Cuffed Up Release New Single "Even The Worm Will Turn"

Los Angeles, CA indie-punk/post punk band Cuffed Up have released their new single "Even The Worm Will Turn".

KEG Release New Single/Video "NPC"

Brighton indie punk 7-piece KEG have released their new single "NPC".

The song is taken from their forthcoming second EP 'Girders', set to be released on September 2 through Alcopop! Records. Grab your copy here.

KEG words: "Written from the perspective of a person who has been subjected to sonic torture and forgotten their body and soul. Sonic torture of all kinds is a terrifying technique which is widely employed by many governments, I wrote this after reading about the British armies use during The Troubles in the late 70s.".

Take a listen below.

 

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Watch: KEG Unleash New Single/Video "Kids"

Brighton indie punk 7-piece KEG have unleashed their new single "Kids" and its accompanying music video.

The song is taken from their forthcoming second EP 'Girders', set to be released on September 2 through Alcopop! Records. Grab your copy here.

'Kids' strides into the deep lineage of British art-punk songwriting that is both self-referencing and outward-facing - while being consistently innovative. Few singles manage to take aim at both the restaurant chain Itsu and the comedian Michael McIntyre, but KEG somehow pull it off. The video doubles down on that sense of fun with the band toying with a genuine joie de vivre rarely seen with new artists.

KEG words: "I've always had a great relationship with my mum, but there were occasional times where I remember her saying ‘I love you loads, I just don't like you very much at the moment’. What if your kids grew up the complete opposite of you? What if they like Michael Macintyre and will only eat health foods?".

Watch/listen below.

 

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Watch: This Daze Share New Single/Video "Cigarette Smile"

Norwegian indie/garage rock band This Daze have shared the video for their new single "Cigarette Smile".

The song is out today, March 11th via Listen Loud Records/AWAL. Get it here.

Speaking about it, the band said: “‘Cigarette Smile’ is the colourful person outside the pub with a cig between their lips. The song portrays adolescent themes of distant love together with the figurative and literal fear of meeting each other. The lyric “pick me up in your painted life” represents the wish of getting swept up by the romanticised picture you make upon meeting someone for the first time. If this image is flawed or genuine it does not matter for young adults taking chances. This song for us encapsulates the feelings of youth and being young. We feel that both the lyrics, the attitude of our performances and the urgency of the song reflects being young.”

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Silverbacks Air New Single/Video "A Job Worth Something"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have aired the video for their new single "A Job Worth Something".

The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Archive Material', which will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, vocalist Daniel O’Kelly said:  “For most of the pandemic I lived with my sister who is a healthcare worker and was working in the designated Covid hospital in St James’ Dublin. Unfortunately, I was far less heroic, writing copy for a car insurance company. This song is about feeling embarrassed about how different our lives were at this time. When it comes to telling my grandchildren what all this was like, I’ll be telling them about my sisters who have more important stories to share.”

Take a listen below.

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Watch: KEG Premiere Music Video For "Farmhands"

Brighton indie punk 7-piece KEG have premiered the video for their latest single "Farmhands".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut EP 'Assembly', released last month (October 22) through Alcopop! Records. Grab your copy here.

Watch the animated video below.

 

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New Entry: Silverbacks Release New Single "Rolodex City"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have released their new single "Rolodex City".

The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Archive Material', which will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, vocalist Daniel O’Kelly said:  “Rolodex City is about a property mogul who has fallen on very hard times during a period where technology has changed the way his business and people work. Similar to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid getting caught out by the trains, bicycles and an increasingly small world, Mr Rolodex is running out of options. He visits a town in a barren landscape with the hope of flipping a bit of land, posing as whatever character the people there will trust - Rolodex City.

“Ultimately, our anti-hero has no luck and reluctantly ends his trip at a line dance led by Emma – feel free to join in!

“To help set the scene, we used a live drum sound and contrasting drum machine claps and mechanical percussion. The guitars are inspired by the twang of country music with some Verlaine techniques employed on the solo, for the riff spotters.”

Take a listen below.

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Watch: This Daze Premiere New Single/Video "Skiptracing"

Norwegian indie/garage rock band This Daze have premiered the video for their new single "Skiptracing".

The song is out today, November 12 through Listen Loud Records/AWAL. Get it here.

From the band: “Battling out the ever prevalent fight between internal and external forces, ‘Skiptracing’ crosses the intersection of finding oneself and finding ones place in others. It leaves you wondering whether you should be left with a positive or negative outlook through exploiting the irony we all meet of tracing positive change without really searching for it.”

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Cuffed Up Reveal New Single/Video "Terminal"

Los Angeles, CA indie-punk/post punk band Cuffed Up have revealed the video for their new single "Terminal".

The song is taken from their new EP  'Asymmetry', out tomorrow (October 22) through Royal Mountain Records. Get it here.

