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July 22, 2022June 30, 2023

LibraLibra

About “Anti-authoritarian and resolutely individual, LibraLibra come bursting out of the traps at every opportunity, constructing these rattling, roaring blasts of sound.” - CLASH “A constant experimentation in their sound that is intertwined with pristine pop hooks, it is impossible to pin LibraLibra‘s sound down, but it’s not hard to pinpoint the reassuring and inclusive feeling that permeates their music.” - The Punk Site, Hail Mary Review A chaotic postmodern Frankenstein’s monster, LibraLibra sits simmering in the fractured space between art-pop and punk. From bursting house parties, to supporting Psychic TV at Heaven, to headlining the Brighton Dome, LibraLibra is......

June 13, 2022June 1, 2023

Touts

About Touts are a three-piece guitar band from Derry, Ireland. Formed in 2017, the band features Matt on Guitar and Vocals, Luke on Bass and Vocals and Jason on Drums. Branding themselves.” A singer that can’t sing, A mod that can’t play bass & a drummer that can’t see”. Having previously already released 3 EPs, Lit, Sickening and Deplorable, and Analysis Paralysis. The band's unique sound combines an old school song writing sensibility with youthful aggression and speed. This the band’s first shoulder charge into prominence gave them the experience of headline tours and support dates with respected peers, TOUTS......

June 8, 2022June 1, 2023

DC Gore

About Following the dissolution of south London trio Little Cub, DC Gore has remodelled and reimagined the band’s electronic synth-pop within his solo work to incorporate additional acoustic instrumentation which makes for a more textured and temperate sound. All These Things expertly layers fantastically dystopian imagery against twinkling tapestries of electronics and propulsive beats. It’s a shift akin to the Pet Shop Boys’ development between Introspective and Behaviour: from bright, dancefloor-focused pop to melancholic mini-symphonies. “All These Things is a bookend to a torrid period in my life,” Gore comments. “There are so many themes in there of failure and......

June 6, 2022June 1, 2023

Melin Melyn

About Melin Melyn are one of the most exciting acts to emerge from this next golden generation of Cymru artists. Pushing forward on a less traveled bridge between psychedelia, surf , folk and alternative rock. The love child of legends and fellow countrymen Gruff Rhys & Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (to name a few), their music is also distinctly unique and through their specific and multi-coloured lens. A highlight of last summer's festival season with stints at EOTR & Green Man, Melin Melyn were praised by The Financial Times, NME, The i, The Line Of Best Fit and more as one......

February 9, 2022June 1, 2023

Naked Lungs

About So you want to feel something? Naked Lungs are a four-piece DIY Noise outfit from Ireland, blending harsh, heavy instrumentation with melodic hooks to create a cathartic, emotional release in their tracks. They utilise distorted soundscapes and driving rhythms, all the while maintaining their unique approach to both songwriting structure and lyrics. Following a self-produced Live Video released in July, the band’s debut single Database, is released January 2022 recorded and mixed by Gilla Band’s Dan Fox. Accompanied by a music video, the track is a blistering assault across its less than three minute runtime, showcasing the ferocious intensity......

November 24, 2021June 1, 2023

Martina Topley Bird

About Forever I Wait is finally here: Martina’s 4th studio album features collaborations with Robert Del Naja, Euan Dickinson, Rich Morel, Christoffer Berg, Benjamin Boeldt and Tiadiad. Weasel is the most recent track to be released from the new album, produced by Martina, with additional production from Benjamin Boeldt. In June came the Pure Heart EP, co-produced by Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, taking the listener on an emotional journey from the insecurity and desire of Pure Heart through vengeance and the predatory taunts of Hunt to rest finally in the cleansing Rain. About MTB: After co-fronting the pioneering......

November 24, 2021June 1, 2023

Hallan

About Hallan are a Portsmouth-based four piece who write and rehearse in an 18th-century fortification built into the side of a hill and surrounded by a forest. It’s within these dramatic surroundings that frontman, Conor Clements channels the frustrations, insecurities and events of early adulthood into his lyrics. Which are littered with observational poetry and messages of reassurance that you’re not alone in this overwhelming world. With the band drawing influences from the people they cross every day – in the supermarket aisles, on your Facebook feed, next door neighbours. Hallan observe and commentate on British life via an Orwell-influenced......

September 25, 2021June 1, 2023

Pitchshifter

About Pitchshifter, agent provocateurs who prophetically foreshadowed the Brexit debacle with their 1999 release ‘Un-United Kingdom”. Spanning a career of over 30 years, the band released ten albums, toured 30 countries, were featured on the covers of Kerrang! and Metal Hammer magazines, recorded Peel Sessions, won Kerrang! awards, had their music featured on video games, on tv shows and in Hollywood films, played main stages at Reading, Ozzfest, Vans Warped Tour and the Big Day out Festivals, were featured in 2000AD Magazine with Judge Dredd and fucked a lot of shit up along the way! Video JTVCb3JpZ2luY29kZV92aWRlb2dhbGxlcnklMjBpZCUzRCUyMjYzJTIyJTVE On Tour 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...

September 25, 2021June 1, 2023

The Boo Radleys

About Having originally formed in 1988, The Boo Radleys developed a reputation for adventurous genre-indistinct songwriting, starting with 1990s Ichabod and I, which emerged on Lancashire’s Action Records and gained such a response amongst discerning music fans that Creation put a deal on the table. Their rapid follow up, Everything's Alright Forever was released to positive reviews in 1992, but it was the following year’s Giant Steps, acclaimed by NME as the album of the year, that secured The Boo Radley’s status as unpredictable sonic explorers with few peers. The Boo Radleys were famously swept into the slipstream of the......

September 25, 2021July 6, 2023

Red Snapper

About Red Snapper, fronted by the drums and upright bass rhythm section of Rich Thair and Ali Friend, have announced a UK tour on the back of their highly anticipated forthcoming album Everybody is Somebody, due for release on 29th October 2021 on Lo Recordings. The album will be Red Snapper's first since the widely praised Hyena in 2014. Red Snapper are best known for their unique sound and passionate live performances where they embrace dark funk, hip-hop, dub, psychedelic surf, afro-jazz and beautiful, fragile soundscapes. The live shows take in places across the UK and start in November and......