Manchester-based quartet Mandy, Indiana have released ‘Peach Fuzz’, the latest offering from their upcoming LP i’ve seen a way. It follows the previously shared singles ‘Injury Detail’ and ‘Pinking Shears’. Take a listen below.
i’ve seen a way is slated for release on May 19 via Fire Talk.
Speedy Ortiz have returned with their first new single in five years. It’s called ‘Scabs’, and it features backing vocals from Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin, who also co-produced the song. Check it out below.
‘Scabs’ is the band’s first song to feature longtime touring bassist Audrey Zee Whitesides and drummer Joey Doubek, who have now joined as full-time members alongside singer-songwriter Sadie Dupuis and guitarist Andy Molholt.
“Living in progressive cities and working in the arts, you meet peers doing tremendous organizing work,” Dupuis said of the track. “And then there are neighbors who signal their ‘good’ politics through yard signs alone. I wrote ‘Scabs’ standing in line at the post office, overhearing customers berate a USPS employee. This was during a time of postal unions-opposed budget cuts and other major issues for mail handlers, which were widely reported on. People advertising their support for essential workers acted conversely when faced with personal inconvenience. The song became more widely about self-designated ethicists who don’t quibble about crossing a picket line for individual benefit.”
Speedy Ortiz’s most recent LP was 2018’s Twerp Verse. In 2020, Dupuis put out the album Haunted Painting as Sad13.
Toronto power pop duo ‘Sucker Punch’ have dropped a new single, ‘Sucker Punch’, the final preview of their forthcoming LP Velveteen – out May 19 through Take This To Heart. It follows previous offerings ‘Très Jolie’, ‘Did It Again’, ‘Peach’, and ‘French Class’, and you can check it out below.
“Initially ‘Sucker Punch’ was written about the ‘Pine Barrens’ episode of The Sopranos,” singer/guitarist Sam Bielanski explained in a statement. “It had to exist in a few different forms before it became what you hear on the record. Matty’s ability to write and layer guitar parts and melodies really added to the song’s aesthetic. Thematically, it’s about a massive miscommunication that leaves you feeling blindsided by the person on the other end. It’s about being caught off guard or surprised by an outcome, even if you are partially to blame.”
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London-based pop artist twst is back with a new single called ‘Most Viewed’. Released via their label hikikomori baby, the track interpolates ‘Pure Imagination’, with an accompanying video set to arrive on Monday, April 18. Listen to it below.
Discussing the song, twst said in a statement: “Lyrically speaking, ‘Most Viewed’ is based around the desire to be someone’s everything, putting a spin on a classic song subject with contemporary references to social media ‘views’ and online obsession – to be interpreted either as a romantic relationship or a darker interpretation of a modern parasocial relationship.”
Back in 2021, twist dropped ‘Sugared Up’, a hyperpop take on ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’. Her debut EP, TWST0001, arrived in 2020.
Water From Your Eyes have shared the second single from their upcoming album and Matador debut, Everyone’s Crushed. Following the previously released track ‘Barley’, ‘True Life’ comes paired with an animated video, which you can check out below.
“‘True life’ is our Neil Young-inspired quasi-nu metal stomp,” the band explained in a statement. “It is also intended to be our ‘Short Skirt / Long Jacket.’ The bridge was initially meant to contain lyrics from ‘Cinnamon Girl,’ but Neil Young’s lawyers wouldn’t let us use them. Now they are about how Neil Young wouldn’t let us use his words. The rest of the song deals with life and assorted complications of the material world.”
Dawn Richard has released a new single, ‘Bubblegum’, alongside an accompanying self-directed video. Check it out below.
“Leaning back into the Electro Revival era, I wanted to remind people that King Creole is just getting started,” Richard explained in a statement. “The preface to the second installment of the Electro Revival, ‘Bubblegum’ is a cocky candy-coated conundrum. Full of sass that only a New Orleans King can have, this yummy multi-genre single is just a taste of what’s to come.”
Last October, Richard released Pigments, a collaborative album with multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Spencer Zahn. Her last solo album was 2021’s Second Line.
