TOPS release follow-up LP to 2014’s Picture You Staring on June 9th entitled Sugar at the Gate. Sampled below from the LP is gaze-y latest stream “Dayglow Bimbo” that we’re digging.
TOPS release follow-up LP to 2014’s Picture You Staring on June 9th entitled Sugar at the Gate. Sampled below from the LP is gaze-y latest stream “Dayglow Bimbo” that we’re digging.
Philadelphia four-piece Palm will release new “Shadow Expert” EP via the venerable Carpark Records on June 16th. “Shadow Expert”‘s first stream is “Walkie Talkie”, a broadside of guitar stabs and time signature swerves that sounds nothing like any other buzz band out right now (all that without losing any listenable-ness or potential for accessibility, too). Look out.
UK artist Sam Fender steps into Foals-esque power and accessibility on ostensibly debut track online, the menancing mid-tempo-er “Play God”.
Surrey UK singer Annabel Allum impresses with punchy but subtly hooky latest “Eat Greens”. Propelled by a sturdy rhythm track (into that gnarling bass) and the resulting energy of a mutli-pronged guitar barrage, “Eat Greens” locates Annabel Allum decisively on the radar as a songwriter to keep ears on.
We featured/loved Welsh band Kidsmoke in January for their restrained but quite formidable knack at pop songwriting on track “Waves”. The Wrexham band return with another strong entry in “And Mine Alone”, a breezy melodic number that will very very quickly have you in toe-tapping new favorite song mode.
We’re into the fresh blend of big gaze-y aesthetics and more straight forward riff-driven melodics on “Paper Boy” from London via Glasgow band Dama Scout. Dama Scout play The Dome in Tufnell Park in North London on April 28th with Happyness.
“Shatter”, the latest from Brighton band GAPS, is set to a minimal (almost hymnal) aesthetic ruddered around hypnotic whirl of repeated synth stabs and arpeggios. We’re very into “Shatter’s” fresh, trend-agnostic sound.
Gloucestershire four piece Low Chimes (f/k/a Hot Feet) stream impressive debut, the meandering, transportive, groove-stuck “Sleepwalking”. The “Sleepwalking” single, which is sampled below from Low Chimes forthcoming debut LP Illuminate , is available now.
Hartlepool band PLAZA fire forward a touch heavier sound on gaze-y latest “Deep In My Head”. The track’s deep in the mix main vocal (into that crusher of a chorus) and delay-driven guitar sequences create a cool expansive quality within the context of the song’s heavy main core. Spin “Deep In My Head” below.
You know Local Natives are not messing around when they put out their first single, “I Saw You Close Your Eyes, of a new album and create an entire website for the track dedicated to making sure you experience the track exactly how they envision. Head over to CloseYourEyes.net, where you can listen to the track, but only if you grant the website permission to your camera. Once permission is shown, the track won’t play until your eyes and closed, and they have to stay shut, otherwise the track will stop playing. The strong baseline of “I Saw You Close Your Eyes” creates a rooted hook that stays with you even after the track is over. The subtle sounds of the intricate congo drums keeps you wanting more. This track is one of Local Natives’ finest, delivering all the harmonies you know and love with some added texture.
B3SCI is pleased to premiere, “Nothing to Hide”, the debut track online of L.A.’s Coastal Clouds. The track’s West Coast sound composed of sunny guitar arpeggios, a spare lo-fi rhythm track, and a sweet bit of great melodic writing belies (and sadly, also reality too for many in California) the song’s lyrical impetus. Coastal Clouds’ Roberto said about the track, “The song, “Nothing to Hide” is mostly about my first few years in California. When I moved from Florida, I started interning in studios and working in restaurants to make ends meet and I was living out of my car in Venice for a few months.” He continues, “The irony is that I was parking my car by some of the most expensive streets to live or shop on and I didn’t have more than a few dollars to my name. Everyone in Venice seemed to recognize me at that point since I was always skating around grabbing coffees and lunches for the studio owners and the lyrics “ You might of seen me on an empty street when my cup was dry “ and “ Look at all those pretty things that I just can’t buy” are memories of those first few years in California which many people experience when they first move out here”
We love “Nothing to Hide” and we’re stoked to stream the track’s premiere below.
