Watch: Idle Youth Unveil New Single/Video "Enter/Desire"

London dream pop/indie pop band Idle Youth have unveiled the video for their brand new single "Enter/Desire".

"Enter/Desire is a heartfelt, melancholy ode to both the past and future, exploring how hard relationships are to find, maintain, and put behind you in current times. It evokes this nostalgia and quiet optimism through dramatic, glimmering synthesizers on the top line, a meandering bass line and intimate vocals."

Buy it here and stream it below.

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Watch: Kontravoid Shares New Single/Video "Maskerade"

Canadian ebm/darkwave artist Kontravoid (aka Cameron Findlay) has shared the video for his new new single "Maskerade".

The song, featuring S.L.U.T., is taken from his new album 'Faceless', out today, October 15. Get it here.

Directed by Caitlin Driscoll and Jae Matthews, the video is inspired by documentation of Stratus Dance Club, an all ages club that catered to new romantics and goth youth during the mid / late 1980s.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Kontravoid Reveals New Single/Video "Faceless"

Canadian ebm/darkwave artist Kontravoid (aka Cameron Findlay) has revealed the video for his brand new single "Faceless".

The song serves as the title track of his upcoming album 'Faceless', set to be released on October 15. Pre-order it here.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Idle Youth Release New Single/Video "First Contact"

London dream pop/indie pop band Idle Youth have released the video for their catchy new single "First Contact".

The song is out today (July 9). Buy it here.

Watch/listen below.

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The City Gates Announce New LP 'Age of Resilience'

Canadian post punk/shoegaze band The City Gates have announced the release of their long-awaited new album 'Age of Resilience'.

The follow-up to 2018's Forever Orbiter, was produced and mixed by François Marsan and the band, and will be out on June 9 via Velouria Recordz and on Icy Cold Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Age of Resilience is inspired by historical and social realities of the last few decades. It references the lyrics of the band’s own single Cape of Good Hope, as well as historian Eric Hobsbawm’s trilogy The Age of Revolution (1962), The Age of Empire (1987), and The Age of Extremes (1994).

Check out the album's tracklist below.

Age of Resilience Tracklist:

01. Nowhere Nagasaki

02. The Pyre

03. Cape of Good Hope

04. Tending a Dead Woman's Garden

05. Le Silence

06. Roman Empire

07. Siegfried 1969

08. Claiming Race

09. Copenhagen

10. Slush

11. Foghorn's Cry

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Watch: Beak> Unleash New Single/Video "Oh Know"

Bristol krautrock trio Beak> (lead by Portishead production mastermind Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller and Will Young) have unleashed the video for their new single "Oh Know".

From the band: "So here it is, our new tune, ‘Oh Know’. Recorded last summer, the song is not yet available anywhere except as this video. See it as a lockdown present from us to you."

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: The City Gates Unleash Music Video For "Maddening Ride"

Canadian post punk/shoegaze band The City Gates have unleashed the video for "Maddening Ride".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2018 album 'Forever Orbiter' released via Northern Light Records. Buy it here if you haven't already.

Watch the video below.

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New Entry: La Mverte Shares New Single "Succubus Whispers"

French synth-wave/disco/electronic artist La Mverte has revealed his new single "Succubus Whispers".

The song features on the Logical Records release 'LR072 - Meteors', set to arrive this Tuesday (November 26). Buy it here.

Headed by Mike Sacchetti and Ivan De La Rouch, Logical Records has been a sanctuary for quality dark hypnotics and cosmic disco since 2009. For their 72nd release the head honchos invited a selection of known faces in the electronic music contemporary scene such as, superb Mexican duo Zombies in Miami, the elegant Parisian artist La Mverte, Berlin-based music producers Local Suicide & Skelesys, label bosses Mike & Ivan and Lyon’s heroes Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï. Streaming with us today is La Mverte's thundering dance floor contribution. 

Stream it below.

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Watch: Sad Boys Club Air Music Video For "25"

London indie rock/pop band Sad Boys Club have aired the video for their latest single "25".

The song is part of our current playlist and came out last month (Oct 30). Buy it here.

"World-building has always been my way of coping (distracting? i’ll have to ask my therapist) with life - our new song ’25’ is about that process - the willing delusion, the glorious romanticism, the friendships lost and the companionships formed on this foolish voyage into emo-pop heaven." Jacob

Watch the clip below.

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New Entry: Stats Unleash New Single "Come With Me"

London alt/disco/punk funk/pop band Stats have unleashed their new single "Come With Me".

The song is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'Powys 1999', set to arrive on November 13th via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.

Stream it below.

