Winnipeg quintet Living Hour are today sharing new song 'Wheel', alongside the announcement of a brand new album, Internal Drone Infinity, which is out October 17 via their new home (and our favourite label) Keeled Scales. The band worked on the new album alongside Melina Duterte, better known
Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer describe the songs on their new album as both a collage and a "decidedly urban" album. The two worked together previously on Recordings from the Åland Islands, which, as the title alludes to, was a transportive collection, one which took you from
It's no huge surprise to hear that the songs which make up Helena Walker's debut album under her herbal tea moniker, existed first and foremost as "late night" demos; fuzzy and clouded shapes caught in the half-light. 'Seventeen', the album's
I've been so caught up in the most recent release from Blue Lake - the glistening Weft - that I hadn't even clocked that it wasn't a 'proper' album release. Though it's formed of only five songs, it contains more
The music of Poor Creature ticks so many of my musical boxes it's hard to understand how they've passed me by until now. A timely find then, just a week or so ahead of the release of their new album All Smiles Tonight which is coming
Seemingly making a big leap forward from what's come before, Noah Weinman has announced a brand new Runnner album with the sharing of new track 'Get Real Sleep'. Where much of his previous work has felt tender and stripped-back, the new single opens up a whole
The space found within Little Mazarn's new LP feels illuminating and remarkable. Within its ten songs there gaps remain, gentle places of rest that seem to hold just as much quiet power as the words and sounds that are conjured around them. The band's third album,
Earlier this week we were tagged in a couple of social posts from the excellent Topshelf Records, who were sharing a little reminder of Mal Devisa's astonishing Kiid LP, a collection of songs first released in 2016, and then pressed to vinyl by the label in 2019 – and
It's been a long time coming, but having been kicking around the scruffy edges of the Chicago DIY scene, and releasing three EPs, over the past five years, OK Cool are finally set to release their debut full-length. Called Chit Chat, and released on August 1, the album
Welcome to another album round-up! There's a few really lovely releases out today, from earthy peacefulness to polished exuberance. As always, dig in below and I hope you find something new to discover here... * Scratch It by U.S. Girls In just ten days, Meg Remy and her
I have a memory seared into my brain. I was on a trip to Iceland Airwaves, and had travelled from Reykjavik to Akureyri for a couple of days away from the capital city. I'd spent the day on a coach trip, bathing in thermal springs, eating food roasted
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“The strangeness of time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can’t see, whose beginning you’ve forgotten, but in the sudden realisation that something finite, has passed, and is irretrievable.” - Joyce Carol Oates, Foxfire * Time never feels more erratic than