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STUFFED TO THE CRUST, PIZZA CRUNCH RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘TWELVE MONTH SEASONAL DEPRESSION'
With a thin crust full of deep bass, Pizza Crunch are Glasgow’s latest indie band to weasel their way into your shuffle with new single ‘Twelve Month Seasonal Depression’. Stuffed with catchy riffs played through jangly guitars and inexhaustible drums, this track which contemplates a year of sadness is far from a stagnant depression.
MANCHESTER BASED NEO-SOUL OUTFIT GREYHOUND'S RELEASE LONG AWAITED DEBUT SINGLE ‘NATURALLY’.
With almost two years hanging between the writing and recording of the Greyhound's debut single ‘Naturally’, it’s been a long time coming for this Neo-soul outfit. Formed in the Royal Northern College of Music up in Manchester, they have taken the soul underbelly of the big city by storm and are now coming to win your hearts in recorded form with this space dust-coated single.
ON A TRAJECTORY TO BLOW UP THE SCENE, ARTIO RELEASE EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE ‘HELL'S DOOR'
On a trajectory to blow up the music scene with their fierce alternative rock, Leeds’ Artio have released the explosive ‘Hell’s Door’. A taste of what’s still to come, Artio’s will be back with vengeance upon the release of their EP on the 18th September.
DANISH DUO ‘THE VICE’ FUSES INDIE WITH PSYCHEDELIC ROCK TO CREATE A SONIC FANTASY FOR THE EARS.
The latest single from Danish duo ‘The Vice’ fuses indie with psychedelic rock to create a sonic fantasy for the ears. Dreamy, almost ethereal lead guitar dances over the track, as lead singer Mikkel Dahl recounts his own inner monologue of being a struggling musician.
THE FEENS, PAY AN ODE TO SUMMER IN THEIR LATEST MUSICAL OFFERING ‘SUNSET’.
The bands irrefutable flare for creating catchlines that will loop in your head for days is highly evident, and when contrasted with the more poignant message of the song of struggling to come to terms with something coming to an end highlights the band’s millennial approach to creating a distinct sound.
SIMONE CASAROTTI ORCHESTRATES AN INSATIABLE, ROSE-TINTED VERSION OF SUMMER IN NEW SINGLE 'CANTALOUPE'
As summer comes to an end and freckles start to fade, all we have left are the glorified memories from the summers of years gone by to remind us that it can be sunny in England. For Simone Casarotti (found on Spotify under the artist name Simonë) cantaloupe is both the taste of summers past and the title of his sophomore single.
NEW BAND ON THE BLOCK, SANDCASTLE JESUS, PROVE THAT THEY ARE A BALL OF RIOTOUS ENERGY
Heavier than any of their previous releases, this forceful indie-rock single is the child of a new recording set up featuring the producer James Grant at Olympic Hall Studios. Together they have captured the Essex-based band’s raucous live energy and bottled it into a timeless recorded form.
YELLOWLEES REMAINS TRUE TO FORM AS HE BEARS ALL IN HIS MOST RECENT HEARTFELT TRACK ‘KEEPSAKE’.
The song takes all the credibility and authenticity of his earlier work and somehow propels it into a new and more grown-up realm, with its seamless production and more daring use of synths and electronic methods.
MICHAEL LANE LATEST SINGLE INVOKES THE COMFORT IN THE MEMORIES OF DREAMING OF HOME
Michael Lane’s latest single ‘Coming Home’ invokes the comfort in the memories of dreaming of home, make for a truly empathetic listening experiences.
JOHN JIN HAN RELEASES EUPHORIC ODE TO SUMMERS OF LOVE IN NEW CUT OUT OF BREATH
Their new single ‘Out Of Breath’ was recorded at Beloved Studios in Irvine, inspired by the theme of ‘Summer Love’. John Jin Han cites The War on Drugs as one of the main influences behind the single, and you can tell. They share the same sense of euphoria through the rhythmic bassline and airy synths, combined with melancholic guitar solos.
SHARKY’S NEW RELEASE IS PURE POP GOLD-DUST WHICH DESERVES ALL THE ATTENTION IN THE WORLD.
Somewhere in an electronic coral reef of music swims Sharky, the singer whose latest release ‘Tenerife’ is a shining pearl of her artistic talent.A change in her tide, this release moves away from her soul/ jazz roots and instead makes waves in the realm of alternative pop.
ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD ‘GIYA’ SCRIPTS HER LIFE JOURNEY IN STUNNING DEBUT EP ‘ALMOST REAL’.”
The title track of GIYA’s latest EP, ‘Almost Real’ is full of bitter-sweet coming-of-age vibes, lifted by quietly jarring synths and pleasingly staccato vocals. Her voice has been compared to Dido in the past, but she’s got a bit more grit than that: clearly aware of her vocal abilities you can tell GIYA really doesn’t want to lean on trills and tricks.
FLUIDITY AND SLEEKNESS RUN DEEP IN BEN KIDSON’S NEW SINGLE (WHEN I) RUNAWAY
Fluidity and sleekness run deep in Ben Kidson’s new single (When I) Runaway, which makes it almost impossible to sit still to. The chorus is irresistibly danceable and catchy: this is a song that’s made for the dancefloor.
HOUNDS HAUL’S NEWEST SINGLE ‘RIVIERA’ IS AN ECSTATIC INDIE-POP FIREBALL.
Sparking with kinetic energy, Hounds Haul’s newest single ‘Riviera’ is an ecstatic indie-pop fireball unable to cool its flames.Sacrificing a warm-up for a sprint, the Bedfordshire quartet jump the gun to create a fast-paced synergy between the ghoulish lyrics and its upbeat undercurrent.
KATIE KITTERMASTER RELEASES SUGARY-SWEET NEW SINGLE 'ONE OF A KIND'
Every few years a singer-songwriter captures the spirit of young adulthood for their generation. In the last decade that has been Nina Nesbitt, Gabrielle Aplin, and now Katie Kittermaster. Her first release since her 2019 debut EP Coming Home At Dawn, ‘One of a Kind’ is the realisation that you have to let go of your comfortable first love trapped within a bubblegum shell of pop.
NYIKO’S LATEST SINGLE ‘CALL THE BOYS’ IS AN URGENT PLEA FOR THE REDEFINITION OF MASCULINITY
A message to all those who will listen, LA-based NYIKO’s latest single ‘Call The Boys’ is an urgent plea for the redefinition of masculinity triggered by the mass shootings carried out by young men in America.