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
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
We’re loving the sunny strum and cosmic Americana of Won’t Keep Me Up At Night, a track from Sun Seeker’s debut EP Biddeford which will see a release on Third Man Records. The EP explores nostalgia, melancholy, and emotional turmoil via laid-back psychedelia pollinated with tight harmonies, classic folk songcraft, and country rock spirit. It is an ageless approach that is simultaneously archetypal, but unlike many others in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sun Seeker
Stockholm quartet Les Big Byrd are back with new music after a two year absence with their new single Two Man Gang, via Stockholm label PNKSLM Recordings. It is a pop inspired piece of cinematic krautrock that builds up to a wholly satisfying coda…stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 950: Les Big Byrd
Glassmaps is the solo project of Joel Stein, lead guitarist in the much-loved Howling Bells. After four successful albums with the band, the UK-based Australian has embarked on a new endeavour with the result, an album titled Strangely Addicted, due out later this year. The record delivers melodic, punchy, pretty, infectious tunes coupled with fascinating psychedelic soundscapes. Autobiographical lyrics speak of universal themes of life, love and loss. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Glassmaps
The marvellous Meatraffle, a Chris T Popper discovery for MM, have shared details of their new single Brother, to be released on limited 7” vinyl and digitally on July 14th, via Moshi Moshi Singles Club. Currently in the process of recording their third album, after their cracking 2015 debut Hi-Fi Classics (they have opted out of recording a second record to avoid the dreaded ‘difficult second album’ … Continue reading Meatraffle – Brother
TERRY – Take Me To The City Screaming Females – I’ll Make You Sorry Darlia – Beam Me Up Daddy Issues – High Street Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires Yowler – Go The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Anymore Whitehorse – Nighthawks Mikah Wilson – Sweet Jules Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Danish five-piece post-punks Lød’s music garners descriptions like a squirrel gathers nuts: krautrock, trance punk, propulsive motorik, industrial no-wave, and many more. Taken from their upcoming debut EP (pre-order here), one listen to the brilliantly hypnotic eight minute groove of Folder shows exactly why. Listen! Continue reading MM Shorts 946: Lød
The Mad Mackerel 