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“Breakup songs are the real pandemic we should be trying to contain, but “Soft – An Epilogue” is a bit special. While it’s too easy to write maudlin songs about the aftermath of relationship, Huck Hastings is much more philosophical, as well as emotionally raw. With a sound straight off a Parisian street, it’s truly […]
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Voiid – Sour Making it onto just about every single “new Australian music” playlist in the last week, one listen confirms why. There are few more acts out there as challenging in their story-telling, […]
There are few sounds more furious than Naughty Boys going off on one – although on this latest track, that’s under-cooking it. This is completely, wildly, catastrophically off any possible chain, a flailing madman of a song, punishing and glorious and filthy and demented. Its eyes bulge from its sockets, whaling around like it’s trying […]
Scabz’ darker mood is on display here, a cold blast of righteous vim and vinegar directed at pretty much everyone with power. Specific targets include – but are not limited to – “not my God, not my boss, not my PM“. Not for the first time, I’m bloody glad they’re on our side. Learn More: […]
Clews’ music always sounds like it’s arriving from the sky. The vocals just soar, like patterns in the air. The rhythms are thunderous, the guitars crash in like lashing rain, and the whole effect is enough make you feel absolutely tiny. Wonderful stuff. Learn More: Facebook – Instagram Latest Posts
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Press Club – Insecurities As reliable as the sun coming up, new Press Club tracks are always worth the time. There’s a very specific ‘Press Club’ set of melodies and moves, and every single […]
“Mimi The Desert Pearl’s latest is made of madly infectious joy, enthusiastically loping around the place urging you to join in. A song to cause involunvtary dancing – with an ending so sudden as to snap your neck clean in half.” Learn More: Facebook – Instagram Latest Posts
“Salarymen’s new track is as richly cinematic as their first, but where their debut was Merseybeat, this is more Dusty Springfield or Nancy Sinatra (and not just because vocal duties have switched from Thom to Renee). Those influences naturally make it turn out all sorts of Belle & Sebastian – it sounds as bright as […]
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Seathru – Bedsheets This debut is so absurdly strong it’s enough to make me down tools and call it quits. It starts brilliantly enough with the innocent, crunchy swing of a ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, […]