Monday, September 16, 2024

New sounds: 16/9/24

Former Champ - Sorry
From Glasgow, so as we well know by now there's a bunch of members of other bands in here too, the recent Martha tour support deliver snappy Replacements-leaning power-pop.



Jeremy Warmsley - Dancing On The Moon
Just as we start thinking about next year's STN twentieth anniversary, one of our hype OGs returns with an almost stately - we say "almost" as there's plenty of effects and touches to throw it enough off-centre - piano lament.



Lilith Ai - Serial Killers Prefer Blondes
Precision targetd bubblegrunge/emo from the Alldayer alumni's tremendous, long gestating new album of the same name.



Memory Of Speke - Wife Once
IT'S A BRIXTON WINDMILL BAND, EVERYBODY! So obviously yes, there's six of them, one of them plays sax, they've clearly heard some klezmer, and their songs going by this debut are theatrical and gradually wrap tightly around themselves. They might end up as The Last Dinner Party's evil twins.



Sasha Adrian – Shell
From Copenhagen and despite the lilting, searching nature of the guitars it's not easy going, lyrically dense and smart in its unflinching rawness as she finds herself silent screaming at unwanted sexual attention.


Tuesday, September 10, 2024

New sounds: 10/9/24

bigfatbig - Nothing
Apologies, until the release of second EP Rippin' It last week on Du Blonde's label Daemon T.V. we didn't realise the north eastern straight-talking power-pop-punk powerhouses had spent most of this year releasing singles - this came out in July - and they're not a band who sound keen to be left in the corner.



Caribou - Come Find Me
This is basically the same as Dan Snaith's other identity Daphni now, isn't it. Anyway, an album has been announced, Honey out 4th October.



Field Music - The Waitress of St Louis'


Good Sad Happy Bad - Shaded Tree
Mica Levi and the reconstituted Shapes' new album, which appears to be called All Kinds Of Days, is out November 8th.



Johnny Foreigner - Their Shining Path
Three days to go to the new album!



Melin Melyn - Vitamin D
You'd be surprised how many of their caps were in evidence at the sort of festivals we go to over the summer, which bodes very well for next year's album (and next year's festival bookings, I guess)



MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
We really hope Jake doesn't think the first two lines are a Quiet Riot borrow.



The WAEVE - Broken Boys


Young Scum - Peach Ice Cream
The powerpoppy, Paisley Underground jangle-adjacent, hooks for days sound of young Richmond, Virginia, from just released second album Lighter Blue.