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Maximo Park Announce New LP 'Nature Always Wins', Stream "Baby, Sleep"

Newcastle indie rock band Maximo Park have album announced the release of their seventh studio album 'Nature Always Wins'.

The follow-up to 2017's Risk to Exist, was produced by Grammy-winning producer Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter), and recorded during lockdown in Newcastle, Liverpool and Atlanta. It will be out on 26th February 2021. Pre-order your copy here.

Nature Always Wins arrives as something of an examination, zeroing in on the notion of the self, identity as a band, and that of humanity as a whole. 

The title nods to the famous Nature vs Nurture debate. Discussing whether change is capable under the influence of time, perspective, environment or if we are destined to be bound by our own genetics, it asks, “who are we, and who do we want to be, and do we have any control over it?”.

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Baby, Sleep".

Nature Always Wins Tracklisting:

01. Partly Of My Making

02. Versions Of You

03. Baby, Sleep

04. Placeholder

05. All Of Me

06. Ardour (feat. Pauline Murray)

07. Meeting Up

08. Why Must A Building Burn?

09. I Don't Know What I'm Doing

10. The Acid Remark

11. Feelings I'm Supposed To Feel

12. Child Of The Flatlands

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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Announce New LP 'SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound', Stream "Tally-Ho"

Australian psych/grunge/rock band Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have announced the release of their new album  'SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound'.

The follow-up to 2019’s LP And Now For The Whatchamacallit, will be out on February 5th 2021. Pre-order your copy here.

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have used their time off road to continue preparing themselves for the release of their fourth studio release, and an eventual blistering return to stages around the world with a heavy-hitter of an album primed for the live space.

We have already heard their album's first single ‘Mr. Prism’ in August, now the band have shared their new track "Tally-Ho".

The creation of SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound, came together in a different environment for McEwan and the results speak to the band’s evolution and McEwan’s evolution as a songwriter.

“For the first time in a long time I was home without any tours booked, no work, no deadlines and I felt free to create. My writing process became ritualistic; every morning starting with a small walk to the local bottle shop at 11am and writing whatever flowed, allowing myself to design in all styles without boundaries, and not trying to theme the album early on. I haven’t had the luxury of writing this way since the first record, which I spent almost a year working on. It felt like I was myself again, creating without opinion or constraints. I was gliding through weeks with a day seeming to pass.”\

Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Tally-Ho" below.

SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound Tracklisting:

01. Big Dijon

02. Tally Ho

03. Sawtooth Monkfish

04. Tripolasaur

05. Mr. Prism

06. The Terrors

07. Hats Off to the Green Bins

08. Glitter Bug

09. More Glitter

10. Pukebox

11. Mundungus

12. Mango Terrarium

13. Round the Corner

14. The Tale of Gurney Gridman

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Watch: Kontravoid Unveils Music Video For "Undone"

Canadian ebm/darkwave artist Kontravoid (aka Cameron Findlay) has unveiled the video for "Undone".

The song is taken from his live album 'Live From The Void', released earlier this month (October 2). Buy it here.

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: Glass Caves Drop New Single/Video "Float Into Space"

Pontefract indie rock/alt band Glass Caves have dropped the video for their new single "Float Into Space".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming EP 'A Spin Around the Sun', set to be released on November 6 via Scruff of the Neck Records. Pre-order it here.

The video was directed by Jasmine de Silva. Watch below.

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Watch: Pixx Unveils Lyric Video For "Small Mercies"

UK indie pop artist Pixx (aka Hannah Rodgers) has unveiled a lyric video for her latest single "Small Mercies".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from her album ‘Small Mercies’, which came out in June 2019 via 4AD. Get you copy here.

Watch it below.

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Watch: Yello Unveil Music Video For "Arthur Spark"

Swiss electro-pop pioneers Yello have unveiled the video for their latest single "Arthur Spark".

The song is taken from their new studio album Point, released last month (August 28). Get your copy here.

Watch the clip below.

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Spunsugar Detail Debut LP 'Drive-through Chapel', Stream "Belladonna"

Swedish shoegaze/alt band Spunsugar have shared full details for their highly anticipated  debut album 'Drive-through Chapel'.

Featuring the previously shared single "Happier Happyless", the 11-track record will be out via Adian Recordings on Friday 2nd October. Pre-order your copy here.

The record outing sees them take on the dark and pulsing nature of the post-punk sound and deliver it through a completely new and diverse contemporary lens. Produced by Joakim Lindberg at Studio Sickan, Malmö, who has filled it with a rich and textured atmosphere running the length of this new collection, ‘Drive-Through Chapel’ sets itself as one of the most thunderous and anthemic offerings in the Adrian Recordings catalogue.

