Thanks once again to everyone for joining us for Beat the Delete #0219, bringing you all the very best in submissions that we have received in the last couple of weeks.
As always, we hope you find a new favorite or become re-acquainted with an old one.
This Big Hang single from the Between The Teeth debut EP (out on Abandon Everything Records) of Philadelphia’s Wax Jaw takes the angular riffs of The Fire Engines and augments them with a The Slits style sense of 80s post-punk obtuse and the modernity of the precocious The Wife Guys of Reddit aesthetic.
This The Main Thing single out of Carpark Records (featuring Dehd’s Jason Balla on backing vocals) is Toronto’s based duo Ducks Ltd’s first new material proper since January 2022 and re-acquaints us with their gloriously incessant brand of indie rock and jangle-pop.
Home has a warm ennui driven perfectly with warbly guitar energy that exemplifies Max’s bittersweet revelation of missing your home when the world shifts beneath your feet, while always finding a haven with the partner you love…read the full review at Buffablog here.
The single is from the Forever Now album that will be released by Psychic Shakes on Good Eye Records on 17.11.23.
Oslo-based Orions Belte has always had the perfect knack of being able to infuse the sophisticated, retro-assuaged psyche-pop with the sort of chiming, jangled riffs that drive this Balloonfest 86 single from their Women album (released via Jansen Records on October 6, 2023).
https://orionsbelte.bandcamp.com/track/balloonfest-86
Withering is the first single from a Flog album that will be released by The Death of Pop on January 2024 and is typical of a signature sound that crushes melodic pop intent through the burnished melancholic acceptance of small town UK.
This They Bring The War single is the first new music in nearly 2.5 years from the Hanemoon project of Hans Forster (Seaside Stars and Man Behind Tree) and is another superb example of his ability to juxtapose perfectly controlled vocals with slightly psyche-inflected jangle-pop.
Fans of the Oliver Flanagan output will enjoy this debut Stop Look and Listen single from his new Sorry Monks recording project, with its 60s pop melodies juxtaposed with jangly indie-pop modernity and the beautiful backing vocals / harmonies of Pippa Mayell.
Taking us back to the heady Madchester days of early the Primal Scream, this It Goes On single from the Waash solo recording project of Andrew Bishop (Alex Little & the Suspicious Minds, Twin River, White Ash Falls) reveals this artist at his most sonically lush yet.
Like an old friend visiting for coffee with nothing else more perfect to do than catch up and have a laugh, this Superstar single from Dave Cherub’s Climate Songs (for Lovers) is the perfect accompaniment for those that find relaxation in melodic slacker rock.
Robert Church & The Holy Community’s music has always been filled with the fuzzy DIY lo-fi sound and catchy vocal melodies. In 2006 the swedish duo Mlam Dos Castagnettes & Jam Nalnsjö started writing indie pop lo-fi gems with perfect pop melodies, great harmony and gentle vocals. This Rabbits and Dragons single continues their wonderful legacy of perfect obtuse…adapted from the promo submission.
At Ease by Livingmore is the calm after the storm, and in a spiritual sense, it’s the feeling that the universe has watched your journey and is sighing with you in relief that you’re in a better place. Life is very up and down, so you may hear some angst of grieving for what you’ve lost, but also gaining happiness in the present moment. With that said, the world right now is definitely not at ease, but we believe music can heal, and we both hope this song coming out now can feel meditative and comforting.” …from the promo submission.
Swirling post-punk, surf rock, and isolated Young Marble Giants style minimalism around like a perfect aural storm, this I Already Know track from The After Hours Late Night Social album feels as isolated as it is beautiful.
Too indie rock to be The Beths, too controlled and muscular to be Diet Cig, this Chewing Gum single by Bergen, Norway’s Bo Milli, claims the musical hinterland between the two aesthetics to revel in that increasingly un-mistakeable and unmissable Bo Milli sound.
With a Lloyd Cole sense of smooth vocal languid, married to Teenage Fanclub tempo’s and Yo La Tengo’s flat fuzz-laden riffs, this Imperfect Skin single sees Welsh act Warm Coat continue to justify all the gushing praise that their recent set of singles has garnered.
This non-album b-side of the Hey Rice Ninja/Where Do You Stand? single (out on Teeny Tiny Tapes) shows theCatherines (the solo recording project of Hamburg’s Heiko Schneider) at his jangly indie-pop best, mixing chime and jangled riffs with a similar sort of panache as the Golden Teardrops/The Umbrella Puzzles aesthetic.
Clare, South Australia artiste Caleb Carr (English Summer) has been very busy of late with his two new projects, releasing the third, A Certain Kind of Sadness single from a full band The Boltons project that is steeped in 80s jangly, anglo-indiepop-aphilia, and a Mist track from an Isles of Sorrow EP from his subtle dream-pop act, Foulness Island. See the tracks below.
The social media tagline of this Canadian act proudly reveals, “Suffer Fools is a conceptual project centered on Debbie Debased: former child star, current train wreck, future pop messiah.
Add swirling gaze, dream-pop, and fuzz-pop melodies to this sense of enigmatic cinema, and this Almost Beautiful could well be typical of your favorite obtuse act yet.
This She Knows initial single from The Jasmine Minks forthcoming We Make Our Own History album (out on Spinout Nuggets on 24 November 2023) cannot be explained more aptly than by this excerpt from the Bandcamp release bio:
Sure, they’re older and maybe a bit wiser. But anyone familiar with the Minks’ catalogue will immediately recognise the classic songwriting, the timeless guitar pop, the punk-mod attack – always shot through with a rich emotional intensity.
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