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[video] Maxïmo Park – Your Own Worst Enemy

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Maxïmo Park announced the release of their new album, Stream of Life, which will be available on September 27 through Lower Third.

Along with the news they are sharing a new single/video “Your Own Worst Enemy”, an indie rock hit which addresses the repetition of negative behaviours and the occasionally necessary self-deception required to get through daily life.

Commenting on it, lead singer Paul Smith says: “’Your Own Worst Enemy’ has a different feel to anything we’ve done before – loose and lean, yet still rocking! It’s about that horrible feeling where you suddenly realise you’ve made a familiar error, and also the lies we tell each other on a daily basis to avoid confrontation or turmoil”.

Check it out below and pre-order the LP here.

[video] LICE – Red Fibres

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Photo by Dani Bolton

Just signed to the cult record label AD 93, LICE announced their second album, Third Time At The Beach, a three-part epic that delves into our quest to deepen our understanding of the world.

Speaking on the record, the band say: “This album’s about trying to understand the world and everything in it: history, science and the way we explain it all to each other. It’s a celebration of feeling confused or intimidated by the processes that shape our lives”.

Along with the news they are sharing a new single/music video “Red Fibres”. An insane 5-minute cut balances minimalism, rock, techno and more, and is out with the appropriately nuts music video (warning: it contains strobe lighting and flashing images).

Watch below and pre-order the album here.

[video] Nina Kohout – Flavoured & Eaten

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Photo by Jamie Lee-Culver

After performing several shows at the unofficial Great Escape this month and before her numerous festival appearances in her home country of Slovakia this summer, Brighton-based avant-pop artist Nina Kohout releases her captivating new single/video “Flavoured & Eaten”.

Thematically a critique of toxic relationships, the song is presented as an innovative fusion of genres, combining elements of playful art pop, trip-hop and electronic beats, making it both thought-provoking and sonically adventurous.

Watch below.

[video] Las Nubes – Pesada

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Photo by Sal Rispoli

After sharing a heavy garage pop banger “Would Be” last month, Las Nubes are back with another new single/video “Pesada”. Both songs are taken from their forthcoming debut album Tormentas Malsanas, set for release on June 14 via Sweat Records Records.

The song builds in intensity, layering more feedback and distortion until it reaches a climactic wall of sound, enveloping the listener in a chaotic yet strangely cathartic embrace.

It is accompanied by the music video, directed by Mariana Mendoza, a lo-fi nightmare where the band members are sewn together within a single, continuous piece of clothing.

Watch below.

[video] Cardinals – Nineteen

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Cardinals will release their highly-anticipated debut self-titled EP on June 7 via So Young Records.

We have already heard a steady run of new songs — “Unreal”, “Roseland”, “If I Could Make You Care”, and now the band shares a fourth preview of the release, “Nineteen”. It is a short and direct rocker, inspired by the songs of Buddy Holly, and is out alongside the fun performance video.

Watch below and pre-order the EP here.