Following on from the excellent Mind Fire, Theo Verney has released his latest single Letter Down, taken from his debut album One Small Piece. Moody and atmospheric, it successfully blends satisfyingly crunchy guitar breaks with a more reflective, melodic side and even manages to finish like a long lost Pink Floyd track. Intrigued? Stream it below. Continue reading Theo Verney – Letter Down
We first posted about L.A. Witch back in March last year and now the threesome have signed to Suicide Squeeze Records for the release of their eponymous debut album. Reverb-drenched guitar jangle and sultry vocals conjure the analogue sound of a collector’s prized 45 from some short-lived footnote cult band. The melodies forgo the bubblegum pop for a druggy haze that straddles the line between … Continue reading L.A. Witch – Untitled
We have a hopelessly inadequate amount of time to listen to all the new music we receive, even after we automatically filter out the remixes, electro-bangers, and crappy dance tunes we get sent. So here is a hasty pick and mix selection for you of some of the best of recent weeks – just dive in… Rainy Sundays comes from a Tomkins Square reissue … Continue reading Mega Round-up Time
Taking influences from house music to post-punk, West African music, Tropicália, gamelan and more, the songs on Psymon Spine’s eclectic new album You Are Coming To My Birthday partner fuzzy synths with distorted bass lines, and lush vocal harmonies coupled with flowing string arrangements. It is giddy, euphoric stuff – watch the video for the propulsive, guitar driven Experience Machine and stream another of the album’s standout … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Psymon Spine
The city of Copenhagen is the home of Future War Bride, who’ve announced their arrival with their debut single Gloves Off set for release on June 24th. It is a synth led, driving psych-pop track with an ejector button chorus and you can stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 955: Future War Bride
Despite already sharing some great new songs this week from Deer Tick, Quiet Hollers, She Keeps Bees, Waxahatchee, Happyness and Alvvays this week, we’ve also rounded up a collection of eight more cracking new tunes for you too. Enjoy. PJ Harvey & Ramy Essam – The Camp Diet Cig – Together We Can Conquer Whatever Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg – Fare You Well, My … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Lost Balloons are Jeff Burke (Radioactivity, Marked Men) and Yusuke Okada (of Japan’s Suspicious Beasts) and together they make summery, pastoral psych-pop that offers more than a nod to the classic days of hippiedom and flower power.. Listen to the sunny jangle of Paint, which is taken from their upcoming second album, titled appropriately enough Hey Summer. Continue reading MM Shorts 954: Lost Balloons
She Keeps Bees have dropped a new track, the grungy, heavy-slow strum of Head Of Steak, which takes on Donald Trump’s self-interest and climate change denial. “The lyrics are quite explicit, which is fitting because I find the current administration to be completely vulgar.” says Jessica Larrabee. All profit from the first year of sales will be donated to organisation Earth Justice. The song is … Continue reading She Keeps Bees – Head Of Steak
Woozy psych-poppers Happyness have shared another track from their recently released album Write In. Uptrend / Style Raids is described as “A song mainly about not knowing how to dress. A few years ago we spent a whole day walking around a big sprawling flea market in Paris determined to find something vaguely musical. Eventually as it was getting dark we managed to find an … Continue reading Happyness – Uptrend / Style Raids
Sandgrown is the title of Jack Cooper of Ultimate Painting’s first solo record – it is nine concisely beautiful songs inspired by his hometown of Blackpool and his upbringing on England’s Fylde Coast. Evoking the delicate but often widescreen musicality of Bill Fay and the abstract lyricism of the late 60s Scott Walker records, as well as the more experimental sounds of John Cale and Robert Wyatt, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Jack Cooper
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