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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White Lies Release New Single "Trouble In America"

London indie/post punk trio White Lies have released their new single "Trouble In America", alongside an accompanying music video.

Speaking about it, the band says: "We gave up on b-sides years ago, and go into making an album with the sole aim to fit the most cohesive 40 mins of music onto two sides of a 12"; that we can. Unfortunately that means some music is sidelined at the final hurdle. "Trouble In America" was the hardest song to leave off. It was written a couple of days after "I Really Going to Die" and lives in the same world, and energy. Desperation Funk? In this song we jump between the mind of a serial killer, and his good Christian teenage daughter as she realises who...or what her father is and always has been. “My old man's making trouble in America! Oh, lord, take the weight off me!" she pleads over a cock-rock, Todd Rundgren-esque chorus.  We have a history of bonus tracks becoming live favourites, and we’re putting a bitcoin on this horse to keep up tradition."

The song is taken from the bonus edition of 'As I Try Not To Fall Apart', which will be out digitally on 21st October via [PIAS] . Get it here.

Watch/listen below.

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Cool Sounds Share New Single "Like That"

Melbourne indie/jangle pop band Cool Sounds have shared their new single "Like That".

The song serves as the title track of their upcoming fifth studio album 'Like That', set to be released on October 7 via Chapter Music. Pre-order your copy here.

The title track is a moment of introspection on the album, like the ballad in an eighties teen movie. Cool Sounds’ pop polymath.

Dainis Lacey says:

"I sometimes like to create worlds and narratives that are too large to fit into a song and then pick and choose parts. In this track a gym rat and a business man become unlikely friends, and both have near death experiences. When I was writing this I was thinking about 80s shoegaze bands like Jesus and Mary Chain. It's a sound that feels equally at home with both blissfully romantic or somewhat seedier content."

Take a listen below.

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