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
It takes a few listens to really get to grips with these new Annahstasia songs, for no other reason than her voice is so special it pulls the focus away from every other aspect of her work. Spend a little time here though and the songs that make up her
The majority of Iona Zajac's music has thus far leant into folkier, traditional side of things, most notably on her excellent debut EP Find Her In The Grass and again on 'Summer', a beautiful song released earlier this year. Now, fresh from touring as a member
It's little surprise that the announcement of the new album from Mike Polizze is led by a Kurt Vile quote, such is the earthy, meandering nature of the album's glorious new single 'Around Sound'. Arriving on the excellent Paradise of Bachelors label, Polizze'
Titled, aptly, Flirty Ghost, the new album from harpist Rachel Kitchlew drifts between playfulness and something altogether fascinating, a space where shadowy ambient explorations eventually crack to reveal the bright and colours below. Released in August, three of its eight songs have been revealed thus far, all of which lean
Though it's been four years since the release of Hand Habits Fun House LP - their last full-length studio effort - Meg Duffy has remained something of a constant, releasing outtakes, B-sides, live recordings, a new EP, all while appearing on work from the likes of Perfume Genius