Welcome back to Beat The Delete #0225…The music world has really started to wake up from it’s post festive season malaise. These are our favourite submissions form the last 2-3 weeks.
“…First off, I really like the song’s (Kool Aid Blue) fascinating melody that sounds more complex and unpredictable than a typical pop or rock song, which I find causes me to want to listen more carefully and closely. Second, I love the contrasting gnarly and jangly guitars, which makes for a richer, more dramatic soundscape. And what exceptional guitar work it is, those gorgeous jangly guitar notes sparkling like precious gems, accompanied by grungier notes soaked in glorious reverb. Of course, I have to call out the brilliant rhythm section of resounding bass and aggressive percussion that together drive the song forward so beautifully…” – read full review about this wonderful The Sylvia Platters track at Eclectic Music Lover
Are We Hunting and this superb Jail Calls track harks back to the folk rock infused sounds of the mid 80s where every second band could opine small minutiae and stagnation with a jangly gusto that now sounds so vital again.
This Gleam single is from the 15th anniversary extended version of the self titled album from Letting Up Despite Great Faults that is now available on Vinyl LP as the first ever U.S. pressing.
Taverns and the fevered unfettered bliss of “Jungle Juice” feels like tropical punk on high, something to dance to while the boat is sinking …American Pancake on Twitter.
Crackling and splattering their way through the tight, fractious, post-punk-inflected sounds of Wire, Husker Du, Devo, and Lewsberg at their most spurious, Little Hand Feet and their What Would I Love On? single have mastered angular post-punk.
The five-strong Janglepop/Indiepop guitar band originally from Maidstone, Kent. Members are now spread across four counties – Kent, Wiltshire, Dorset and Suffolk. I Run (fittingly) bursting from the gate like a racehorse, this thoroughbred chimes at every possible corner with hooks aplenty and vocals which harmonise throughout in their typical trademark fashion…” – read the full review at Louder Than War
“…Sherbet Tone’s “Quitter’s Song” is a song plucked right out of the guitar-pop tradition of the likes of Alex Chilton’s Big Star. It’s bittersweet and humorous, but it is also wrapped in the kind of guitar-pop goodness that the kids of the 1960s once dreamed could become possible…” – Read full review at Alt 777.
This Never Thought track is typical of the aesthetic of a Warm Coat’s superb Terminus EP (out of Milestone Records) with its amalgamation of crunch, fuzz and tight, fractious jangly riffs.
Despite now having a handful of releases in her discography (dating back to 2015’s Sister Honey Demos – released on cassette by Related Records and again on LP via Gilgongo in 2016), Mia Loucks remains an enigmatic presence, a bedroom artist for the bedroom listener (you have not seen her on tour, nor as an opener in her home town). However, the playfulness and lighthearted feel to her approach is misleading – Mia is an authentic and dedicated artist whose work is in fact a product of intention. Gilgongo Records is honored to release another collection of her incredible songs. Edition of 200 copies, released January 2024…adapted from Gilgongo Records release page.
OK, of course I am stretching the parameters of any definition of “new music recommendations” to suggest that the May 2023 release of The Indestructible Beat of Merriam Park album by Hollow Bodies is new. It is nonetheless superb, and you deserve to know about it, especially this opening One of Us Writes track.
Today we get to celebrate the return of Pink Chameleons, led by Paltsa-Kai Salama, who played in ATH faves Black Lizard. The Finnish project relied upon California vibes to craft this song, which you’ll immediately see upon the visuals, but you’ll likely hear in the traditional psychedelia coming through your speakers. It’s as about as true to the original style as it comes, but in that, it feels refreshing, as the genre’s been completely bastardized…” – Read full review at Austin Town Hall.
I loved the energy that emanated from this song. The fast-paced post-punk beats and surfy guitars in the background were delightful. Even the lyrics were enjoyable, as I could relate to the madness of “new year’s resolutions”. I strongly believe that every day is an opportunity to start something good, such as listening to a new song…read full review at Start-Track.
Rising quintet Krooked Kings continue to build buzz with the vibrant sound of “Catacombs“. Comprising of Oliver Martin, David Macey, Matthew Monossan, Paul Colgan and Quinton Casper, the band deliver an up-beat indie-rock sound that combines youthful, poppy notes with an underlying indie grit and grunge-esque guitars…read full review at SonOfMarketing
The first of three singles to be released from the forthcoming album, Wholesome Organic Convenience, sees Brooklyn, New York’s Pamphlets, move within the realms of that glorious mid- to late-80s period where post-punk was gradually morphing into jangle-pop, and the best of both worlds was the wonderful result.
