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British Sea Power, The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes – August 2019
BRITISH SEA POWER have shared some news on Twitter regarding their next album, The band said: “We think we have all the album songs in good shape now. We are still working on them in lockdown. We hope to get into the studio as soon as we can and then release a single late Summer/Early Autumn. X”
More details: Twitter
THOUSAND YARD STARE will be releasing their new album The Panglossian Momentum – the first studio LP since 1993’s Mappamundi – on May 29th.
It’s available on digipak CD and gatefold vinyl. The band have also rescheduled the album launch party to October 10th – it’s taking place at Pinups in Islington.
More details: official store
No real surprise to anyone but INDIETRACKS is the latest festival to announce it will not be taking place in 2020. The festival’s compilation albums from 2012 to 2019 are still available to purchase with profits going to the Midland Railway Trust – donations welcome too.
More details: Bandcamp
YOUNG KNIVES have announced a new album, Barbarians, due for release on 4 September – their first album since 2013’s Sick Octave. It’s available for pre-order now. They’ve also announced a show at Colours, Hoxton on 25 September.
More details: official store.
42 cover versions of Nirvana’s About A Girl? Simon from THE INDELICATES managed to put together a compilation of brand new recordings in under two weeks! You can hear the whole thing – which includes Hurtling’s Jen Macro and Salad’s Marijne van der Vlugt and Charley Stone amongst others – on the band’s website as one long radio show.
More details: The All About A Girl All The Time Radio Hour
SLEAFORD MODS have announced the release of All That Glue, a collection of B-sides and rarities spanning the last seven years of the band’s career. It’s out on 15 May.
More details: official store
Melbourne punks AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS have released a brand new EP recorded at The Croxton in Melbourne Australia. It’s available on 7” and digitally and contains three live tracks – Control, Gacked On Anger and Shake Ya.
More details: Rough Trade
DMA’s have announced that their rescheduled May dates will now be happening in October. All tickets remain valid and more available at their official website.
The new dates are: Wed 14th Oct – Southampton, O2 Guildhall; Thurs 15th – Norwich, University of East Anglia; Sat 17th – Hull, Bonus Arena; Sun 18th – Newcastle, Hit The North Festival; Fri 23rd – London, Alexandra Palace.
Their new album ‘The Glow’ will now drop on July 10th and features recent singles ’Silver’ and ‘Life Is A Game Of Changing’.
More details: official website
News from previous weeks:
THE DARLING BUDS have released a new remix of their 2017 EP track “21 Aches” by John Meredith. It’s available for free from their Bandcamp but the band ask if you can make a donation to your local foodbank if you like it. The band also announced during a Twitter listening party hosted by Welsh Music Podcast | Podlediad Miwsig Cymreig that they have written an album’s worth of new material and are ready to get back into the studio and start recording it when they can.
More details: Bandcamp
42’s RECORDS’ MANCMADE /// ACTS OF HOPE is a brand new album released 24th April, with 100% of proceeds going to the MancSpirit Charity in support of their Creative Change Homeless Project.
This 18 track compilation is a special project release by the Manchester label and contains contributions from legends Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake, Peter Hook (MANRAy), Gaz Whelan and Rowetta (Happy Mondays), Brix Smith, Mark Radcliffe and a host of up and coming Manchester based talent – native and adopted, including Liines who we’ve featured on Resurrection a few times in the last year.
More details: https://42srecords.tmstor.es/
HAFDIS HULD is meant to be touring Canada at the moment, but as we’re all in lockdown she’s releasing a song a day on her YouTube channel. I know a billion artists are doing this at the moment but we’ve got a soft spot for Hafdis – we’ve interviewed her a few times and she’s always tremendous fun!
More details: YouTube
Two tracks from SLEEPER At The BBC – What Do I Do Now and Package Holiday – are now available on streaming services.
The album will be released as part of Record Store Day 2020 on 20 June.
More details: Rough Trade
Female fronted alternative rock band SIBYL VANE have just released their third album Duchess, including singles I Want You, Go Baby Go and Thousand Words.
More details: Official website
MJ HIBBETT AND THE VALIDATORS are releasing their new EP ‘People Are All Right’ on Monday 27 April, and they’re putting it out on a brand new format – a badge!
“It’s easier to wear than a 7″ single, nicer to look at than a CD, and less likely to get tangled up than a cassette,” says MJ Hibbett. “It’s also much easier to post!”
The badge comes with a download code on the back, which gives fans four brand new songs. Lead track ‘People Are All Right (if they are given half a chance)’ is about the power of pub talk, while ‘An Office Ballad’ is about a way of working that currently feels like ancient history. The EP is finished off with two previously unreleased cover versions: ‘Deanshanger’, originally by Validators drummer Tim Pattison’s old band Prolapse, and ‘The Lighthouse Keepers’ Song’ by August Actually. At least two more badge-based EPs are planned for this year, each of which will feature exclusive cover versions.
More details: www.mjhibbett.co.uk/badges.
Cardiff duo DERW (“Der-oo”, oak) release their debut single Dau Gam (Two Steps) on 1st May 2020 on CEG Records. The duo are a mother and son combo and are influenced by chamber pop bands like The National and Elbow.
More details: official website
JOHN DREDGE AND THE PLINTHS have released a new video for their song All The Rage, an acoustic-driven waltz taken from the Plinthsmania EP which combines catchy guitar pop with a sense of the ridiculous.
More details: YouTube
Reading psych-indie outfit THE ADY BAKER SOUND have just released a new EP, Modern Day Ruined, with all tracks written, recorded, mixed and mastered during the lockdown period at home in a lounge, kitchen, on a boat and in a shed!
More details: Facebook
Swedish jangle-pop indie stalwarts EASY released their third album, Radical Innocence, on 1st May. This year marks 30 years since their highly acclaimed debut Magic Seed LP, which led to successful tours with Ride and The Charlatans, before they disbanded in 1994. Easy reformed in 2018 when they released their second album A Heartbeat From Eternity.
More details: official website
