Tabitha Zu’s ‘Heard It Before’ still feels like a live wire three decades later
There is something genuinely refreshing about how little Tabitha Zu’s ‘Heard It Before’ sounds interested in behaving itself. More than thirty years after its original release, the track still arrives with the same sense of beautiful instability that made so much of the early UK underground feel genuinely dangerous and alive. Originally pressedContinue Reading
Velour On Tap capture Atlantic unease and memory on ‘Hourglass Lake Ahead’
There is a lived-in quality to Velour On Tap’s ‘Hourglass Lake Ahead’ that immediately separates it from much of contemporary indie-rock. The track carries the weight of experience without sounding burdened by it, arriving with the confidence of someone who understands exactly how much detail a song needs, and how much space itContinue Reading
Crawford Mack examines masculine ego and self-mythology on ‘Don’t Play The Victim’
Crawford Mack continues to establish himself as one of the more thoughtful voices emerging from the UK alternative scene with ‘Don’t Play The Victim’, a track that quietly dissects masculine insecurity, entitlement and self-deception without ever losing sight of melody or atmosphere. Throughout this new release, Mack takes aim at the familiarContinue Reading
The Fods and Night Wolf blur genres on the dreamlike ‘Kickback’
There is an easy-going, late-night atmosphere running through ‘Kickback’, the collaborative single from The Fods and Night Wolf. Built from the vocal foundations of an earlier Fods track but reconstructed almost entirely from scratch, the song feels like a full reimagining shaped by trip-hop textures, understated pop sensibilities and cinematic production choices. Where TheContinue Reading
Lurcher sharpen their identity on the tense and uneasy ‘Bad Gag’
There is a restless energy running through Lurcher’s sophomore EP ‘Bad Gag’. Where their earlier material often felt driven by raw instinct and momentum, this release sounds more controlled in its chaos; still abrasive and wiry, but carrying a stronger sense of purpose beneath the noise. Recorded at Blank Studios inContinue Reading
Sam Foster Smith unveils the sparkling ‘Runaways’
Indie rock riser Sam Foster Smith has shared the latest of 2026 singles, the bright and breezy storytelling of ‘Runaways’. A run that has seen new praise, an invigorated fan base and an opener on The Lilacs Spring Tour, ‘Runaways’ once again provides the sparkling sounds of his truly personalContinue Reading
Horizonte Lied rebuild their past into something darker on ‘Nuevos Horizontes’
There is a weight to ‘Nuevos Horizontes [Remastered Edition]’ that goes far beyond the idea of revisiting older material. For Horizonte Lied, this release is a deliberate reworking of the emotional and philosophical tensions that once defined the band’s darker years. And that sense of reckoning hangs over the entire EP. Here, theContinue Reading
Some Spirit refine their darkwave atmosphere on the brooding ‘Make It Anyway’
Following a prolific run of releases these last few years, ‘Make It Anyway’ feels like a refinement of the world Some Spirit has been steadily building across Jonny Diina’s wider catalogue. The new single carries a clear sense of artistic identity, all while sharpening the balance between dark electronic textures and alternativeContinue Reading
Kenton Hall finds hope hidden beneath the rubble on ‘Songs for the Swung’
Kenton Hall has always written like somebody trying to document emotional collapse with one eye still fixed firmly on the punchline. That balancing act becomes the beating heart of ‘Songs for the Swung’, an album that transforms heartbreak, uncertainty, memory, and exhaustion into something unexpectedly uplifting. What’s remarkable is how aliveContinue Reading
Delon turns the dancefloor into a place of reflection on ‘Traces’
There is a quiet emotional intelligence running through ‘Traces’ that separates it from much of contemporary melodic house music. While many records in this space lean heavily on euphoric release or functional club momentum, this new collection feels more interested in emotional residue, and the feeling that lingers after moments, relationships, andContinue Reading