Squirrel Flower has dropped a new single, ‘Alley Light’, taken from her forthcoming record Tomorrow’s Fire. It follows lead singles ‘Full Time Job’ and ‘When a Plant Is Dying’. The track’s accompanying video was helmed by Weird Life Productions and features the artwork and studio of Gwen Yen Chiu; check it out below.
“This song is about the man in me, or a man who I love, or a man who is a stranger to me,” Ella Williams explained in a statement. “The video references a neo-noir Chicago heist movie where they use this thermal metal contraption to cut into a safe. They run around the city making sparks fly and getting up to no good. I wanted to do all that.”
Ahead of the release of their new LP Real Life this Friday (August 25), Crooks & Nannies have dropped a new single titled ‘Big Mouth Bass’. They’ve already previewed the album – the duo’s Grand Jury debut – with the tracks ‘Temper’, ‘Weather’, and ‘Country Bar’. The new song arrives alongside a video directed by Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy. Check it out below.
Black Pumas have announced their sophomore LP, Chronicles of a Diamond. The follow-up to their self-titled 2019 album arrives on October 27 via ATO. It was produced by the band’s Adrian Quesada and primarily mixed by Shawn Everett. Lead single ‘More Than a Love Song’ is out today alongside a music video directed by Juliana and Nicola Giraffe. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.
“‘More Than a Love Song’ is a message I borrowed from my Uncle Steve,” Eric Burton explained in a statement. ” As a songwriter and caregiver, he’d listen to me write songs from afar and if I were lucky he’d have a pointer or two for me. ‘Life is more than a love song.’”
Chronicles of a Diamond Cover Artwork:
Chronicles of a Diamond Tracklist:
1. More Than A Love Song
2. Ice Cream (Pay Phone)
3. Mrs. Postman
4. Chronicles Of A Diamond
5. Angel
6. Hello
7. Sauvignon
8. Tomorrow
9. Gemini Sun
10. Rock And Roll
Slow Pulp have released ‘Broadview’, the latest offering from their forthcoming LP Yard. Following previous singles ‘Slugs’, ‘Cramps’, and ‘Doubt’, the track arrives with an accompanying visual by Melanie Kleid, which you can check out below.
“This song is about letting yourself fall in love for the first time in a long time,” vocalist Emily Massey said in a statement. “After being hurt in previous relationships I was trying to decide if making the jump was worth it. Turns out it was.”
Yard is set for release on September 29 via ANTI-.
Another Sky have released a new track, ‘Burn the Way. It follows the recently released singles ‘Psychopath’ and ‘A Feeling’, and you can check it out below.
Speaking about the song, vocalist Catrin Vincent said:
‘Burn the Way’ was written after a conversation with someone in denial about climate change. It’s about the feeling of being powerless and having to run from someone’s behaviour before you take on their reality.
As much as anger is a difficult, complicated emotion, it’s sometimes the first step towards survival.
Climate change is coming for everyone. No one can wait it out in the trees. Sometimes anger burns the way.
We also wrote it after supporting Biffy Clyro which completely gave us a new perspective on live performance. We played it a few times on our last tour and it’s the first time we’ve had a mosh pit at any of our shows.
twst has announced TWST0002, the follow-up to 2020’s TWST0001. It’s due out later this year, and today, the London-based artist has shared a new single called ‘Catch Me (Beautiful Fall)’, which was co-produced Clarence Clarity and follows their recent offerings ‘Off-World’ and ‘Most Viewed’. Check it out below.
“It delves into the theme of a tumultuous relationship and explores the imbalanced dynamics of abuse,” twst said of ‘Catch Me (Beautiful Fall)’ in a press release. “Obviously the song hits like a light hearted bop and I wanted that to match the delusion somehow of when someone makes you feel starstruck by their love and power play, that you’re not really able to see all the bad stuff happening in the background.”
Fort Gansevoort, the renowned art gallery in New York, will present Looking Out, Looking In, the first New York solo exhibition by contemporary Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona.