“…“Sour” is a shimmering and lush piece of 90’s era shoegaze and dream pop with an evanescent dream-like quality with a stunning feeling of melancholy hovering in the air. Traces of bands like Alvvays, Japanese Breakfast, and Slowdive come to mind, but there is a quality completely of its own that certainly rises it into a singular place of its own”….read full review at We All Want Someone To Shout For.
Marrying the fey sweetness of Phillipines-style fey indie-pop with the swirling isolation of Alvvays, this Someday single (out on Lilystars Records) by Manila’s Parasouls is jangly dream-pop at its finest.
Cecily Surprise is the title track from the three-track single by ASAEL that is now on Spotify and offers a mix of psychedlic rock and jangle rock, all augmented by an off-kilter vocal delivery that takes us back to the early 90s Madchester era.
This On The Brink track from Philadelphia-based Austin Albright’s Austin’s Comfort Diner EP takes an urban surf rock aesthetic and filters it through magnificent ‘washed out’ and a curiously spurious lo-fi production that simultaneously intrigues and compels.
Mockingbirds’ DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU journeys through everything from C86 playfulness, Telephone Personalities’ late 80s indie-pop obscurity and Guided By Voices fuzz before ending up somewhere near the recent Milk Aisle Gorbachev aesthetic to provide total originality from the influences of our most obtuse favourites.
Swathed in an aesthetic that feels like a juxtaposition of the smooth, typically Japanese jangly pop of Helsinki Lambda Club and the slightly cinematic Bolts of Melody vibe, Roybox offers something original to the South East Asian fey-pop scene with this Continue single.
Cramming the space between 54:40 alt rock and Camper Van Beethoven college rock with more jangled riffs than you can possibly handle The Jetglows are something of a ‘supergroup’, consisting of members of Better Than Ezra and Jagged Rocks on the Perimeter.
“…Los Angeles based Conflict at Serenity Pools released their brand new single ‘rosey dream i‘ today! ‘rosey dream i’ is as dreamy as its name suggests. This hazy, warm track is a blissful, lo-fi offering that features jangly guitars and sweet dual vocals/harmonies. ‘rosey dream i’ is the first single taken from Conflict at Serenity Pools forthcoming EP ‘Rosey Dreams’ which is set for release on 8th February 2024…” – read full review at Mix It All Up.
Wynona started life in Japan where partners Natalie & Rich began their sonic journeys, creating expressive, guitar-driven pop demos at their home studio in central Osaka; finding comfort and a sense of homeliness in their creative output. After returning home to the UK due to the pandemic, they brought together friends, old and new, and began to see some of these songs come to life.
They have since made their breakthrough to tips from an array of tastemakers including The Line of Best Fit, Dork, and Clash as well as support from Jack Saunders who chose their third single ‘Say You Love Me’ as the Featured Next Wave on his Future Artists show.
Self-described ‘mum-jean rock’, the songs are a dreamy meld of influences with a clear admiration for the guitar-driven, romantic pop of the 90s, including bands such as The Sundays and The Cranberries. 2024 will see them release a string of singles via their record label HoboKawaii.…” from the promo submission.
With a resonating chiming jangle-pop sound akin to Beach Fossils juxtaposed with the whole late 2010’s washed out jangle sound of Dayglow and melodic intensity of Peach Pit this Notion track is the sort of brilliance that has steadily made Lost Film the Relief Map Records flagship act.
“…The band seems to have lost the romantic and melancholic touch it had in the past and now throws itself headlong into a rougher and more circular post-punk sound, complete with shouted choruses at the end, without however losing the empathy it has Their music has always aroused in us, because, honestly, I will understand very little of the lyrics, but the musicality of the chorus is deadly…” – translated from Italian to English, read full review at Indie for Bunnies.
“…The first Weekends song to be released in 10 years, “Royal Gum” is part of the lost Weekends album. Weekends were an integral part of the Baltimore music scene and played warehouses and the Whartscape Festival. “Royal Gum” is part of a collection of songs that were recorded in the summer of 2014 before Adam Lempel moved to Amsterdam.
Brendan Sullivan and Adam never broke up the band, but now that they are both living in the state of New York, the time is right to unleash this music on an unsuspecting world…” – read full review at Glide Magazine.
Guided by Voices-style jangly fuzz married to the precocious C86 vocals of the recent Zenxith and The Photocopies sound, all augmented and cemented to a slightly obtuse Television Personalities weirdness. This Dirty Windows track is taken from Kneedleknees’ new BREAKERS EP, which is a must for those who prefer their jangly indie-pop served with huge dollops of curious!
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Thanks for showcasing “Kool Aid Blue” and sharing my review!
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