Thanks for joining us for Beat Delete #0207. The last couple of weeks have been a superb time for great jangly releases, so enjoy these 24 tracks first and stay tuned for a very imminent BTD #00208 that brings you all manner of other great tunes.

As always we hope you find a new favourite or become re-acquainted with an old one!

Rare Monk

Track: Missing Forever From: Coronation (EP) Label: B3SCI Records Out: EP Release date TBA

Rare Monk is a Portland, OR based indie rock band. They are releasing an EP later this year titled “Coronation”. The second single, “Missing Forever”, is about feeling overworked and burned out. Tethered to work and bills in a society that increasingly idolizes “grinding”. What if we just quit everything and disappeared into the wilderness instead….from promo submission

Lost Ships

Track: Brittle Heart From: Atoms Collide Forever (album) Label: Subjangle Out: Album out 30 June 2023

Subjangle finest and fiest band, Lost Ships, are back with their glorious mix of 90s Britpop muscularity infused and enthused by the most precious of jangled riffs and a lyrical dexterity that makes relevant stories out life’s minutiae.

Richard Tripps

Track: Bless The Dead From: Richard Tripps (album) Label: Perpetual Doom / Plume Records Out: Album Out 23 June 2023

Perpetual Doom and Plume Records is proud to present the debut full-length album from Richard Tripps. Following 2022’s Right Back EP, Tripps’ full-length expands his brand of breezily melancholic indie rock into a stirring record full of mystical folk textures and thrilling songwriting—the musical equivalent of a late-night drive up the coast. For fans of Cate Le Bon, White Fence, and Cut Worms…from the Bandcamp bio

Half of A Rainbow

Track: Unintentional Love- Addict From: Unintentional Love Addict (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Half of a Rainbow‘s new single ‘unintentional love-addict’ builds upon the practice of ‘less is more’ and delivers a simplistic guitar riff intertwined with the story of someone who has found themselves within a world of meaningless romantic encounters – unintentionally becoming a ‘love-addict.’

Despite an emotionless sung performance, the Oasis-induced song develops into a to-the-point punk odyssey with a pinch of The Fall and showcases half of a rainbow’s stylistic diversity once again…from the promo submission

The Sheeps

Track: Proof of Concept From: Proof of Concept (single) Label: Canceled Records Out: Now

If there was a track that completely encompassed everything about this week, somehow it’s this new tune from The Sheeps. There’s a steadiness to it, an almost routine and circular chug; it feels, to a degree like finding you’re footing in this weird old world.

Even so, you get the feeling like you’re on some magnificent car ride to nowhere, but not bothered by that one bit. You’re just riding in the backseat, music blasting, sun shining on everyone in the care as you all grin from ear to ear…Read full review at Austin Town Hall here

Purely Pale

Track: Sembawang From: Sembawang (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Five-piece indie band hailing from a tropical, high humidity metropolitan city called Singapore. Purely Pale has been a band for two years but never really gotten to the point where it is producing its own songs. Mainly doing covers and their own renditions of covers.

But recently, Purely Pale has release its first single “Sembawang” and they are ready to show to the world that this small little red dot of an island has so many talented artists that are yet to be discovered by the world…from Promo submission

Splendora 21

Track: Entirely From: Entirely (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

We wrote this song almost “entirely” (hehe) over 2 days after a road trip to California. The song is about acquiring a deep friendship with someone and the fear of losing something so special. Our friend Danny from the band Husbands worked on it with us and mastered it…from the promo submission

The Burkharts

Track: Daisy, We’ve Got A Good Thing From: Daisy, We’ve Got A Good Thing (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Indie surf pop with thumping drums, big harmonies, and shimmering guitars. Californian summer vibes…from promo submission

The Bonnie Nettles

Track: Sanguine Pool From: Sanguine Pool (album) Label: Self released Out: Now

The dreamy melody and mesmerizing vocal performances give us a taste of what to expect on the band’s new album. Building on their signature sound of psychedelic rock, The Bonnie Nettles are preparing to take their music to new levels with their upcoming release, promising to captivate audiences with their unique blend of nostalgia and innovation…read full review at Sliding Backwards here.

Noah Roth

Track: C U Tomorrow From: Don’t Forget To Remember (album) Label: Devil Town Tapes Out: Now

For the album’s sound Roth was going for somewhere between the Flaming Lips, the Magnetic Fields, and Neutral Milk Hotel; songwriting that’s poignant and weird, sweet and gritty, in equal measure. “I feel like I second-guess myself a lot with music in general; and with this album, there was a very conscious effort on my part to not do that, and to just trust my instincts,” they say. “Even if it’s weird or not how a song should sound, just embracing that and letting it be what it is.”…from the  press release by Mia Hughes

Pablo For Hire

Track: Organizer From: Organizer (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

An uplifting dream pop song that sounds like it could’ve come out of a 90s movie soundtrack. Shimmering jangly guitars and anthemic vocals to make you feel blissful and nostalgic…from the promo submission

How Strange It Is

Track: Head Holder From: In The Light of the Blistering Moon (album) Label: Bud Tapes / Candlepin Records Out: Album out 14 July 2023

