Black Ends - Pretend 2 Be (Protect Me)
Seattle scene stalwarts, Black Ends describe themselves as "gunk-pop" which does quite well to pigeonhole a sound that pulls the rug out from under post-grunge (hey, Seattle, we were bound to fall into that one) and watches it fall into a menacing, vaguely jointed heap leading into an "anthem for the paranoid and the hopeless".
Dayflower - Florida
Longstanding Leicester dream-pop outfit get washed out in an unexpectedly, almost countrified acoustic-led nostalgic haze with a jangle undertow that takes it into Favourite territory for classic indie earworm potential. Little too late for summer but never mind.
Dogviolet - Violets
"Melodic grunge post-punk from London" says their website, which... well, yeah. Led by the longstanding grunge-folk duo Naz & Ella, their debut single, "a tale of queer awakening and budding young love, drawing on the sapphic symbolism of violets", should appeal to fans of Heartworms' brooding expansionism.
Ex-Vöid - Swansea
With Owen Williams' million other bands it's heartening to find he still has time to rejoin with Lan McArdle and craft more lovelorn jangle-power-pop, cleaner than before but no less crafted to excellence. Second album In Love Again is out January 17th. That's 2025! How did that happen?
Flytrap - Gutted
"The young sound of Penge" says their Insta bio, which doesn't really help. And with the support of the label that released Man/Woman/Chainsaw's debut they're a young band you want to know more about, crackling with the rush of wayward noisy energy led by a vocal and more than likely intensity ringer for Dana Porridge Radio.
Laura Marling - Child Of Mine
If anyone was going to make a good go of a new parent album... Features swirling strings, Buck Meek and meditational profoundness.
Overhead, The Albatross - This Is Like Love
The Dublin post-rock band with a Pink Floyd-derived name released an album in 2016 and have taken until now to follow it up, I Leave You This Out November 15th. Actually we really should also draw your attention to their last single Your Last Breath, an astonishing powerful nine minute string and horn-driven release of personal emotion. This one's great in a different way, built on thrusting, insistent electronic beats, percussion frenzy and cut-up samples.
Perfume Genius - My Place
One of three contemporaneously written new tracks added to the tenth anniversary reissue of Too Bright.
PROPERTY - Lazy Boy
Melbourne trio turn up the discordance on their wiry post-punk in a Pylon/Au Pairs sense.
Sassyhiya - Boat Called Predator
Named after an actual boat called Predator, the South Londoners have a bounce in their step and a way with insistent riffs and spiralling choruses. Their debut album Take You Somewhere is being released on 8th November on Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey's Skep Wax label, so score another one up for them.
Trust Fund - The Mirror
A proper return to the album format for Ellis and whoever else, Has It Been A While? out November 1st, is heralded by a melancholic, reticent duet with Radiant Heart's Celia MacDougall.
Monday, September 30, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
New sounds (diet version): 23/9/24
Caroline Says - Roses
Fievel Is Glauque - Love Weapon
Fightmilk - That Thing You Did
Lambrini Girls - Company Culture
Mogwai - God Gets You Back
Sophie Jamieson - I don’t know what to save
Tapir! - Nail In A Wooden Trunk
Virginia's Wolves - Issues
Fievel Is Glauque - Love Weapon
Fightmilk - That Thing You Did
Lambrini Girls - Company Culture
Mogwai - God Gets You Back
Sophie Jamieson - I don’t know what to save
Tapir! - Nail In A Wooden Trunk
Virginia's Wolves - Issues
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.
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.
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.
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