These New South Whales Announce New LP 'TNSW', Stream "Rotten Sun"

Melbourne punk band These New South Whales have announced the released of their third studio album 'TNSW'.

The follow-up to 2019's I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do, will be out on November 18 via Damaged Music. Pre-order your copy here.

TNSW marks a refined new era for the band, and is comfortably their most sophisticated body of work yet: a 14-track tome of barrelling punk rock that polishes its heavier moments – heavier than ever – with sing-along choruses, sharp arrangements, and plenty of trademark irony and self-awareness. For every ’90s alternative reference, there’s a blast beat; for every big radio moment, a cursed instrumental aside. It’s the same impeccable sleight of hand we’ve come to expect from the band – a throughline, also, for their hit Comedy Central TV show and exalted podcast, What a Great Punk. 

But on TNSW, the songwriting has found another gear, and the energy and defiance that got them here are more pronounced than ever.

New single "Rotten Sun" is inspired by the Ross J. Farrar (Ceremony) poem of the same name, a ready-made anthem that laments the impermanence of all things. 

“I can’t read Ross’s poem without crying,” said frontman Jamie Timony, “so I wanted to regurgitate it in my own way with these lyrics. The sun is slowly eating us all. Everything goes back to the great nothingness from whence it came. And there’s peace in that if we choose.”

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "Rotten Sun", below.

TNSW Tracklisting:

01. Bending at the Knee
02. Rotten Sun
03. That's the Life
04. Under the Pressure
05. Changes
06. Back to You
07. Tartan & Chrome
08. Faceless
09. Signal is Strong
10. Going Outta My Mind
11. Wherever I Am, There I Am
12. Best of the Night
13. Win
14. Reset of the World

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The Shop Window Release Music Video For "Low"

Maidstone, UK jangle pop/indie pop/psych pop band The Shop Window have released the video for their latest single "Low".

The song is the flip-side of the 7' vinyl single 'Eyes Wide Shut', the third single to be taken from the forthcoming second album 'A 4 Letter Word...', set to arrive on November 25 through independent label Spinout Nuggets. Pre-order it here.

'Low' is a slightly darker affair/ballad but with a message of hope and love within the lyrics. It will also be on the forthcoming second album. Both tracks feature guest backing vocals by the lovely Beth Arzy (label mate from Jetstream Pony and The Luxembourg Signal)

Watch the video below.

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Fake Palms Premieres New Single/Video "Flags"

Toronto-based post punk/lo-fi/dream punk project Fake Palms (aka Michael le Riche) has premiered the video for his new single "Flags".

The song is taken from his forthcoming third studio album 'Lemons', which will be out this Friday, September 16th via Hand Drawn Dracula Records. Pre-order your copy here.

"Flags" arrives as the final preview of the new record which, as a full piece, circles around outsider-pop, post-punk and the sound of early/mid-naughts British indie-rock. Swirling guitars bounce off of each other circling around fervent percussion before shifting into something harder-hitting across the chorus. 

Speaking about it, Michael says: "'Flags' is a song about having to find where you fit within the machinery. Is it comfortable? Is it against what your beliefs are? Do you want to do it or do you have to do it? Do you feel like a traitor? Or are you scared at how much you actually enjoy it? We all seem to have these specters we answer to, these things we rally for or against subconsciously. This is kind of about what happens when you are forced to stare your decisions in the face."

Watch/listen below.

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Telefís Reveal New Single/Video "The Carthaginians"

Telefís, the groundbreaking collaboration between two Irish iconoclasts – acclaimed producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee (U2, REM, The Killers) and revered singer/lyricist Cathal Coughlan – have revealed their new single “The Carthaginians”, alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from their upcoming album 'a Dó' (set to arrive on October 7th). Pre-order your copy here.

"The Carthaginians" and it's a tribute to Irish showbands of the '60s and '70s. The tribute video was directed by Jacknife Lee featuring footage of early U2, Virgin Prunes, Cathal Coughlan & Microdisney and Nun Attax.