“I wanted to write a song that projects the anxiety and irrational thoughts that my body and mind go through during my worst ‘episodes,’ says vocalist  Ralph Torrefranca. “The first chorus is a cry for help. It’s the dark place where my mind goes when the health OCD is at its worst: I’m convinced I’m going to die today and the universe has already decided this for me, and I have no control over this. The final chorus is when the irrational thoughts are pulled back down to earth and I manage to ground myself through meditation.”

Watch/listen below.

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Silverbacks Announce Debut LP 'Archive Material', Stream Title Track

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have announced the release of their sophomore full-length album 'Archive Material'.

The follow-up to their 2020's debut Fad, was recorded at Dublin’s Sonic Studios in November 2020, with Girl Band bassist Daniel Fox undertaking production duties once more, and will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

In years from now, anyone seeking to make sense of what life was like during a global pandemic should extend their research beyond the newspaper clippings and dive into the art produced during the period. Archive Material - the aptly-titled second album by Dublin-based art-rock quintet Silverbacks - will make for a particularly illuminating listen on the subject. Capturing the absurd mixture of monotony and creeping disquiet experienced by many of us this past 18 months, it’s simultaneously sobering and wickedly droll.

Archive Material only cements Silverbacks’ status as one of Ireland’s most fascinating bands. It finds the band leaning into their early influences, delivering idiosyncratic indie-rock packed with intricate, Tom Verlaine-esque “guitarmony”. Other reference points for the record included Neil Young, Weyes Blood and - on ‘Wear My Medals’ in particular - Bradford Cox and Cate Le Bon’s collaborative record Myths 004.

Where Fad found Silverbacks focused on recapturing the live experience rather than reveling in studio experimentation, Archive Material skillfully traverses the line between the two. As a unit, they replicate that irrepressible live energy via complex arrangements incorporating everything from wistful Rhodes (‘Carshade’) to congas and Gang Of Four-style bass (‘Different Kind Of Holiday’)

Keenly observed and vividly rendered, Archive Material is an eye-witness account of human resilience as much as it is a compelling indie-rock record. Future historians take note.

Check out the album's tracklist and the video for "Archive Material" below.

Archive Material tracklisting:
01. Archive Material

02. A Job Worth Something

03. Wear My Medals

04. They Were Never Our People

05. Rolodex City

06. Different Kind Of Holiday

07. Carshade

08. Central Tones

09. Recycle Culture

10. Econymo

11. Nothing To Write Home About

12. I’m Wild

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New Entry: KEG Share New Single "Presidential Walk"

Brighton indie punk 7-piece KEG have shared their new single "Presidential Walk".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut EP 'Assembly', which will be available on October 22 through Alcopop! Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Take a listen below.

Tracklist: 

01. Presidential Walk

02. Breaking Rocks 

03. Heyshaw 

04. Farmhands 

05. Kilham

  

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Watch: Silverbacks Drop New Single/Video "Wear My Medals"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have dropped the video for their new single "Wear My Medals".

The song is out today (September 2) via Full Time Hobby. Grab it here.

Watch/listen below.

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New Entry: KEG Reveal Debut Single "Heyshaw"

Brighton indie punk 7-piece KEG have revealed their debut single "Heyshaw".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut EP 'Assembly', which will be available on October 22 through Alcopop! Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, singer Albert Haddenham said: "The first tune we wrote as KEG is a cheeky ditty about my mum's family, growing up on Heyshaw farm in the Yorkshire dales and various RAF camps around the world, from Nidderdale to Kuwait, Kuala Lumpur to Driffield, Whippets to Frankfurters. The culture clash must have been quite stark. Musically the track was written at the height of our collective Devo frenzy, we are indebted to our Ohio forebears."

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Watch: Cuffed Up Unleash New Single "Canaries"

Los Angeles, CA indie-punk/post punk band Cuffed Up have unleashed their new single "Canaries".

The song is out today (July 13) through Royal Mountain Records. Get it here.

Cuffed Up was formed thru a chance encounter where Sapphire Jewell and Ralph Torrefranca first met, connecting about their love for the UK punk scene with bands like IDLES and Shame. A few months later, Cuffed Up was formed along with Joe Liptock and Vic Ordonez.

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Watch: Baby In Vain Air Music Video For "Wherever I Go"

Danish guitar pop/punk trio Baby In Vain have aired their new single "Wherever I Go".

The song is out today (September 11) and is the first single for their forthcoming new album. Get it here.

Take a listen below.

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New Entry: Gallus Release New Single "Eye to Eye"

Glasgow indie rock/punk band Gallus have released their new single "Eye to Eye".

Speaking about it, Guitarist Eamon Ewins says: “The song was written coming up for a year ago. Barry and I sat down to write the lyrics about how polarised society was becoming in the run up to the General Election, but then as we got closer to lockdown we saw how the pandemic was polarising people even further. We’ve seen all the various injustices that have all been exacerbated by the current crisis. The complete and utter failure of people to work towards common interests and goals when power or money is at stake. That’s why we chose to put a wee half verse in that explicitly acknowledged the pandemic.” 

