Taken from their fourth studio album Joy In Short Moments, out 23 October via Happy Artist Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group, The Snuts have returned with their new single Defibrillator. Inspired by the concept of a living wake, making the most of the time you have and celebrating your journey, the track is a call to action about choosing to show up to those around you. Speaking on the new single, Jack Cochrane says: “I wanted to write a track that detailed a conscious decision to live and love more. To take life less seriously and dilute ego as often as possible. ‘Defibrillator’ is a song that celebrates the collective and trivialises the sludgy worries of being alive.” Take a listen below.
JOY IN SHORT MOMENTS - TRACKLIST
1. In Motion
2. Youth Ain't Easy
3. Defibrillator
4. Joy In Short Moments
5. PTS
6. Get Up, Get Out
7. Country Music
8. Summer Rain
9. Motherlands
10. Warsaw
11. Little Marathon Man
Blackburn-born artist Charlotte OC has returned this week with her shimmering new single Start of Summer. Written amid a period of transition and grief, the track sees its emotional weight swell through expansive pop production and a commanding vocal delivery. "This song is about the ever-present longing I have for my father," Charlotte explains. "He absolutely loved being in the sun and being as tanned as humanly possible. Whenever I picture him, he's in the garden, covered in factor 15, with a glass of whiskey by his feet and a border collie by his side. I wanted the song to carry a sense of optimism, because that's how he always was when summer was around the corner, knowing that tan would soon be his again. It felt important to hold onto that lightness alongside everything else. It's about not knowing what to do with all the love you still have for someone. Not knowing how to handle grief, and finding yourself replaying conversations that will forever feel unfinished." Take a listen below.
Today sees London pop wunderkind Kamran Khan return with his dazzling new single Daddy, Just Like You, taken from his debut album ‘I Came From Nowhere & Nowhere Is Where I Am Going’, set for release September 25th via AWAL. Having already played a vital cog in the indie scene for many years working with The Japanese House, Let’s Eat Grandma, Flyte and more recently Murkage Dave, Khan’s solo work sees him looking inward, exploring a more introspective sound that is expertly crafted and fully realised here. “I realised that I was approaching this music from a place of profound conviction,” he says. “With this album, I felt I could draw a line — and put my own name to it for the first time.” Take a listen below.
I Came From Nowhere & Nowhere Is Where I Am Going LP - Tracklisting
1 - Goodnight
2 - Daddy, Just Like You
3 - Diamond Ring
4 - Adventures In Monotomy
5 - 2 Late
6 - Personally
7 - Anything
8 - Parody
9 - Texas In The Rain
10 - Believe Me
Following a hugely successful UK tour earlier this year supporting Westside Cowboy, Manchester's Holly Head make their very welcomed return with new single I've Had Want. Melting distorted guitar textures with anthemic melodic energy, the track serves as a powerful introduction to the music still on the horizon. Singer and lyricist, Joe says: “It can take a heavy toll on your mental health to process all the negative emotions we feel about the inequality and suffering we see around the world. Our anger shouldn’t be repressed though, and we still feel we must continue to tackle the same issues we’ve talked about in the past. The music is different on this track, but it’s still about wealth inequality, racial hate and animal rights to name a few but, this time, it’s through a wider range of emotions than solely anger.” Take a listen below.
Live dates Fri 26 June: Rossendale, Gather Festival Fri 3 July: Manchester, The Abbey Sat 25 July: London, Bad Vibrations Sun 30 August: Chester, Alexanders Fri 4 September: London, The Lexington Thu 24 September: London, Shacklewell Arms Wed 7 October: Salford, Beyond The Music Fri 22 – Sun 24 October: Rotterdam, Left of The Dial Sat 31 October: Bristol, The Louisiana
London trio Ebbb are back with their brand-new single, Side On. Taken from their debut album Shallow Hits, due out July 10th via esteemed independent label Ninja Tune, the track sees the eclectic outfit once more blend kaleidoscopic rhythms with dazzling electronics. The band explain, “our idea was to contrast the standing piano chords and direct vocal melody with really propulsive, busy drums. It’s a song about living life ‘side on’ and so never really filling your potential.” Take a listen below.
