Fed up with hearing the same old tunes? Well, why not cast your ears over ten of our new specially handpicked hot picks!
STUMPS - THIS HOME IS MINE
Sydney indie-rock four-piece (which includes members of bands Dear Seattle and Space Monk) follow up their debut single 'Piggyback' with another energy fizzing number with charging guitars and Kyle Fisher's moreish vocals leading the way in a four-minute power-pop blast.
PIP HALL - ILL AT EASE
Latest self-produced single from the Preston teen, out now via My Little Empire Records. Impressing more with each new track, this dark, moody three and a half minutes - about "not being comfortable in my own skin and being a very self-conscious teenager. It's also about trying to break from that mentality” - with soulful vocal and foot-tapping beat, is perhaps her best to date.
STEREO HONEY - THROUGH THE DARK
Another track from the just released ‘Monuments’ EP, by the London band, whose songwriting by vocalist Pete Restrick is always strong and emotive. “'Through The Dark' is about a light at the end of a tunnel, being dragged from a precipice and hauled roughly to your feet. When you shine a light into places you reveal things that you perhaps didn't expect. Through the dark plays around with the metaphor of light in darkness as both revealing / concealing, exposing / obscuring. When you shine a torch light into another person’s face what you see is clarity, the other person lit up. For the bearer, the light is blinding.”
SEAZOO - DIG
The Welsh indie pop outfit return with this third track from their debut album out January 26 2018. Produced by Ben Trow and mixed by Mike Collins (Girl Ray, Metronomy), infectious vocals meet effervescent, driving guitars, over quirky synths.
SAFE TO SWIM - BOYFRIEND
Produced by Larry Hibbitt (Sundara Karma, Marmozets), the Brighton four-piece follow ‘Pretty In The Morning’ with more 'melancholic seaside rock', taking in raw, compelling vocals and gritty guitars over bouncy synths in a highly listenable four minutes.
MILK DISCO - WEEKENDER
Deadpan vocals open before the rawness and electronic layers kick in on this third single from the south-London quintet, after ‘Twisted Wheel’. "'Weekender' is about joining in with people at the end of the working week and feeling unhappy with your life. Getting caught in those typical motions of reality, doing nothing about it and being consumed by the banality of your choices," reveal the band.
THE LITTLE KICKS - BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
A quirky slice of off-kilter indie pop, with scuzzy hooks, hypnotic beats and synth noise bleeps, out now via Loosen Up Records, from Aberdeen's electronic pop-rock quartet. Catch live next on December 14 at Clarks, Dundee, and December 23 at The Tunnels in Aberdeen.
BEACH RIOT - SHE'S A HURRICANE
Wild guitars range in a frenetic, sub-three minute distortion by the upcoming London/Brighton-based fuzz-rockers. Catch live at their This Feeling show on December 21 at The Monarch, London with Calva Louise.
DREAM ESTATE - YOU
The ambient Leeds-based poppers are back with the re-release of their single from their debut EP 'The Love We Shared'. Lead singer William Tse says the theme behind the song, with soaring electronic beats, subtle guitar sounds and ethereal harmonies, is insecure love. "It's about not being able to judge a situation which could end with a happy ending, or an endless spiral of heartbreak and dependency.”
VITO - GET IT AND GO
Out December 15, the new single from the Newcastle-based four-piece. Bouncy, stomping rock’n’roll with melodic rhythms, surging guitars and a Tyneside swagger to get you on the go.
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