In the series of new drawings at Fort Gansevoort, Ashoona expresses her personal experience of the sublime. With meticulous detail, her works capture the beauty, terror, and vastness of the landscape she lives in – an immensity only rivaled by her own imagination.
Ashoona’s drawn universe is sometimes harsh and antagonistic, but at other times it becomes a portal through which the mind wanders. In addition to these works, the drawings depict intimate views of Kinngait’s daily life and artistic production in a fantastical manner. With a playful touch, Ashoona explores human psychology through her subjects’ physical interactions and creative labour.
The exhibition will run from the 20th of September until the 4th of November, 2023.
Lost Girls – the collaborative project between Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden – have announced a new LP, Selvutsletter. The follow-up to their 2020 debut Menneskekollektivet is due out October 20 on Smalltown Supersound. It includes the recent single ‘Ruins’, as well as a new track, ‘With the Other Hand’. Listen to it below, and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
Inspired by Leonard Cohen, ‘With the Other Hand’ began with a guitar line written by Volden before Hval rearranged the chords. “The result was a structure of verse and chorus, a pop song whispering about someone’s mysterious journey through a street, a building, and a stage,” the band said in a statement. “The chorus goes like this: ‘With the other hand I open rooms / With the first one I write,’ describing two parts of something – a creative process, or two parts of the unconscious. Or perhaps the two hands describe Lost Girls themselves. One opens rooms, the other writes.”
According to Lost Girls, Selvutsletter translates to “self-effacer: Someone who tries to erase themselves. Someone who is cleaning out themselves. Performing exorcism. Or perhaps just getting older, less interested in their own present self.”
Selvutsletter Cover Artwork:
Selvutsletter Tracklist:
1. Timed Intervals
2. With the Other Hand
3. Ruins
4. Re-entering the City
5. World on Fire
6. Jeg Slutter Meg Selv
7. June 1996
8. Seawhite
Explosions in the Sky have shared ‘Moving On’, the second single from their upcoming album End. It follows lead cut ‘Ten Billion People’, which landed on our Best New Songs list. Check out its accompanying video, featuring footage shot by the band and edited by Kyle Snider, below.
End is set for release on September 15 via Bella Union .“Our starting point was the concept of an ending – death, or the end of a friendship or relationship,” the band explained. “Every song comes from a story, or an idea one of us has had that we’ve all expanded on and made its own world. Maybe it’s our nature, but we kept feeling that the album title was ultimately open to a lot more interpretation – the end of a thing or a time can mean a stop, but it can also mean a beginning, and what happens after one thing ends might pale in comparison to what it becomes next.”
Aoife Nessa Frances has released a new track, ‘Fantasy’, which was originally recorded during the sessions for her latest album Protector. Check it out below.
“With ‘Fantasy’ I took inspiration from the High Priestess Tarot card,” the Irish singer-songwriter explained. “I was learning to read tarot at the time of writing the song, spending time with each card so that I could soak in meaning. The High Priestess depicts a woman sitting on a throne, between two pillars symbolising her role as a mediator between the different worlds. Drawing on this imagery, I wrote ‘Fantasy’ as a reflection of her essence and symbolism. She embodies the bridge between two worlds, connecting the realms of intuition and the conscious mind.”
“Each lyric connects to her and her surroundings: swimming between the pillars as a form of duality, standing at the threshold, guarding the secrets to the subconscious mind, darkness and light, femininity and masculinity,” she continued. “Water as emotion; representing the depths of the unconscious mind, bringing a sense of fluidity and adaptability, emphasising the importance of embracing change and allowing emotions to flow naturally. The falling fruit as a symbol for change and transformation, the pomegranate from the cards imagery, a symbol for sexuality and regeneration. Writing ‘Fantasy’ took me on my own journey of self-discovery, connecting me to my own intuition. Méabh McKenna’s harp throughout the song acts like a flowing river, a constant presence that underscores the meaning. While “Fantasy” was written during the same period as ‘Protector,’ I decided to keep it separate because it occupies a unique space for me.”