Taken from her fourth studio album, The Gem, out 25 September which also marks the Australian musician’s debut release on 4AD, Julia Jacklin has unveiled the brilliant new single, Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon). “I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free. The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” says Jacklin. It’s also the theme that underpins The Gem. Take a listen to the new single below.
2027 13 February – BIRMINGHAM, UK, Town Hall 14 February – MANCHESTER, UK, Albert Hall 15 February – DUBLIN, IRELAND, National Stadium 17 February – GLASGOW, UK, Barrowland Ballroom 18 February – BRISTOL, UK, Beacon 19 February – LONDON, UK, Eventim Apollo 21 February – BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Botanique 22 February – BERLIN, GERMANY, Festsaal Kreuzberg 23 February – HAMBURG, GERMANY, Kent Club 24 February – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, DR Koncerthuset 26 February – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Paradiso 27 February – PARIS, FRANCE, Cabaret Sauvage 1 March – BARCELONA, SPAIN, La [2] de Apolo 2 March – MADRID, SPAIN, Sala Mon Live 3 March – LISBON, PORTUGAL, LAV
Where some gigs are remembered for the music, others for the atmosphere, Tooth’s headline show at Clwb Ifor Bach comfortably managed both.
Following the release of their debut EP 'Restless In Bloom', the London outfit made a welcome return to Cardiff’s musical epicentre on Womanby Street. Having previously played to a handful of people across the road at Fuel Rock Bar, the band’s recent rise was evident in the turnout, with Clwb’s downstairs packed from front to back.
Within moments of their entrance, the room felt on the edge of boiling over. With no air conditioning, and the fans once found above absent, Clwb quickly became a sweatbox. Every jump, shove and singalong seemed to push the temperature higher, yet the crowd showed no sign of slowing down, feeding off the band’s energy as Tooth dived straight into it.
What began as a lively room soon became a sea of bodies moving in unison, hands aloft and voices raised. For a band with just an EP to their name, the level of audience investment felt striking, with lyrics already being shouted back at full volume - an impressive feat given their debut single had only been released a matter of months earlier.
While Tooth’s reputation is built on explosive live energy, the set also showcased their range. The Age of Innocence landed particularly well, its anthemic qualities drawing the room inward, while Wallflower offered a brief shift in pace, a reminder that the band are just as effective when they ease off the accelerator.
There was also a glimpse of what comes next. Nestled among familiar material was the live debut of an unreleased track, giving Cardiff an early taste of forthcoming work. Though still fresh, it slotted naturally into the set and suggested that Tooth are already thinking beyond the material that has brought them this far.
Across the set, their knack for writing huge, cathartic hooks translated effortlessly to the live setting, with the crowd carrying as much of the energy as the band themselves as they chanted for Medicine between songs - only for frontman Tom to respond with a grin and an “all in good time” quip. When the track finally arrived, the reaction was one of the loudest of the night.
Despite a technical fault that briefly threatened to halt proceedings when both guitars and the microphone cut out, the percussion rolled on uninterrupted as it filled the space. It was a small moment, but one that underlined just how much momentum the band had built. Rather than breaking the atmosphere it only intensified it, with the crowd locked in until the sound returned for a climactic finish.
As the crowd called for one more song, Tooth obliged, returning to the stage for a cover of Generation X’s Dancing With Myself. Frontman Tom Pollock even joined the chaos, crowd-surfing and clinging to the venue’s rafters as the room erupted one final time.
What makes Tooth such an exciting prospect isn’t just the strength of the material they’ve released so far, but how much they are already getting from it. On paper, a set built around a single EP shouldn’t be enough to command a room this completely. Yet inside Clwb Ifor Bach, it felt like the beginning of something much bigger.
As the catalogue grows, so too will the shows. And if this performance is anything to go by, Tooth are only just getting started.
