Watch: Cut Off Your Hands Premiere New Single/Video "Live For Each Other"

Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have premiered the video for their new single "Live For Each Other".

The song is taken from their third and final album 'HLLH', out tomorrow (October 16). Get it here.

Speaking about it, frontman Nick Johnston says: ‘Live For Each Other’ It is about self-consciousness within relationships and avoiding the temptation to put a magnifying glass on those I love.”

“The structure was built originally around a sample of ‘Slippery People’ by Talking Heads and was built from there. This is a reference not only to that band but also to one of the first songs I wrote for Shaky Hands ep ‘Takes Slowly Over’- which began life as a cover of ‘Girlfriend Is Better’ also by Talking Heads. If imitation is indeed the highest form of flattery then I think my tendency to chameleon socially around people I love finds fitting expression in a song that wears its musical references firmly on its sleeve.”

Watch the clip below, it was directed by Benjamin Zambo.

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Watch: Sacred Paws Share Music Video For "Almost It"

Glasgow//London indie pop/punk duo Sacred Paws (Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers) have shared the video for their newest single "Almost It".

The song is taken from the band's sophomore album  'Run Around The Sun', which comes out this Friday, May 31st, via Rock Action Records. Buy it here.

The video was directed by Jack Barraclough. Check out below.

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Sacred Paws Announce New LP 'Run Around The Sun', Air "The Conversation" Video

Glasgow//London indie pop/punk duo Sacred Paws (Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers) have announced the release of their sophomore album titled 'Run Around The Sun'.

The follow-up to 2017's Strike A Match, will be out May 31st on Rock Action Records and Merge Records, and brims with upbeat reflections on growing up and looking back. Shimmering guitar riffs dance between snappy beats and swooning melodies that will have crowds committing to far more than a simple head-bob. “I think we’d get bored if it was too slow,” Eilidh says. “We’d never want to play something live that people couldn’t dance to. It would feel really strange to us. It’s kind of the whole point.”

The duo have also aired the album's opening track "The Conversation", beginning with a scream of guitar, it includes all the hallmarks of a classic Sacred Paws song—where intricate guitar work and complex drumming collide with pop smarts and the dual vocals of Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers. The track was written about a long-forgotten argument between friends, composed in the band’s traditional unplanned approach, each member’s thoughts and feelings slaloming through the other’s. “You’re all wrong, you’re walking away / Why would we even try to have this conversation?” the song asks before resolving to move on: “I’m running, I’m hiding out, resisting / I’m keeping this to myself….” The argument that inspired it is long forgotten but the feelings remain.

Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist, and the video for "The Conversation" below.

Run Around The Sun Tracklist:
01. The Conversation
02. Almost It
03. Life's Too Short
04. Shame On Me
05. What's So Wrong
06. How Far
07. Is This Real
08. Write This Down
09. Brush Your Hair
10. Other Side

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New Entry: Sacred Paws Return With New Single "Brush Your Hair"

Glasgow//London indie pop/punk duo Sacred Paws (Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers) have returned with new single "Brush Your Hair".

The song is out today (January 29) through Rock Action Records (UK/Europe) and Merge Records (US).

Grab it here and stream it below.

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Watch: Cut Off Your Hands Release Video For New Single"On The Sea"

Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have released their brand new single "On The Sea", and its accompanying video.

“‘On the Sea’ loops on an infinity groove, like the ditched desperate lover holding tight to an "idea of us" that is no longer, endlessly waiting, stuck on repeat in a Bad Pattern, sinking.”

“We've all been/are or have known/know that person. It's horrific, we don't have the answers, and other than rhythm and melody we can't offer much, but sometimes that's enough.”

Watch the clip below, it was directed by Benjamin Zambo.

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Watch: Cut Off Your Hands Unveil "Fooling No One" Music Video

Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have unveiled the video for "Fooling No One".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2016's album 'Hollow'. Grab it here if you haven't already.

The video was directed by Luke McPake, Philip Rosieur and Ben Ward. Watch it below.

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Watch: Keroscene Unleash Music Video For "Our Time"

London indie rock four-piece Keroscene have unleashed the video for their latest single "Our Time".

The song is part of our current playlist, it was recorded with Matt Peel (Pulled Apart By Horses, Eagulls) and came out last month. Buy it here.

The video was directed by Zeta Spyraki. Check out below.

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Watch: Sacred Paws Drop Music Video For "Strike A Match"

Glasgow//London indie pop/punk duo Sacred Paws (Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers) have dropped the video for their latest single "Strike A Match".

The song is part of our current playlist and is the title track of their debut album, which came out last month (Jan 27) through Rock Action Records. Grab it here.

The video was directed by Jack Barraclough. Take a look below.

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New Entry: Cut Off Your Hands Drop New Single "Higher Lows and Lower Highs"

Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have dropped their catchy new single "Higher Lows and Lower Highs".

The song is available now, it was written by Nick Johnston and Cut Off Your Hands, and the title refers to Nick Johnston’s recent diagnosis of a form of bipolar disorder. The lyrics speak in stream of consciousness manner of the negotiations of life compartmentalised into daily routine that such a disorder can be managed with.

It features a solid live sampled repetitive rhythm section, the structural composition takes cues from Remain in Light era Talking Heads as well as early New York house production. This leaves room for the vocals and lyrics to do the work in differentiating chorus/verse/bridge etc. The rhythm provided in the sampled/looped repetition is augmented by layers of percussion thanks to Jeremy Toy’s production.

Grab it here stream it below.

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New Entry: Cut Off Your Hands Unveil New Single "Hate Somebody"

Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have unveil their catchy new single "Hate Somebody".

This is the first release of a planned EP, due for release in 2017.

Grab it here stream it below.

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