“We first demoed the song with our pal Blair Crichton of Dead Pony, and he brought a lot of cool ideas that ended up on the final cut we recorded at 7 West with Johnny Madden and Chris Marshall. It was initially recorded in November 2019 but it hadn’t been performed live at that point so we went back in to finesse it in mid March after we properly got a feel for the song in front of an audience. We’re really lucky to have a lot of talented people outside the core 5 members of the band work with us. There’s nothing wrong with cooperating and collaborating as nothing exists in true isolation, which at the heart of it is what the song is about.”

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Watch: Silverbacks Share New Single/Video "Up The Nurses"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have shared the video for their new single "Up The Nurses".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Fad', which will be out on July 14th via Central Tones. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

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Silverbacks Announce Debut LP 'Fad', Air New Single/Video "Muted Gold"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have announced the release of their debut full-length album 'Fad'.

The 13-track album was recorded with was produced by Girl Band bassist Daniel Fox, and will be out on July 14th via Central Tones. Pre-order your copy here.

With taut rhythms of 70s punk and the freak-outs of NYC no-wave, Silverbacks craft a signature sound spiked with triple guitar riffs and on-the-pulse lyrics.

Fad represents the sound of a band trying to make sense of a noisy and disjointed world - one that competes for your attention at every turn. For them, it has come to be a symbol of what it feels like to try and absorb the world through both fleeting moments in front of screens, and prolonged obsessive periods filled with focus. They pull apart pop-culture in search of new meaning, whether it’s a nod to The Simpsons (Fad 95), imagining a lost John Hughes film (Klub Silberrücken), spiralling downwards into youtube deep-dives (Pink Tide), or making sense of youth culture through The Urban Dictionary (Grinning At The Lid). Much in the same way that modern life can be defined by its unpredictability, Silverbacks colourful, vivid and exuberant songs dismantle their source material and end up in places that you don’t think they will.

The band have also aired their new single "Muted Gold", singer guitarist Daniel O’Kelly comments on the accompanying video: “The video is loosely inspired by early Stereolab music videos. It’s a collection of clips from a few band outings we had near our practice space before the lockdown began. Fun fact, Peadar used to work in a bowling alley. Despite not having played in years he scored 192 on the day we brought the camera.”

UPDATE 18/05/2020: "Muted Gold" is our new Single of the Week!

Check out the album's tracklist and the video for "Muted Gold" below.

Fad tracklisting:
01. Dunkirk
02. Pink Tide
03. Drink It Down
04. Fad ’95
05. Dud
06. Klub Silberrücken
07. Travel Lodge Punk
08. Just In The Band
09. Grinning At The Lid
10. Muted Gold
11. Up The Nurses
12. Madra Uisce
13. Last Orders

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New Entry: Pin Ups Unveil "Turning Japanese" (The Vapors Cover)

London indie punk/glam band Pin Ups have unveiled their cover version of The Vapors classic "Turning Japanese".

From the band's JB: "This is a cover of the absolute banger ’Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors that we recorded in 2018 with our boy Scott Docherty at his private studio near Finsbury Park, North London. We’d finished up recording ‘Do You Hate Yourself Yet?’ and decided to smash this one out whilst the gear was still out and we were still all juiced up. The idea was to catch it as lively as possible so I think we set a maximum of three takes, and Scott put on these flashy lights and danced about to conjure up some weirdness. He's the master. We overdubbed the vocals over a huge bag of cans later that evening and what you get it is a weird, lively version of an already weird, lively song."

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New Entry: Pin Ups Air Demo Track "Lunar Lines"

London indie punk/glam band Pin Ups have aired their demo song "Lunar Lines".

From the band:
JG: Lunar Lines is a strange one, it was from around the same time as YMMFSS but sounds nothing like anything else written around that time.

The open string riff thing was something I’d done for a while, with that loose Johnny Marr kind of jangle. It reminds me of earlier Smiths stuff like ‘What Difference Does It Make’. The lyrics are about a late night fight at a bar I used to work at - the instrumental sounded quite nighttime and lunar sonically to me. Not in the ‘Hey Moon’ Molly Nilsson kind of way, but more like the running wild in the night way. The more scary dangerous nighttime thats equally exhilarating as it is scary.

JB: This song was actually called Pin Ups for a long time, until we nabbed it for the band name. Josh had done like 3 versions before this one, but none had quite captured the ‘more scary dangerous nighttime thats equally exhilarating as it is scary’ vibe. For this one Josh came down to mine and Louis’ place in Norfolk (yellows) with some decent mics and we knocked out a ‘proper’ home demo.

JG: Proper drums, well-played parts and properly (I fucking tried for once in my life) mixed as well. It also has all of us singing which a lot of these demos don’t have, it’s nice to hear all of us on it. The guitar sounds are really great too, I remember spending a while getting these right. Usually I’ll do everything in one take and just move on because I’m impatient, but Jesse made me do it all properly for hours and hours. I think it was worth it, it sounds really really good to me. We also used the original vintage synths that were on the ‘Pin Ups’ demo done in Crouch End and they sound incredible. I wish we had them all the time.

JB: So yeah in theory it should sound the best out of the lot… hope you enjoy.

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