The Reds, Pinks and Purples New Album Out Today
Today marks the release of the next installment in the ever-active world of The Reds, Pinks and Purples. Attentive fans – of which i know there are many – will be quick to note that rarely a week or two passes without a new transmission from the desk of Glenn Donaldson, but if we’re to be official about these things, The Town That Cursed Your Name…
Compact Trauma by Ulrika Spacek Out Today, Band Tour in May/June
Today marks the release of Compact Trauma, Ulrika Spacek’s first album in five years and a collection of songs that function as a chance treatise of sorts for our current collective condition. I’d argue it’s also their best record to date, coiled and anxious, but also ecstatic, a band pushing at the edge of their abilities, almost falling apart…
Cindy Announce New Album, UK Tour and Reissue of Debut
Cindy have announced details of their latest album, Why Not Now?, to be relased Friday 14th April 2023. The brainchild of Karina Gill and comprised of several key players from the Bay Area scene, the San Francisco-based band have also shared a video for ‘A Trumpet On The Hillside’, shot by Gill herself. Watch the video here/below Talking about the track, Karina…
Index For Working Musik Debut Album Released Today
London-based collective Index For Working Musik, debut album, Dragging the Needlework for the Kids at Uphole, is out today. The album is released on CD, digital and LP formats – there are two vinyl editions, one a white pressing, the other limited edition blue (250 copies), 50 of which come with a signed risograph print (only available through Bandcamp and a…
The Reds, Pinks and Purples Announce New Album
San Francisco’s underground institution The Reds, Pinks and Purples have today both announced details of a new album, The Town That Cursed Your Name and shared the video for ‘Life In The Void’, the first track to be taken from the album. Released on 24th March, the album is their fifth in as many years, testament to the prolific nature of Glenn Donaldson, the Bay…
AUTOBAHN Return With New Album, Ecstasy of Ruin
Reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated – the North has risen again. Close to five years since their last record, Leeds denizens AUTOBAHN re-enter the fray with the release of their third record, Ecstasy of Ruin, on 28th April via Tough Love. Half a decade is both a long time and no time at all: forever changes while some things remain eternal……
Ulrika Spacek Announce New Album, Compact Trauma
Ulrika Spacek today announce their long anticipated third album Compact Trauma, to be released on 10th March. Close to five years on from their last transmission, the album sees them return from self-imposed exile with a collection of songs that function as a chance treatise of sorts for our current collective condition. Opening track and first song written for…
Index For Working Musik Release New Single, ‘Chains’
Index For Working Musik have today shared the video for ‘Chains’, the latest track to be taken from Dragging The Needlework For The Kids At Uphole, their debut album released on Friday 17th February. Talking about the track, which is accompanied by a video directed by the band’s Nathalia Bruno, singer Max Oscarnold noted: ‘Chains’ is basically a surf song, in…
Peel Dream Magazine Release New EP & Tour UK/EU
Joe Stevens’ Peel Dream Magazine open 2023 with Magic Is Pocketed, a collection of four songs made during the sessions for the band’s most recent album, Pad. Originally appearing as a bonus 7″ alongside a limited pressing of the LP, this is the first time they’ve been made available digitally. As discrete pieces and a whole, Magic Is…
Mountain Lake Park by The Reds, Pinks and Purples Now Available Online
The Reds, Pinks & Purples’ 2022 Album of the Year contender, Summer At Land’s End, handily solidified the status of Glenn Donaldson’s project as one of the most skilled exemplars of lush, textural, mysterious, atmospheric pop in YEARS. Channeling the spare beauty of peak Felt and mid-80s Factory/Creation label swoon through the fog-shrouded…