ALBUM REVIEW – WILLIAM DOYLE: SPRINGS ETERNAL

On his latest album ‘Springs Eternal’, William Doyle introduces a cast of narrators encountering a dizzying array of issues: global disaster, mental illness, addiction, heartbreak and death. Yet such is the melodic and musical accomplishment that it is a pleasure to accompany these characters on their troubled journeys. Aided by producer Mike Lindsay, who took […]
This Belfast three piece have already been nominated for the Irish music prize for their 2013 album, ‘The New Life’, and previously released singles on Brooklyn’s coolest indie label Captured Tracks (a former home to the likes of Thee Oh Sees, Mac De Marco and DIIV amongst others). Having shifted away from their earlier more […]

ALBUM: GIRLS NAMES – STAINS ON SILENCE

CYMBALS SHARE THEIR VIDEO FOR ‘DECAY’ TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM OUT AUGUST

Cymbals have unveiled the video for new single ‘Decay’, shot during the winter months in a number of British seaside towns, including Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Southend. The single is taken from the forthcoming album, Light In Your Mind due Friday 25th August 2017 on Tough Love Records Jack Cleverly, one half of Cymbals, says […]
With their new LP Modern English Decoration set for release Friday 2nd June 2017 via Tough Love Records, London-based five-piece Ulrika Spacek share new single ‘Full of Men’. Speaking about the new track, the band said: “Writing ‘Full of Men’ came at an important time writing our second record. It was one of those songs […]

ULRIKA SPACEK, A BAND ‘FULL OF MEN’ EVEN THEIR NEW SINGLE SAYS SO – LISTEN HERE

NEW RELEASE FROM BROOCH WITH ‘BLOOD SPITTING/BROKEN GLASS’

The new release ‘Blood Spitting/Broken Glass’ is taken from the debut 7″ by Brooch, a new project featuring Ben Stidworthy from Ought and Mikkel Holm Silkjær from Yung, and is due out Friday 31st March 2017. There will be a limited release of 300 copies, 100 of which are on green vinyl and will only […]
To mark their forthcoming tour with Eagulls, and to bridge a gap between their last EP and debut album, AUTOBAHN have recorded their own version of ‘New Age’ by Blitz and made it available as a free download. “We wanted to record something to bridge the gap between our last release on Tough Love Records […]

AUTOBAHN GIVE AWAY FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘NEW AGE’

NEWS: CYMBALS – SHARE NEW SONG ‘WINTER ’98’

Cymbals have kindly shared the opening track from their new album The Age Of Fracture, due 27th Jan 2014 on Tough Love Records.   A few chords of ‘Winter 98’ were first heard closing the short film with which Cymbals first announced The Age Of Fracture. The film, in keeping with the literary inspiration running […]
Girls Names have announced details of their forthcoming UK tour. Starting in October and including two shows supporting The Cult at London’s Roundhouse, it caps off an incredible year for the band following the release of their much-lauded second album, The New Life, in February. The tour also coincides with the release of a limited […]

NEWS: GIRLS NAMES – UK TOUR + LTD 12” EP ‘THE NEXT LIFE’

NEWS: MOON KING – LISTEN TO ‘BIG DUMB BLUE ANGEL’ + TOUR

Canadian duo Moon King are releasing a new track from their forthcoming record, Obsession (Tough Love Records). ‘Big Dumb Blue Angel’ is perhaps as direct as anything the band have so far put their name to. Under two minutes long, it’s driven by a sharp vocal melody and shrouded in the buzzsaw of distinctly post-punk […]