Category: songs

[song] Bee Bee Sea – Memories of Another Life

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Bee Bee Sea performing live at LOW-L FEST’23

Italian trio Bee Bee Sea put out their latest single “Time and Time” last month, and now we can also check out the B-side to it titled “Memories of Another Life” on streaming services. It is a gentler, more laidback song in contrast to the main track, with a distinctive melancholic mood.

Having recently toured Europe and the UK, the band has some tour dates left for the summer, with more to be announced soon. Make sure to catch them live, if you have a chance:

June 24 – Joshua Blues Club, Como, Italy
July 7 –  Festival del Suono Buono, Casola Valsenio, Italy 
July 14 – Fermenti in Villa, Bologna, Italy
July 15 – Reality Bites Festival, Fucecchio, Italy
July 16 – Punk Rock Raduno, Bergamo, Italy
August 26 – Woodstockeboda, Alvesta, Sweden

Listen below and buy the 7″ here.

[song] Snõõper – Powerball

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Photo by Monica Murray

With their debut album Super Snõõper arriving on July 14 via Third Man Records, Nashville-based DIY outfit Snõõper shares another taster from it — a short lo-fi punk cut “Powerball”, framed with playful mood and overall sense of chaos.

Elaborating more on the single, Blair Tramel from the band explains: “‘Powerball’ was written after a scratch-off winning streak. My mom called me to let us know that the Powerball jackpot was the highest it had been in years and we bought tickets. It’s a funny thing to feel like you are going to win something so arbitrary – to feel like you are going to be the one in a billion winner. When our numbers were not announced, we decided to buy some scratch-offs and, to my surprise, I won $50 on a $2 scratch off. I kept buying scratch-offs from different gas stations around town and kept winning. It was a comical sort of high I hadn’t felt before and even when I started losing money I wanted to keep going”.

Listen below and pre-order the LP here.

[song] Big Special – THIS HERE AIN’T WATER

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Photo by Isaac Watson

Having made a loud entrance with the punchy “SHITHOUSE” last month, Birmingham duo Big Special returned today with another smasher titled “THIS HERE AIN’T WATER”. It’s a big song that’s both cathartic and empowering, and one that’s sure to get your blood pumping.

The group shared the following note about it: “It’s basically an inward sermon, when you’re stuck in your head egging yourself on about how rough times feel. It’s about media and politics. It’s about self-medication. It’s about a lack of options. It’s about the thinning of the common understanding between the social classes of England, and feeling stuck, watching it all happen.”

Stream below and check out the video as well.

[song] Kindsight – Tibet

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Photo by Pelle Amer

Danish fuzzy dream pop quartet Kindsight release the new song “Tibet”, another stunning addition to their catalogue. It opens with a gentle guitar riff and dual vocal delivery from band members, drawing the listener in with its dreamy and introspective sound and exploding to a cathartic noise pop climax by the end.

Speaking about the track, Kindsight says: “Our most political love song to date, Tibet celebrates the wildest forms of conformity and anti-self-realization”.

Stream below and get the single here, out now on Rama Lama Records.

[song] Leo Walrus – Can You Swim?

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Photo by Alex Irvine

Singer/songwriter Leo Walrus shares the second and final teaser of his upcoming debut LP I May Need Some Silence, which will be out June 30 via Evil Tree No. 3 Records.

Titled “Can You Swim?”, this dreamy track features Leo’s signature charming vocals, accompanied by gentle keyboards and jazzy, neo-soul sensibilities. It is simple yet effective, transporting the listener somewhere far away with its melancholic mood.

Check it out below and get the song here.