E in effetti è proprio così, visto l’eclettismo del prolifico artista norvegese, attivo in particolare come compositore e sperimentatore di suoni…
[streaming] Jetstream Pony – It’s Fine
“It’s Fine” is the first single from the debut LP by Jetstream Pony, with the album released on limited vinyl LP, CD and digital platforms on 22nd May 2020, a co-release by Shelflife Records and Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten. Jetstream Pony come from a love of post punk and indie-pop, and are named after a retired…
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