They are more often compared to Curve, Swervedriver or Ringo Deathstarr rather than the likes of Cocteau Twins or Slowdive. Although heavy on effects, nothing is hidden within the music, including the lyrics. The lyrics are heavy with pop cultural references, stemming from Cordelia’s love for obscure genre films. Often driven by riffs rather than soundscapes, they focus equally on having a prominent bass as well as prominent guitars.

“We call ourselves an alternative rock band with shoegaze influences. Sound wise, imagine if Alternative Nation on MTV 1997 and a drum machine fall into a cotton candy machine. The cotton candy wheel breaks and derails. We grew up farmer offsprings, bible belt kids of fundamentalists and trailer trash in small towns of Sweden. These are our references and this shapes our sound.” – Spunsugar

The band have also shared their new single "Belladonna," a Shoegaze pop tune about suicide you can dance to? Why yes, Belladonna is a nice sing-a-long song about questions about whether those suicidal thoughts are hereditary or if you’re just depressed because you’ve seen your parent not wanting to live anymore. About not feeling that you’re worthy of love. And what a banger it is! The first single by Spunsugar that showcases the singing chops of bass player Felix, who sings in unison with lead singer Elin in the chorus. Keep your ear out for the parts where all three members are singing at the same time. The closest to Beach Boys Spunsugar has ever been.

Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Belladonna", below.

Drive-Through Chapel Tracklist:
01. Jawbreaker
02. Happier Happyless
03. Where You Run Through
04. Belladonna
05. Time Enough At Last
06. Video Nasty
07. Run
08. Dial Up Tone
09. Native Tongue
10. I Shouldn’t Care
11. Wishes 

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Stats Announce New LP 'Powys 1999', Stream "Naturalise Me"

London alt/disco/punk funk/pop band Stats have announced the release of their sophomore album 'Powys 1999'.

The follow-up to last year's debut Other People's Lives, will be out on November 13th via Memphis Industries, featuring their new single "Naturalise Me". Pre-order your copy here.

About the new song, lead singer Ed Seed says: "Growing up I felt like I didn’t fit in or belong where I was born and raised. I’m sure a lot of people feel this way. When it comes to the countryside we often talk about the natural - and by implication the unnatural - as if we are talking about the real, and by implication the fake. I felt somehow fake in Powys as a born incomer, un-local, neither Welsh nor English. But by looking at the landscape I started to realise the construction and extraction behind it, and the myth of its naturalness."

On the album, he comments: "Powys 1999 was recorded at a residential studio near Powys. I knew we had to go back to Wales to make this album. I also knew I didn't want it to be sunny and meaninglessly pretty. It had to be October, when the weather's unpredictable. I wanted the band to be able to step outside and feel that."

"This record isn’t exactly about Powys or 1999, but I was reaching for that landscape and thinking about some of the people who I grew up with, and especially the different reasons people came from elsewhere to live there." He added.

Check out the tracklist and watch a lyric video for "Naturalise Me" below.

Powys 1999 Tracklist:

01. Come With Me

02. On The Tip Of My Tongue

03. Old Flames

04. Naturalise Me

05. Kiss Me Like It’s Over

06. Out Of Body

07. Travel With Me Through This Ghost World

08. Innocence

09. The Truth Is Naked

10. If Only

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Watch: Selofan Share New Single/Video "Auf Deiner Haut"

Greek dark wave/minimal synth outfit Selofan have shared the video for their new single "Auf Deiner Haut".

The song is taken from their the forthcoming new album 'Partners In Hell', mixed and produced by Serafim Tsotsonis, out October 20 through Fabrika Records. Grab your copy here.

The video was directed and edited by Nina Belief. Watch it below.

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Watch: Sinclaire Release Music Video For "Let's Fly To Rome"

Sydney indie pop/rock five-piece Sinclaire have aired the video for their newest single "Let's Fly To Rome".

The song is part of our current playlist and is out now. Get it here.

Speaking about it, frontman said: "Let's Fly to Rome is about wanting to escape from normality with somebody special. It's a euphoric daydream fuelled by love, sporadic decisions and a complete disregard for rational thinking. When I wrote the song I had feelings for a girl who lived in another city. I sat down and pictured packing my things and leaving my repetitive day-to-day life to go on this grandiose adventure with her."

"Sadly, the distance eventually caused us to drift apart... but back then we spent many late nights on the phone talking about a world of "what-ifs" where we could run away and be together. Maybe if we did, we could have "had it all” but in reality, it's a tangent that I (and most people) will never live. We're all too scared to take the plunge to do something completely irrational, which maybe is for the best - or maybe, it's not."

Watch the clip below.

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