Head Holder is the first single from the upcoming full length album, In the Light of the Blistering Moon, from Portland, Oregon’s How Strange It Is. The album is set to be released July 14th as a co-release between Bud Tapes and Candlepin Records. This particular song blends full guitar centric arrangement harking to PNW favorites Built to Spill with saturated textural elements remeniscent of bands like Sparklehorse….from promo submission

Windser

Track: Memory From: Where The Redwoods Meet The Sea (EP) Label: Bright Antenna Records Out: Now

A new track from Windser, “Memory” soars with an especially memorable chorus, following breezy verses that charm easily. The solo moniker of California-based singer/songwriter Jordan Topf, Windser successfully unveils a more anthemic rock-pop approach with “Memory,” following the more folk-centric sound of earlier tracks like “July” and “Real Life.” …see full review at Obscure Sound here

Sloome

Track: Wonderful Nice From: Wonderful Nice (EP) Label: `Cherub Dream Records Out: EP out 30 June 2023

Wonderful Nice demonstrates the band’s distinctive combination of understated charm and uniqueness through beautiful melodies and skillful performances, leading to an amiable and promising result…read full review at Darken In Heat here.

Esta Coda

Track: Happenstance From: Happenstance (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Northeast Pennsylvania alt-rock outfit Esta Coda has unveiled the music video for their brand new single, “Happenstance,” lifted from their forthcoming album that they’re currently recording. “Happenstance” continues the band’s melodic sensibilities but is a sonic turn from previous releases, combining upbeat rhythms and a juxtaposition of chimney and fuzzed guitars…see full review at Rock N Load here

Futureheaven

Track: Asuka From: Colourwaves (EP) Label: Self released Out: Now

Those that love their shoegaze fragile enough to let the Slowdive / Lush style melodies simmer to the surface may well have found new darlings in this Sydney based foursome.

jayidunnowho

Track: Back 2 Back From: Back 2 Back (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

This song is a post punk indie rock tune, with clips of a boys holiday from a couple years ago as the video.

Unfortunately a lot of the boys in this video and I aren’t friends anymore.

I’m using the imagery of a couple in bed laying back to back as they sit in a quiet tension, and relating that to the rocky relationship with the old friends in this video. Hopefully it can open up a little dialog for those old mates and myself. Ya never know…from the promo submission.

Bollard

Track: Between The Hemispheres From: Between The Hemispheres (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Within this captivating composition, echoes of 80s post punk and “gloomy” rock intermingle with the vibrant hues of modern indie rock, while a captivating bassline serves as its formidable backbone. The ideally balanced vocals find perfect equilibrium, blending seamlessly with the compelling chorus that permeates our consciousness, while bleeding guitars pave an evocative path into the depths of our very souls….Read the full review from Last Day Deaf here 

Swiss Portrait

Track: All I Want From: All I Want (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

This Is the second single of Swiss Portraits 2023 Ep The Crippling pain of Happiness. The song lyrically deals with trauma and stress, masked by the upbeat music…from the promo submission.

Gimmy

Track: Sweat (An Australian Summer) From: Sweat (An Australian Summer)

(single) Label: Third Eye Stimuli Out: Now

…the sunny psychedelia of her new seasonal anthem is so winsome.  She doesn’t say much – she bellows the word “sweat” a lot, presumably suffering from heat exhaustion – over the uptempo groove, which allows a whole mess of instruments to carry the song cheerily forth, including drums, bass and bongos…read full review at Tone Deaf, here

Lazy Old Son

Track: Faces Of You From: Downtime (album) Label: Self released Out: Now

About a young woman who lives at home and finds independence where she can. Note the harmonica solo, which sounds rather desperate…Lazy Old Son record in Chicago, and some of them even live there (others live in Cincinnati and D.C.). Downtime, released in 2023, is their third album. Soundcloud bio and Promo submission.

James Kohler

Track: Digging Up The Corner From: Digging Up The Corner (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

‘Digging Up The Corner’ the B-side or companion piece to ‘Rhea’ is now availiable for free on all major streaming services!

This is my own personal ode to K Road, a street which played a big role in my life – as it has for many others!

It’s about celebrating the past and witnessing the relentless onslaught of gentrifcation in an area you grew up around…from the promo submission

Ural Mountains

Track: Haunting East From: Haunting East (single) Label: Self released Out: Now

Nostalgic, anxious, alienating moods pulled from the urgent drive of brisk drum beats, humming, meandering bass lines, and obsessive, shimmery angsty guitar outflows, shiver and vibrate headily around feather-light wistful vocal dread layered with sad murmurs, epitomizing the disconnected, out-of-body experience, felt during a worldwide crisis…read full review at White Light White Heat here

Gold Gold

Track: Borderline From: Gold Gold (album) Label: Self released Out: Now

The band writes:

“11 years ago in March, we ate rolls and recorded this album. Lars Skoglund, Petter Winnberg and Markus Krunegård. Then we re really don’t know. We lost speed and since then we have been nagging that it should see the world. What would then, according to the economy, be hip according to us, has perhaps become so and ended up off and become hip again.

We do not know! But unlike True Detective’s description of time as a flat circle, we want to claim that time is a ball of yarn and certain things are suddenly close to each other again. We also missed the 10th anniversary, but now the darn record is going out. GOLD GOLD is the name of the band and the album is not called anything. Enjoy!”…from the promo submission.