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[song] Oscar Browne – Somebody Else

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Photo by Inigo Blake

London-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Oscar Browne will release his debut EP If Only on October 20 via So Young Records.

Along with the news Oscar is sharing a new single “Somebody Else”, his own take on contemporary indie folk. It is a captivating track that references many of the genre’s greats and adds a personal touch to the sound as well.

Speaking about it, Browne says: “This is a comment on how one’s individuality can be hindered by the act of people pleasing. It’s about people changing themselves to fit into different circles/relationships resulting in an inevitable identity crisis down the line. “You gave up yourself for somebody else and it caught up”.

Listen below and pre-order the EP here.

[video] Folly Group – Strange Neighbour

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Following the release of their acclaimed last year’s EP Human And Kind, London’s Folly Group return with the brand new single “Strange Neighbour”, a shapeshifting and groovy earworm that showcases the band’s raw energy and powerful message.

Sean Harper from the band shared the following about a new song:

“Strange Neighbour walks a couple of related lines at once. Louis’s verses and choruses are an ode to community as it dematerialises. Urban areas become un-neighbourly as spiraling rents force most people our age to move annually, and that’s if they’re lucky. At the same time, when it was being written, we had a sense that some of the music our peers were making came from a sneering, holier-than-thou place, voyeuristically skewing strangers’ perspectives to misrepresent another point of view and make their own more righteous.

So, “Strange Neighbour” is about recognising your own strangeness and that of your neighbours, because when two people from opposing walks of life meet, who’s normal?”.

It is out with the bonkers and cool music video, directed and produced by CLUMP Collective.

Watch below.

[video] Humour – The Halfwit

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Photo by Craig R McIntosh

Hot off the heels of their debut EP pure misery released last November, Glasgow’s avant-rock masterminds Humour deliver one more time with “The Halfwit”, their brand new song out today via tastemaker label So Young Records.

Clocking in at just nearly 3 minutes, it is a fast-paced and frenzied track that draws from a variety of genres, including punk, garage rock, and post-punk. It is paired with the cool and slightly claustrophobic music video made by Robin Herbert, which sees the band performing live inside the cave.

Watch below.

[video] Humour – jeans

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Today sees the release of pure misery, a debut EP by Glaswegian five-piece band Humour. It is out via So Young Records.

With 6 tracks, clocking in at 20 minutes, it is an unstoppable collection of hard-hitting numbers, shaping between contemporary post-punk and loud, chaotic noise rock. An ideal mini-album to get immersed in and reflect on another tough year, with not much brightness ahead of us.

The latest single from it, “jeans”, got a powerful and striking music video, created by Luke Ainger, Fred Qvortrup and Cat Williams.

The group shared the following about the song: “Jeans is about a character who is internally trying to build himself up and convince himself that he’s a successful and confident no-nonsense man. But he periodically has lapses in this forced self-assuredness and realises that he is not any of those things and is in fact quite a sad, pathetic and laughable character. Much like myself”.

Watch it below and purchase the EP here.

[video] Humour – pure misery

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If Humour were your friend, they probably wouldn’t miss a word of your conversations together. This ability to notice the smallest details is clearly visible in the new single “pure misery” from the young Glasgow band, where vocalist Andreas Christodoulidis in a very theatrical and satirical way underlines the problems of public speaking.

Here’s what he says about the new single: “I wrote the song about being a singer in a band, and standing up to address lots of people in a very serious way as though I must have something meaningful to relate; something the audience needs to hear. It feels a little ridiculous doing that sometimes, especially when the songs are most often just about stories or feelings. So the narrator of the song is supposed to be trying to convince the audience that he has something very profound to tell them, and he’s kind of stalling until he can come up with something”.

The sharp and nervy track would be a part of their upcoming debut EP with the same title Pure Misery set for release on November 25 via So Young Records (it would also include the previously shared “yeah, mud!” and “alive and well”). It is released in tandem with the music video directed by Luke Ainger and Fred Qvortrup, which sees the band performing outside with Andreas singing in weird locations.

Watch it below and buy the EP here.