New single 'Kassandra' showcases a band unafraid to merge experimentation and traditional songwriting, a microcosm for their new album. Throwing you in at the deep end with an introductory electronic gurgle, 'Kassandra' has a guitar sound scrubbed clean for a Sunday, chiming its way through ever-spiralling salvos like The Chocolate Watchband with Zappa on vocals - all tinged with the band's signature lo-fi bite
Whitney K's new single 'Something Strange' at once welcomes you with a warm, fuzzy embrace. Its progression is familiar and intuitive, like a childhood memory uprooted by some recognised scent, as you pass by muffled vocal samples and faintly squeaking synthesizers also caught in its current
'The Key of Victory' is all slow motion and soft shadows — a modal, meditative piece anchored by Apollo Nove’s winding guitar and Erin Rae’s spectral harmonies. Written with David Ashby (Rum Shebeen), its vocal was recorded at Abbey Road. Stamped with a profound lightness and beauty, 'The Key of Victory' is indicative of the songwriting diversity at play on Love Chant.
On 28th November 2025, Fire Records will release Long March Through the Jazz Age, the last recorded work by Chris Bailey and The Saints, coinciding closely with what would have been Bailey’s 69th birthday. It’s a moving farewell - a testament to a restless, uncompromising artist who always moved forward, one of rock’s great lyricists and iconoclasts
Black Lips bring the intensity on their latest single 'So Far Gone', a timeless fuzzy garage rock anthem. Its dense layers of driving, grunge-soaked guitars propelling us through its three minute duration. Drifting between moments of shimmering percussion and knotty, charged guitar lines, Black Lips offer a single which is simultaneously detailed and faithful to their raw, distinct rock-and-roll influence
'Diary of a Candle' is a consoling, melodic suite – with tender woodwinds and richly-layered strings touched by the hazy atmospheres of 1970s/1980s films. Its understated heart-on sleeve romanticism follows the rhythm of nature: it bends in the breeze, drifts through the air, and settles on the ground. The ambiance is not an escapism, but the re-focusing of a lens through which humans are no longer the protagonists. Instead, a landscape's intimate details become the central figures
The prolific outsider combo, helmed by unswerving optimist Jad Fair deliver a heart-warming set of upbeat sonnets celebrating the power of love, affection and maturity
This special edition reissue of ‘Flags Of The Sacred Harp’ is released with unreleased material that was written around the album’s original release.
Across the track, Konner's understated vocals drift beneath a bed of country-infused guitars, supplementing their Americana warmth with questions and scenes hued by dream-like fondness. A subtle and steady track to compliment the kinetic energy of teaser single 'Rosy', 'Jolene' cements their next project as one to stay tuned for