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.
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