Following Fletchr Fletchr’s introductory EP, We All Feel the Same last Autumn, the band have today returned with their brilliant new single Fucking With My Head. Anchored by dark, brooding basslines and thunderous percussion, the track quickly ignites as charging choruses and affecting lyrics take hold. Speaking about the release, vocalist Rohan Fletcher says: “‘Fucking With My Head’ is turning anxiety into a person. Giving that feeling a presence so it’s easier to understand.” Take a listen/watch for yourselves below with the Maisy Banks directed clip.Fletchr Fletchr Live: Friday 12th June - Dartmouth Arms, London (stripped back performance) Saturday 13th June - Roundhouse, London (supp. Dogstar) Friday 19th June - Isle of Wight Festival Sunday 21st June - Metronome Festival, Prague Friday 31st July - Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire Saturday 1st August - Kendal Calling, Lowther Deer Park Friday 21st August - 110 Above Festival, Gopsall Saturday 22nd August - Rock ‘n Roll Circus, Norwich Friday 28th August - Tunes in the Park, Cornwall
Headline tour Tuesday 22nd September - Exeter Cavern, Exeter Thursday 24th September - Chats Palace, London Saturday 26th September - The Gathering Sounds, Stockton Sunday 27th September - McChuills, Glasgow Monday 28th September - Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham Wednesday 30th September - Lions Den, Manchester Thursday 1st October - The Waterfront Studio, Norwich Sunday 4th October - The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
With the announcement of their recently detailed sixth studio album Big World, due out 14th August via Arts & Crafts, Hovvdy have unveiled the record's latest single Blast. The track follows on from last month's Try Try Trysingle and showcases the pair's breezy pop nuances through expansive soundscapes, paired brilliantly with their understated emotional depth.The track arrives with a video directed by Michael Rees streaming below.
Live dates 12 June - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion* 13 June - Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann* 16 June - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway* 17 June - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway* 17 August - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ De Vereeniging^ 18 August - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso^ 20 August - London, United Kingdom @ Eventim Apollo^ 21 August - Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man Festival 22 August - Glasgow, Scotland @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall^ 25 August - Antwerp, Deurne @ OLT Rivierenhof^ 26 August - Antwerp, Deurne @ OLT Rivierenhof^ 09 October - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck + 10 October - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge + 11 October - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall + 12 October - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall + 14 October - Seattle, WA @ Neumos + 15 October - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre + 16 October - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater 18 October - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's + 19 October - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel + 20 October - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium + 22 October - San Diego, CA @ Quartyard + 23 October - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar + 25 October - Ft Worth, TX @ Tulips FTW + 26 October - Austin, TX @ Mohawk + 04 November - New York, NY @ Webster Hall ~ 05 November - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom ~ 07 November - Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse ~ 09 November - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern ~ 11 November - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ~ 12 November - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line ~ 13 November - Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium ~ 14 November - Detroit, MI @ El Club ~ 16 November - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's ~ 18 November - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend ~ 19 November - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Hell ~ 20 November - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room ~ 21 November - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room ~
* w/ Bleachers ^ w/ Wilco + w/ Emma Ogier ~ w/ Christian Lee Hutson
Following on from last month's single, Chicken, jo from school returns with the brilliant, Julia Roberts. Taken from the forthcoming debut EP, Grace, Flair & Distance, released 7th August via Chess Club Records, the track's once again awash with towering pop flourishes, soaring choruses and anthemic bursts of energy. Speaking about the single she shares: “I wrote this song after a brief interaction with a man on the tube. It brought me an out-of-body thought of not recognising who you are and how to immerse yourself in living. I tried this song out for the first time with the band in rehearsal for Left of the Dial last year and it stopped us all in our tracks. I don’t usually make this much noise, so it felt new and weird, but also very natural.” Take a listen/watch below with the track's video, shot on the hottest day of the year in London at Alexandra Palace’s ice rink, directed by Jo alongside Rosa Levenson.
Live Dates Friday 12th June - Supersonic, Paris (*) Saturday 13th June - Trix, Antwerp (*) Tuesday 16th June - Rich Mix, London (*) Thursday 18th June - Yes Pink Room, Manchester (*) Saturday 20th June - Workman’s Club, Dublin (*) Tuesday 30th June - Fly the Nest @ The Greyhound, Peckham, London
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