After receiving critical acclaim with airplay on 2FM and 98FM for their debut track, ‘Kitsilano’, Meath based indie quintet Lady Landscape return with their new single, ‘Versailles’. The band have played some of Dublin’s top venues alongside bands: Sprints, Bullet Girl, and Isaac Jones.
With mellow laid back tones and sweet melodies ‘Versailles’ follows the wholesome authentic musicianship we have come to love from Lady Landscape. The track flows with smooth melodies, dreamy soundscapes and biting instrumentation as humming guitars embroider the backdrop in a cheery bounce while the punchy soft beat and chiming soundscapes create an elastic rebound. There is a sweet ethereal quality to the track as the velvety vocals adhere to the candied whimsical melody. The lyrics follow the disappearance of a woman which spawns conspiracy theories made by fake news journalists. This theme wonderfully contrasts and blends with the laid back lo fi instrumentation as the band layers lush textures, thick shimmering synths and sublime rhythms to create a nostalgic dreamy listening experience.
Hull band Little Blue Thula have released their new single ‘Lemons’. The song trudges along with a mournful moody atmosphere as Little Blue Thula create a sunken alternative number. The track broods gently to start as lonely strums on guitar accompany the dismal vocals. Slowly the band build the track adding soft elegant piano as the vocals become more bitter for the chorus. With a lamenting sting on electric guitar paving the way for the thumping beat and lush backing vocals the track becomes a swaying doo wop hued ditty. The song blossoms for its crescendo with a blasting wall of sound. Crashing guitars smash against the punchy rhythmic backdrop before slipping into a shredding instrumental. The soft elegant piano plays the track out, resounding with a sweet melancholic tone. It’s a rich and diverse track from Little Blue Thula that shows their refined ability to build and cultivate their songs for maximum impact and emotive listening.
Hull band Little Blue Thula have released their new single ‘River and a Creek’. The single is taken from the duo’s (Niall Tennison -Vocals, Guitar and Toby Needler -Guitar) upcoming debut album ‘Things You Hear Down the Road’ which will be released on the 8th June. ‘River and a Creek’ is a passionate twanging number with wholesome melodies doused in warm Americana elements. The sweet toned guitar twinkles and whines longingly throughout the bluesy hued melancholic melody while Tennison broods and pines flooding the track with emotion. The lush backing vocals provided by Sarah Shiels add a heavenly sweetness to the track while the tapping beat provides a steady foundation for the mournful guitar to weave between. This track holds a purity that is quite gripping as light instrumentation glides and wisps about building in intensity to the the passionate fist pumping your chest crescendo. A solid new single for this duo.
Stream ‘River and a Creek’ below
Indie: (n) an obscure form of rock which you only learn about from someone slightly more hip than yourself.
