In the time that's passed since they finished making their previous full-length record, Admiral Fallow have experienced new life, new homes, the whole world locking down, as well as the 15th anniversary of their much-loved debut LP. All of the ups and downs, all of the time. All
Thank you to everyone who took the time to listen to Episode 1 of our new radio show. I listened to the valuable customer feedback and you can hear me introducing Episode 2, as a real person on a real radio show might do... Maybe we'll go even
There’s a piece of advice I read well over a decade ago now that has stayed with me. It was regarding listening to new music for the first time, and how it’s best to just look away from it, let it play out in the background. If a
We've had a short run of hot days and blue skies over here, a little final summer flourish perhaps, most probably. I tried hard to make the most of it, a camp on the beach last week, some swims, a big mountain climb yesterday. Those things we do
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