Category: songs

[song] Skydaddy – Lebanon Rising

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Photo by Ollo Weguelin

A couple of weeks ago London-based musician and bandleader Rachid Fakhre aka Skydaddy announced his debut EP Pilot which will be out on February 2. He has already teased us with “That Morning” & “His Masterpiece”, and now we are getting another song, a pleasant instrumental cut “Lebanon Rising”.

The single serves as a homage to Fakhre’s heritage and is inspired by his recent trip to Lebanon, celebrating the resilience, beauty and strength of a country and its people.

Stream below and pre-order the EP here.

[song] Cosmic Strip – Another Day

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Photo by Bekky Calver

London dream pop artist Cosmic Strip returns with the first new music in years and shares a single “Another Day”. Out today, it is a captivating and anthemic track with a strong dreamgaze nature that references many of the genre’s greats and adds a personal touch.

Lyrically, the song touches on the band’s founder Camella Agabalyan’s adolescent youth in Hastings, on which she explains: “The track is a celebration of the friendships I had living in Hastings. It remembers the good times, reflects on how people inevitably drift apart, and mourns those that we have lost along the way. The lyrics are me imagining what it would be like if I were no longer around, and about the memories that I hope we can hold onto”.

Listen below and get the song here.

[song] Langkamer – Jenny

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Photo by Langkamer

Ahead of the busy December full of shows, Bristol’s Langkamer share “Jenny”, a heartfelt and melancholic song that underlines the gentler side of their addictive slacker rock.

Speaking about the track, the band explain: “Jenny is a song about vulnerability and self-defence. About the walls that some people put up around themselves to try and stay safe. Some people have this veneer of bravado and distance, but it only serves to make them weaker and more vulnerable”.

Listen below and get the single here, out now via Breakfast Records.

[song] ladylike – Southbound

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Photo by Brooke Edwards

Brighton quartet ladylike shared their debut single “Southbound” today, and it is a gorgeous introduction and a clever combination of folk, shoegaze and psychedelia.

Very well-crafted, the track was created via a stream-of-consciousness approach to songwriting (as told by the band) to amazing results with beautiful vocals, warm instrumentals and a lot of heart put into the mix. It serves as the culmination of 18 months spent crafting their sound through consistent live gigging and it definitely shows. Hopefully, we will get some more soon!

Stream below.

[song] Frog – Gone Back to Stanford

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Photo by Andrew Piccone

The year is coming to an end but that does not mean we would not have some great new music in the coming weeks. One of our most-anticipated records of fall, Grog by NY duo Frog actually releases tomorrow, and today we get one latest preview of it to get us even more excited!

“Gone Back to Stanford” is closing the album and what a song it is! Starting slowly, it is a big number which builds at a steady pace to a cathartic, surging crescendo boosted by the big guitars, galloping drums and emotive vocal performance.

Listen below and pre-order the record here.