ALBUM REVIEW: SPRINTERS – STRUCK GOLD

It had been a while since I’d heard from Sprinters after the release of their debut album and the cliché about absence and hearts growing fonder certainly rang true in this case. When I was given the opportunity to write this review I was both intrigued and excited to see how Sprinters sound had developed […]
Manchester’s Sprinters share the video for their brand new track ‘Young As Me’ taken from their newly released self titled debut LP out on vinyl & digital platforms via Icecapades. ‘Young As Me’ serves as the second offering from their debut album in which they give a taste to their rich guitar sounds. The hazy […]

NEW VIDEO FOR ‘YOUNG AS ME’ FROM MANCHESTER’S SPRINTERS

LISTEN TO SPRINTERS NEW SINGLE ‘FIGURE IT OUT HERE WITH SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT MAY

Manchester’s Sprinters share ‘Figure It Out’ taken from their upcoming self titled debut LP due Friday 5th May 2017 on vinyl & digital platforms via Icecapades (Slowcoaches, Sex Hands, Joey Fourr etc.). ‘Figure It Out’ is the first taste from their debut album in which they deliver a golden pop-tinged track that boasts potent, softly […]
– MONO, MANCHESTER – Having had what seems like daily band practices in a friends cellar over the last 3 weeks, I arrive at Mono wondering how I’ll react hearing some music played in a space where you don’t feel like you’re constantly obscuring someone’s view no matter where you stand. However I soon realise […]

LIVE: EXPERT ALTERATIONS  – 27/07/2016

HORSEBEACH HEADLINE AND CURATE SPECIAL MATINEE SHOW

 Soup Kitchen present a special matinee show curated and headlined by ascendant Manchester lo-fi pop group Horsebeach! Also featuring the woozy Real Estate-influenced sounds Sprinters and Liverpool psychedelia outfit The Floormen – plus England’s first European Championship match on the screen afterwards.Following the release of last year’s critically-acclaimed second LP II, Horsebeach have just come […]
– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – There’s a real buzz around Seattle’s Chastity Belt, following the release earlier this year of their superb second album Time To Go Home. The female four-piece’s confident, carefree and fun-loving attitude translates well through their music, reminding me somewhat of Warpaint, in their approach. The basement is pretty much full […]

LIVE: CHASTITY BELT – 21/10/2015

BLAK HAND RECORDS PRESENT ‘BLAK RAINBOW’ FOR CASSETTE STORE DAY

Cassette Store Day comes but once a year, and for its third installment on 17 October 2015 Blak Hand Records are delighted to present Blak Rainbow, a collection of the North-West’s best garage rackets and psych kaleidoscopic gems. Side A kicks off with the lo-fi pop-playfulness of Antelopes’ Oh Caroline. Rumbling bass bounces with choppy jangles of guitar and […]