“Like Culture” by Sinead O’Brien is the centerpiece of her fascinating debut album Time Bend and Break The Bower, and now the brilliant single also gets a rework by Faris Badwan from The Horrors.
He deconstructs the original song and shifts it to the darker and more minimal side of the spectrum, making it an industrial techno highlight for moody discotheques.
Stream below and get the track here.
On September 16 Blood Wizard will release his new EP Imaginary House via Moshi Moshi Records. It follows his outstanding debut LP Western Spaghetti from last year and will include six more inventive and unique pieces from Cai Burns, an artist behind the moniker.
We have already heard “Imaginary House”, “The Slip” and now it is time for one final preview of an upcoming release — the folky and storytelling-driven “Too Late For The Disco”. This track once again shows the talent of an artist who is able to successfully complement the elements of classic folk with his innovative, creative and most modern approach to songwriting.
Listen below and pre-order the EP here.
Influenced heavily by Fire Engines’ Codex Teen Premonition, The Horrors’ Strange House, and The Cramps’ Off The Bone, the new song “Daily Bread” from Manchester outfit Soup! is a wiry and punchy two-minute ripper that will get you in the mood right away. Not a second is wasted in this pragmatic and acute post-punk jewel.
The band comments: “‘Daily Bread’ is a short, sharp, and succinct expression of boredom and monotony. The lyrics, vocal melody, and prowling instrumental, circle notions of family, friends, religion, and art verse by verse”.
Stream below and get the track here.
Today sees the release of “Music Should Feel” by Stockholm quartet Melby. It is a truly beautiful and measured indie pop piece, in the center of which shine delicate vocals of Matilda Wiezell, and the whole melody is marvelously decorated with some saxophone and sonorous xylophone.
Wiezell herself says about the song: “’Music Should Feel’ is a song about love, missing someone, and processing those feelings. Acceptance, a tribute to past experiences, and the hope for new good ones. The song came together over quite a long period, was forgotten for a while, and then was brought back to life, and got its chorus, after a lot of rehearsal and attempts at making a demo”.
The single serves as the first taste of Looks like a map, an upcoming LP by the group, set for release on October 21 through Rama Lama Records.
Stream below and pre-order the album here.
Three years ago UK minimal post-punk outfit Drahla released their outstanding debut LP Useless Coordinates (through Captured Tracks) and now looks like they are gearing up to provide us with the follow-up.
No announcements have been made just yet, but we already have a stellar first single “Under The Glass” — a repetitive, cold and masterfully crafted cut.
Speaking of it, the band says: “‘Under the Glass’ represents a moment of creative reconnection, almost a sense of euphoria in the darkest moments – an awaited, yet slight, respite from reality. The song is a collage, reworking early ideas from 2020 with newer work – bridging the gap of time, in the literal sense as well as musically. The lyrics are deliberately vague, using metaphor to interpret personal experience and emotion of loss and grief”.
Alongside the release, the group has also announced a set of their first live dates since 2019 (to be precise, nine hundred and ninety two days since their last live show) later this year in the UK (find more information about the tickets on the band’s website).
Listen below and get the song here.
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