Greg Jamie is a devotee of dark weirdness In the notes that introduce us to the brand new album from Greg Jamie, they describe the Portland, Maine songwriter as "an established devotee of dark weirdness" – a descriptor that feels both absolutely true while, devoid of context, also conjure
'Hold the Edges', the opening track to Kitba's forthcoming new album of the same name, felt like a somewhat cryptic and intriguing introduction, a series of hints as to what the full collection could look like, without ever giving away what it would look like. New
Siichaq's CATCHER is a lofi gem The new album from Siichaq, the project of Atlanta-based songwriter Kennie Mason, launched itself with a simple motif: Life's A Mess. That first single – from the CATCHER LP, which is released today – did indeed carry a gloomy sense of greyness
The music of Emily Yacina has been bubbling away in the background of my life for well over a decade now – although it's been six years since her last new album, and three years since the release of career-spanning collection 'All The Things'. Debut album Heart
“I wanted the music to feel more like the Earth does when left to its own devices,” Rafiq Bhatia has said of his forthcoming album Environments. With that idea at the centre of it all, Bhatia gently constructed a new world of his own making, eight new songs that "
Welcome to Lost Souvenirs, a brand new radio show from GoldFlakePaint. It's an hour of music, all carefully curated and gently mixed; a revolving spotlight of new and old songs, from one to the other and back again. Lost Souvenirs feels like a nice complement to the words
It takes a little heart and a lotta guts to open your album with a meandering, even-paced nine-minute story song, but we're in safe hands here. Released just last week, Before The Future is the latest work from NYC songwriter Rebecca Schiffman and it starts just like that;
In the decade-and-some since his hushed breakthrough, Keaton Henson has crafted a rich and varied back catalogue that has taken in everything from Big Star-influenced sparkly indie-pop to last year's truly striking instrumental work Somnambulant Cycles. In spite of those varied endeavours, he remains somewhat pigeonholed as a
Where much of Noah Weinman's previous work felt all tender and stripped-back, his latest work, shaped into a brand new album arriving at the end of August, opens up a whole new landscape, a natural growing into driving, propulsive indie-rock that sits as something of homage to the
Last week, Stockholm-based four-piece Dag och Natt released 'Tunis', the third single from their forthcoming debut album – 'Years And Years', which is set for release on August 15th via Labrador Records – and it feels like one of those moments that raises the stakes, that redefines the
Hovvdy, good friends and followers... Well, it's one of those weeks again. So much good stuff to pick through and pull apart here, so many colours and textures to shift and move around. A lot of it is gentle and swaying, such is the way; almost all of
Seattle's Coral Grief have just released their debut album, Air Between Us, an absorbing collection of twelve songs that simmer and break; that occasionally shrink, before coming alive once more in a shimmer of shoegaze noise. Led by Lena FM's spiralling voice, the trio – which also
The debut song, from the debut album, of Aïda Mekonnen Caby is a subtle swoon – but it's not a wholly romantic one. There's soft colour here, a sunset hue perhaps, but there's a sense of an edge too, a kind of disorientation that never
Yesterday I asked a friend how they felt about Sundays, if it felt like an outlier to them, slightly skewed when compared to the rest, if and how it carries its own unique kind of weight. I think it does. I think also that the same can be said for
It's always a joy to dip into the world of Winspear, the L.A. label that we've been covering for years here on GFP, through releases from the likes of Slow Pulp, Kevin Krauter, Barrie and loads more. New to the stable is runo plum, a
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