‘Lost Literature’ finds The House Flies refining the balance between atmosphere and immediacy. As the second single from forthcoming album Lions and Ore, the track keeps the darker post-punk character that has defined much of the band’s work to date, but presents it through a more direct and rhythm-focused arrangement. OzzieContinue Reading
‘Elongated Time’ feels like the moment a memory stops behaving like the past and starts occupying the present. On the fourth and final single ahead of his forthcoming EP, LA artist vincethealien leans fully into that strange emotional territory, creating a track that’s as unsettling as it is beautiful. AlternativeContinue Reading
Some songs feel as though they have been waiting years for the world to catch up with them. ‘Delphinus and Dippers’ is one of those songs. Originally begun by Pisgah’s Brittney Jenkins in 2016 and later recorded during the sessions for Faultlines, the track carries the strange weight of something writtenContinue Reading
Sam Foster Smith comes racing out of the blocks on debut EP South West Summer, turning memories of coastal adolescence into four gloriously expansive indie-rock songs. The title track sets the tone alongside ‘Go With The Flow’, with huge vocal hooks, bright power-pop guitars and festival-sized choruses capturing the freedom of deepContinue Reading
Lily Hain turns some of life’s most difficult moments into a powerful story of renewal on her fearless sophomore album, Learning To Let Go. Spanning twelve tracks, the record finds Hain sounding bigger, wiser and increasingly adventurous. ‘Settle’ and ‘Noise Ordinance’ deliver irresistible indie-pop immediacy, while ‘Dog To A Bone’, ‘Ecstasy &Continue Reading
Stolen Days make a thrilling first statement with their self-titled debut album, a ten-track collision of hip-hop, dream-pop, indie, psychedelia and cinematic experimentation. Formed by producers Dub Sonata and Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums, the duo follow ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Daydream’ with new single ‘No Need For Alarm’. Driven by an irresistible bassline, pulsing synth melodyContinue Reading
Riverie makes a mesmerising entrance with ‘The Ugly and The Beautiful’, the first glimpse of Canadian artist Caroline Fernandez’s forthcoming debut EP Faded Empire. Created between Goa and the UAE, Riverie marks a striking departure from Fernandez’s previous work with Rivers Below Rivers and Paper Kid. This time, she dives headfirst into trip-hop, surrounding intimate songwriting with theContinue Reading
‘Be Good Tonight’ is a song caught between collapse and momentum. For a debut single, Sonic Anonymous arrives with an unusually clear sense of identity: synth-pop that’s sleek enough to pull you in, strange enough to keep you off balance, and emotionally heavy enough to leave a long and lastingContinue Reading
There’s something immediately affecting about a song built around the fear of moving on before you are ready, and Laura Ampersand captures that feeling with remarkable sensitivity on ‘Middle’. The latest single from the Irish songwriter, composer and pianist explores the strange emotional space between endings and beginnings, where theContinue Reading
Some bands are best understood on record, but Ray’s Music Exchange has always sounded like a group that needs a room, a crowd and enough space for the music to stretch. And their new collection A Live Family Rayunion 2025 LP captures exactly that. Recorded during a sold-out performance at Cincinnati’sContinue Reading