On August 20th, Interpol’s canonical debut album Turn On The Bright Lights turns 20. Commemorating this landmark, the band have made the cherished, fan-favorite 2003 TOTBL companion The Black EP available on digital platforms. Originally released on August 26th, 2003, as a limited-edition CD, the long out of print The Black EP features the studio version of ‘Say Hello To The Angels’, a demo of ‘NYC’ and four TOTBL-era songs recorded live in session for Radio France in 2002, including...
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Ireland’s Gilla Band release new single ‘Backwash’, taken off their upcoming album Most Normal, out October 7. Watch the video directed and animated by Mortis Studios below! Singer Dara Kiely shares “We didn’t really stick to the brief but it lead us down different sonic avenues. ‘Backwash’ is one of the few tracks where the words represent a dream-like circumstance. The track is about attraction – fancying someone and not knowing what to say exactly. It’s an indirect love...
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SOHN releases ‘M.I.A.’ from his upcoming album Trust, released digitally on September 2nd, with vinyl to follow on November 4th. It is propulsive and ominous from its first chords and accompanied by a striking video from Brazilian director duo Vira-Lata. Watch below! “’M.I.A.’ is dedicated to the partners of those with depression – the ones who hold it down while their loved ones may be missing-in-action whilst suffering,” SOHN explains. “I speak from experience of having...
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‘Everyone Is Lying To You For Money’ is the second single from The Smith Street Band’s forthcoming sixth album. It is a short, loud, angry song about misinformation. This is The Smithies at their most creative yet, blending their finely honed pub rock sound with samples and robot voices all wrapped around lead singer Wil Wagner’s frustrated and vulnerable lyrics. The chaotic film clip accompanying the new single was animated...
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Sunbeam Sound Machine returns with the announcement of his third album Possum out on Friday, 7th October. Alongside new audio dreamscape ‘I Promise That I’ll Try to Give You All My Love’. Watch the video below! ‘I Promise That I’ll Try to Give You All My Love’ is an uplifting respite replete with fluttering synths and reverb-soaked vocals. On the content theme, the man behind the moniker – Nick Sowersby – muses “This song is about love giving...
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On previous singles ‘A Dream in Slow Motion’ and ‘Summer Lungs’, Mount Monda demonstrated they’re no strangers to exploring deeply personal experiences within their beautifully crafted songs. New single, ‘Death in a Retirement Home’, heads a notch deeper again. Introspectively focussed, the song examines the grief that comes with losing a parent. In 2014, singer Matt Walters’ mother was diagnosed with a rare, neurodegenerative disease. “I was close with my mum. She was a...
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It is with great pride to announce THUS LOVE’s debut album Memorial, out on Captured Tracks October 7th. With the release of their first single, ‘Inamorato’, and early critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, THUS LOVE hits us with a pugnacious rhythmic punch on lead single ‘In Tandem,’ out now via Remote Control Records. The band explains, “Written in 12 hours of digestion of emotional turmoil, “In Tandem” is a sonic promise to hold awareness of a fundamental truth: we are nothing...
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U.S. Girls – the nom de plume of North American multi-disciplinary and experimental pop artist Meg Remy – has shared a brand new song ‘So Typically Now’ and a self-directed official companion video. A sleek widescreen synth anthem that punctures the real estate bubble, ‘So Typically Now’ features powerhouse backing vocalist Kyle Kidd and is the first taste of new U.S. Girls music since the release of Christmas song ‘Santa Stay Home’ and the Polaris Prize-shortlisted album Heavy Light....
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Dry Cleaning release new single ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’ off their forthcoming album Stumpwork, out 21 October, alongside a visualiser featuring the band’s drummer, Nick Buxton, displaying perfect form while skating backwards. Watch below! On ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’, Florence Shaw narrates an off-kilter conversation with a distant friend. The track is whacked-out and otherworldly. “The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the...
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black midi’s long anticipated album Hellfire is out now! The album includes their new single ‘Sugar/tzu’ released alongside a music video directed by Noel Paul, watch below! ‘Sugar/Tzu’ centres on a futuristic boxing match wherein one of the contenders is assassinated by a young boy. It features the core band plus horns by Kaidi Akinnibi (sax), Joe Bristow (trombone) and Ife Ogunjobi (trumpet), and the voice of boxing announcer Hus...
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Gilla band announce their new album Most Normal, to be released on October 7th. It will be available on limited edition blue vinyl and an exclusive alt cover white vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies. Pre-order here. First single ‘Eight Fivers’ announces itself in that typical Gilla Band way where the lyrics often feel abstracted from the music. Dara Kiely’s voice is two opposing forces at once. In some ways it’s...
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Jennifer Vanilla shares their new single ‘Humility’s Disease’ off their forthcoming album Castle In The Sky out August 5. ‘Humility’s Disease’ is a campy adventure where Jennifer Vanilla, aka Becca Kauffman, portrays a pseudomasculine devil-like figure with two angels surrounding them. Watch the video directed by Luca Venter below! Jennifer Vanilla’s forthcoming full length is a deft and mercurial “jennifreaky” journey, traversing 90s dance music, no wave, post-punk, art pop,...
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New York-based, Peruvian-born artist Daniela Lalita releases her debut single and music video ‘Tenía Razón’. Written, produced (with co-production from Sega Bodega) and directed by Lalita, it’s a bold debut for the multi-hyphenated artist whose practice spans music, costume design, film, performance and fine art. Lalita shares: “This music video is a form of self exploration about one’s relationship with past and future selves with the intention of trying to...
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Oliver Sim unveils new single ‘GMT’, from his debut album Hideous Bastard, set for release on 9th September. Watch the accompanying video by longtime friend and collaborator Laura Jane Coulson below! ‘GMT’ was one of the first songs made for the record,” says Sim. “I’d chased Jamie to Australia to escape British winter. We worked in Sydney and road tripped down to Byron Bay, stopping at secluded beaches and listening to a lot...
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Patrick Holland releases ‘Losing Touch’, another preview of his self-produced debut album You’re The Boss, out July 29th. Featuring Holland’s bandmate, TOPS’ Jane Penny, the new single finds Holland vulnerable and grappling with self-doubt over a catchy and up-beat melody with a slick bassline. Alongside an official video from Erin O’Connor, the director behind previous videos for ‘Sinister Bell’ & ‘Nice Try’. Watch below! “This is the most embarrassing song I’ve written,” explains Holland. “Self satire in the...
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Much hyped London-based eight piece caroline share a live video for their song ‘IWR’, recorded at Trafo in Jena, Germany this April. Watch below! “After we finished playing at Trafo in Jena in April, they asked if we wanted to quickly record a live version of one of our songs before packing down our gear,” caroline explain of how the new video for ‘IWR’ came to be. “Trafco is an...
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