Metric - Combat Baby

Not sure if glorifying a relationship based on angst, conflict and well, combat, is particularly healthy but this is an incredibly catchy and punchy track. Debut single from Metric's first studio album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Released 2003.

M!R!M - Liebe Machen

Post-punk layers of noise, sound and lonely whispered secrets... M!R!M aka Iacopo Bertelli takes us somewhere deeply personal. Released from his debut album 'Heaven', back in 2013.

Ruby Fields - Song About A Boy

Being too caught up with someone that's just not right for you, Song About a Boy exudes an inner honesty and vulnerability, masked by crashing, punchy, energised guitar work. Having seen it played live, it's a bit of a sing-along banger.

First single from the album Been Doin’ It For A Bit, released in 2021. 

The Modern Lovers - Hospital

A conversation with singer songwriter Jonathan Richman would have been an idiosyncratic trip...The Modern Lovers, doing art rock before it became a thing. Hospital, a 1972 demo that made it onto the band's first and only album. So much Velvet Underground in this one...

Alex G - Sarah

Not really a fan of Alex G but this track's an exception. Deceptively dark lyrics within an indie-pop falsetto cladding. 

 

PinkShinyUltraBlast - Blaster

With a name like PinkShinyUltraBlast it's gotta be good times ;) Shoegaze central with a hat tip to My Bloody Valentine. Indecipherable lyrics and a fuzzed out wall of sound. Released 2009 on the EP 'Happy Songs for Happy Zombies'.

 

Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope

Look Blue Go Purple take us on a literary road trip to the past - long suffering Penelope - waiting an eternity for Odysseus to return - she should hate you, your Penelope. 

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NewDad - I Don't Recognise You

Hazy and melodic sounds mask starker / sadder lyrics recounting the deep despair of watching someone you love lose their way...NewDad, an Irish band. Track released 2020. 

Slothrust - Crockpot

Raw and heavy vocals from Leah Wellbaum slice through periodically squalling guitars - it's a track that could be straight from the Kurt Cobain era. The lonely pain of a loss of connection is laid bare. Track released 2014. Slothrust from Boston USA.

Cherry Glazerr - Had Ten Dollaz

Vocalist Clementine Creevy spends her last ten dollars on cigarettes....a simple catalyst for a song....a growling garage rocker results...released 2014 as a single.

Bitumen - Paint and Draw

Modern day Bitumen take me back to 1991 - reminding me of Curve and their atmospheric and edgy-noise infused single 'Coast is Clear'. How good was Curve vocalist and lyricist Toni Halliday?? The answer...very good.