The Tallest Man on Earth has unveiled ‘Looking for Love’, the latest single from his new album Henry St., ahead of its release this Friday. It arrives alongside an accompanying visual that completes a trilogy of videos directed by Jeroen Dankers, following ‘Every Little Heart’ and the title track. Check it out below.
Henry St. was produced by Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso. Speaking about ‘Looking for Love’, Kristian Matsson said in a statement: “The first day in the studio, Nick created this hissing noise while I was feedbacking electric guitar. We had so much fun jamming like that. Then Nick put down some piano to overdub my guitar, and we knew we had the song.”
He continued, “Nick is so emotionally intelligent, and we share an almost childlike joy in things that can happen with music. He makes the songs come truly alive by keeping the performances and the humanity in – the kind of stuff that just happens during the session.”
Of the video, Dankers added: “With this part I wanted to show an awakening, going out, discovering, becoming a new version of yourself but not always knowing where you go.”
Bleach Lab have announced their debut album, Lost in a Rush of Emptiness, which arrives September 22 via Nettwerk. Following their November 2022 EP If You Only Feel It Once, the LP was produced by Catherine Marks and includes the previous single ‘Indigo’ as well as a new one, ‘Counting Empties’. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.
According to the band, ‘Counting Empties’ reflects on “how having a difficult relationship with alcohol can hinder romantic and personal relationships. A battle with your own mind to do better and a vulnerability of asking someone patience and forgiveness, although you may not feel you deserve it.”
“We had a very clear vision of what we wanted this album to feel like, and Catherine really jumped on board with that from the start,” drummer Kieran Weston shared in a press release. “She set a great tone in the studio to achieve that. I think we knew what we wanted the album to be visually and sonically before the songs were actually fully written in some cases, and Catherine really helped bring some of the songs to life in that regard. She helped us explore some of our older soundscapes whilst bringing something new to our sound. I think we’ve always enjoyed a certain level of freedom in the studio to completely rewrite parts. Catherine was great at allowing that creative freedom and played a huge part in it when needed.”
Lost in a Rush of Emptiness Cover Artwork:
Lost in a Rush of Emptiness Tracklist:
1. All Night
2. Indigo
3. Counting Empties
4. Saving All Your Kindness
5. Everything At Once
6. Nothing Left To Lose
7. Never Coming Back
8. Smile For Me
9. Leave The Light On
10. Life Gets Better
11. (coda)
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The xx’s Romy has released a new single, ‘Enjoy Your Life’. The Beverly Glenn-Copeland-sampling track arrives with an accompanying video directed by her wife, filmmaker and photographer Vic Lentaigne. “It’s a very personal video, I hope it reflects some of the emotion and the euphoria that I wanted to convey with the song,” Romy wrote on Instagram. Watch and listen below.
Fred Again.., Stuart Price, and Jamie xx produced ‘Enjoy Your Life’, which follows last year’s ‘Strong’. Talking about the song, Romy said:
When I heard the line, “My mother says to me enjoy your life” by Beverly Glenn-Copeland, I was speechless. Those few words felt like the most simple and disarming sentence. Ever since I was 11, I’ve been aware of and drawn to the phrase, life is short. I’ve felt inspired by people who I’ve seen react to this by trying to see the positives in life, even when things are going wrong and times are hard. As much as I’d love to naturally be one of those people, I’m not always able to do this myself and often get in my own head and my own way, so sometimes a reminder goes a long way. Glenn’s lyrics were a direct connection to what had been a very quiet private thought. It resonated especially deeply as it is because of my mum passing away when I was 11, that this perspective on living life was even a part of me. I hope this song celebrates and shares the words that Glenn said so beautifully and my reaction to it and hopefully uplifts a dance floor along the way. I hope you know I would never want to tell anyone how to feel or to pretend to feel good when they don’t, I know how that feels. I want to thank Glenn with all of my heart for allowing me to sample this song. Please go and listen to the original song ‘La Vita’ from his album Primal Prayer. The song also contains a sample from Oby Onyioha’s incredible song “Enjoy your life”, which Jamie brought into the mix. All my love and thanks to an amazing team Fred, Jamie and Stuart Price for all of your brilliant ideas and for sticking with me on the journey of this song.
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