“The train is rolling fast. The wave is pushing us. We’ll just do what we do and ride it. Having fun.” The Parlor Chase are from Los Angeles and recently completed a tour of the US Southern States. One of the first bands to contact Edge of Arcady in our very early days and citingContinue reading “The Parlor Chase Interview”
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DMA’S – I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You
DMA’s manage to pump out the purest shoegaze indie songwriting on each and every release and ‘I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You’ is no exception, their reserves still far from running dry even after 2020’s full length LP ‘The Glow’. 1 Way launches the EP with a waterfall of Matthew Mason’sContinue reading “DMA’S – I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You”
Phoebe Green – So Grown Up
So Grown Up is a tribute to lost innocence and disillusionment. Wavy, sky-scraping synthesisers, the audio equivalent of Green’s bright aesthetic, and a flagellating drum track engineer an aura of poignancy as Phoebe asks a childhood friend “What happened to the boys we fucked with at school? Now you’re in love with a man theContinue reading “Phoebe Green – So Grown Up”
Tom – Mood Swings // Kept It To Myself
Tom (Atkin, singer in Hull punks The Paddingtons, father of Lux and co-host of the 22 Grand Pod podcast)’s low key new single Mood Swings is as tenderly unbalanced as the title suggests. Opening with sparse, echoey vocals and a lonely bassline, the song builds up to become a brooding wall of sound, wonky guitarsContinue reading “Tom – Mood Swings // Kept It To Myself”
Foals – Wake Me Up
If a band were given the title of most vibrant alternative rock act in 2021, it would be Foals. Coming unimaginably far from the ‘math-rock’ label adopted by them on 2008 debut ‘Antidotes’, latest albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost’ Parts I & II saw the Oxford boys straddle a zig-zag line between dance-punkContinue reading “Foals – Wake Me Up”
The Turtle Park Interview
“It’s that realisation of a childhood dream that really drives my passion to be in this band and making music with these guys. Everyone told us once we reached adulthood we would have to quit. I feel that everyone decided that was fucking stupid and that’s not what we were gonna do.” Turtle Park areContinue reading “The Turtle Park Interview”
The Skinner Brothers – Put Me Down As A Maybe
Fresh off the road supporting Kasabian across the UK, The Skinner Brothers strike while the iron’s hot and launch another solid tune out into the musical stratosphere in the shape of ‘Put Me Down As A Maybe’. Taking in their tour pals’ fuzzy, electronic squelches with a top Stone Roses/Happy Mondays baggy rhythm gushing throughContinue reading “The Skinner Brothers – Put Me Down As A Maybe”
NewDad – Ladybird
On the surface of things, Ladybird is weightless. Its guitars are airy, sounding like they’re floating, chiming in and out of the ether, surrounded by white fluffy clouds. But then, when vocalist Julie Dawson sings, her calm, smooth, treacle sweet voice masks a bagload of anguish, unable to decide whether the grass is greener, insomniaContinue reading “NewDad – Ladybird”
Sterling Press – Plastic Bag // Daisy
For some reason I don’t think Sterling Press are singing about Tesco 20p carriers here. Plastic Bag is another essential communication from the London lads of ‘Lots of Noise’ fame. An all-in optimistic alt-indie tune about anticipation to the point of feeling sick, and longing to “feel the magic/ like a plastic bag/, feel theContinue reading “Sterling Press – Plastic Bag // Daisy”
Kasabian – ALYGATYR
Mired in controversy over last year’s shock exit of joint frontman Tom Meighan, Kasabian have kept their heads down since but comeback single Alygatyr is the sound of a band reenergised, hungry and able to take back their place at the top of the charts. Now solely fronted by Serge Pizzorno, Kasabian have upped theirContinue reading “Kasabian – ALYGATYR”
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