Jacknife Lee explains..."When Cathal and I started conversations about what the themes for our second album “a Dó” might be, we kept coming back to the peculiarly Irish phenomenon of the 'showband’, and certainly not in the dismissive way our teenage selves might have approached it but with a curiosity and excitement. Entertainment and community were important to us as teenagers in the late '70s and the '80s and all the bands featured in the video, from the Miami Showband to Nun Attax were born of this, and have more in common with each other than not. When Cathal and I were starting out the thought of us having similar goals and impulses as the regal showband or dickie rock would’ve made us laugh and maybe throw a punch, but now not so. There is a straight line through us all. The post-punk artists featured in the video (as well as the touring showbands) could only have been products of Ireland and we wanted to celebrate the oddness of it all. So we invent ed a showband and called them “The Carthaginians”. The song explores what it’s like to be in a band, the relationship with the audience, the internal dialogues, the branding, the town hopping, the dashed hopes, and the ridiculous fantasies”.

Take a listen below.

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Holy Ship Returns With New Single "Hail Haze"

Stockholm based indie rock/psychedelic/shoegaze artist Jonatan Westh aka Holy Ship has returned with his new single "Hail Haze".

The song is out now via US label Declared Goods ahead of the full new EP 'Sun Macabre' out soon. Get it here.

‘Hail Haze’ is a driving rhythmic track blending shoegaze and fuzzy psych rock riffs, for a now signature sound that is Holy Ship.

For Holy Ship’s new single ‘Hail Haze’, Westh’s lyrical themes touch on breaking free of personal traps, how one navigates in a world that is being more and more polarized where it feels like things are moving backwords instead of progress. With roots of late 90’s electronic driven psych rock, and shoegaze, Westh’s ‘Hail Haze’ is a welcomed new rock energy.

Stream it below.

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The Orielles Drop New Single/Video "The Room"

Halifax//Liverpool disco pop/post-dance/surf band The Orielles have dropped the video for their new single "The Room".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their third studio album 'TABLEAU', which will be out in October 7th through Heavenly Recordings. Pre-order your copy here.

The double album rewards serious immersion, as complex as it is diverse. Initially, there might appear to be little that links the Sonic Youth dirge of Television with the spectral, beatless Some Day Later. Or tracks like Hornflower Remembered and The Room, which carry the influence of the 21st century dance the band have been devouring, with the challenging extended song suite that makes up the album’s A-side. Further listening, however, reveals recurring motifs and sonic ideas that bind the album’s sixteen tracks together closely.

Watch/listen below.

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THUS LOVE Unleash New Single "Repetitioner"

Brattleboro, Vermont post punk band Thus Love have unleashed their new single "Repetitioner".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length album 'Memorial', which will be out on October 7th via Captured Tracks. Pre-order your copy here.

Post-punk with an indie sensibility, this song could easily be straight out of the soundtrack of your favorite ‘80s cult film.

The band explains: “‘Repetitioner’ is a recognition of patterns, a look at how habits are formed. We’re not always proud of our habits but sometimes there’s beauty in stepping back and recognising that these patterns make us who we are.”

Watch a lyric video below.

Cruush Unveil New Single/Video "false start"

Manchester indie/alt/shoegaze band Cruush have unveiled the video for their new single "false start".

Harbouring echoes of shoegaze bands such as Slowdive, it's a breath of fresh air within Manchester's typical indie scene.

Band member Amber Warren says: “I guess you can say our music has the sweet elements of having a crush on someone but the screeching of an industrial car crusher… Sonically the track reflects everything falling apart around you in a country where anxiety and disillusion are escalating, and there seems to be a complete lack of compassion and thought. That constant 5/4 guitar starting the track off and running in the background throughout as the rest of the song plays in 4/4 mirrors the sense of things not seeming right that you can’t shake out your head. This also lends the track its name ‘False Start’ as the drums don’t drop in where you’d expect."

“Lyrically the track discusses clinging onto something toxic and finding it hard to let go of the situation. The situation sometimes makes you question and dismiss your gut feeling. You know it’s not good, but continue with it.”

Get the track here and watch/listen below.

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