Tracks - page 15

I've been electropopified: it took me a couple of listens to get attuned to the ferocious Mad as Hell, the new single from Damn Vandals, and its equally raging b-side This Music Blows My Tiny...

I'm a bit of a sucker for a nu-disco beat, a vaguely balearic vibe or a lyric that in any way whatsoever references summer and good weather. Sunrise wins on all counts.

Change / Otherside is a double a-side and the first release from Keto, a four-piece Nottingham band fronted by Leah Sinead. Both tracks are atmospheric slow-burners that reveal new depths with each listen.

In Molière, guitars bubble, the beat shuffles, and it all builds into a chaotic clashing whirl that's a shock in contrast to the track's cool beginnings.

From the moment the title track kicks in to the last moments of gentle feedback of Bubble Tea, this three track EP from Lull is a heavy, crunching, distorted, woozy fifteen minutes of shoegazing and...

Dissolve, released last week by Absofacto, is a tale of the joy and sorrow, the pleasure and pain of love. It's the truth and the cliché, the knowledge that to win a heart you have...

A couple of weeks ago That's Nice released a horn-laden feast of summer sounds in the shape of Holiday, featuring Josh Moriarty of Aussie indietronicalists on vocals. Now Keljet has provided the remix that takes...

Distant Past is - as we've come to expect from Everything Everything - playful and strange, with a sound that refuses to settle.

Turn Away starts out ominous, beats and vocals falling over each other, becomes euphoric, then ends in bliss.

Bunker will make you want to be out on the floor, yet somehow drifting into relaxed reverie at the same time.

Bradford Beach is the sound of a hazy, psychedelia-tinged dream, with a wobbly piano break and jangling guitar that hands over to a surprisingly meaty solo.

No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross marks a welcome return for his understated folk. Who knows what the rest of Carrie & Lowell will bring, but judging by this first taste, it won't...

The Heart and the Hunter will be appearing on the debut EP from Pathos, and if the rest of the tracks have anything like this level of hook-heavy fun, melody and sunshine harmonies then it's...

'Enjoy the storming 2014 electrop single Veins, together with a remix from WTNSS, and make a mental note to watch out for future releases from yet another high quality Swedish export.'

If you like heavy, driving, but melodic rock that sounds like the result of a genetic splicing experiment using Interpol and iLikeTrains as inputs, carried out in a shoegazing laboratory (I know - who doesn't...

Doubt is a superb follow-up to Reykjavik. Mostly sailing a less frenetic course, it's nonetheless full of rise and fall, swells and calm, and should put Shallou on your "ones to watch in 2015" radar....

Nine Matches is a crisp, soulful debut that strides out confidently into a crowded field and demands your attention. And you will give it, whether it's the production that draws you in or the sheer...

London, Ontario's First Ghost self-identify rather modestly on their Facebook page as "Rock/Pop/Emo". Judging them on the basis of Shaking alone, I'd say they were more "indie-rock/college rock/good times and fun riffs".

Forebear's self-titled EP is an exciting melting pot of ideas. It's ambitious and bold, and comes together superbly, never once threatening to tip over into bombast or collapse under the weight of its constituent parts....

Out of Horizon is the first offering from Icelandic act Bang Gang's first album release in over 7 years. Full details of the album are still being kept under wraps, but expect a release sometime...