Bristol-based, Drowzy Rock and Roll, quartet Hush Mozey have released their new single ‘Trim The Roses’.Last year the band released their second EP, “Pretty Little Seance”, with a sold out release show at Rough Trade Bristol, leading to multiple Glastonbury appearances, performing at O2 Academy Bristol and being featured on Steve Lamacq’s “Recommends” show on BBC 6 Music.
‘Trim The Roses’ wisps and drifts with soft dreamy tones, sweet melodies and lush textures as Hush Mozey create an anthemic laid back track to submerge the listener in. Chiming guitars weave between a buoyant beat while the psychedelic hued backdrop provides subtle bursts of scintillation throughout. It’s a charming soothing number. The band melt a velvety sun kissed melody over the bubbly sweet soundscapes to create a Utopian glowing track brimming with rich intricacies and glorious tones. Elegant strings swoon between the jangly guitars and vibrant rhythms as ‘Trim The Roses’ lifts you into a cosy cloud of ethereal indie pop bliss. Well crafted and wonderfully written this track is a vibrant and dreamy song filled with timeless blossoming instrumentation as Hush Mozey mark themselves as a band to keep an eye on.
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.
Bristol-based newcomers Some Bodies have released their debut single ‘Escape’. The band who recently made their live debut in their hometown of Bristol, supporting Champagne Superchillin’ submerge your ears in a luscious swirling lagoon of melodic bliss. A dreamy melody floats delicately through the gentle swoosh of sparkling synths while twinkling guitars chime and strike throughout the steady beat and sublime bass rumble. It’s swoony and delicious with a cinematic tint adding a rose coloured glare to this lush daydream.The track builds to a dramatic crescendo brimming with emotion as the warm soothing vocals become more expressive and passionate, leading the way to a breathtaking instrumental frenzy. Fuzzed guitars blast through the punchy drums distorting every sweet flutter before leaving only a mind frazzling wall of sound echoing through your head. Well crafted and polished like a lustrous pearl Some Bodies have created one glorious sentimental treasure with ‘Escape’.
Tame Impala’s bass player who is also a singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, Cameron Avery displays his reluctant romanticism through his new release ‘Wasted On Fidelity’. Its a yearning heart wrenching song of affection that displays some first rate classy musicianship. Giving us a taste of whats to come from his solo debut album ‘Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams’ which is set for release on March 10, ‘Wasted On Fidelity’ is an elegantly presented sway of lush textures giving us blends of tender melancholic tones wrapped delicately with warm cosy nostalgia. Sweet strings soothe and lull with comforting strides of wistful yearning. While Avery’s deep baritone vocals brood and pine with sweet liquid velvety tones. The track glides with feathery effortlessness and such elegance that makes your heart skip a beat. ‘Wasted On Fidelity’ is a lonely dreamy swoony single that is heart-breakingly beautiful while throbbing and oozing longing and yearning tones.
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London-based duo Ten Fé have released their new single ‘Twist Your Arm’ which was produced by Ewan Pearson (Jagwar Ma, M83, The Rapture). It is a taste of whats to come from their upcoming debut album ‘Hit The Light’ which is due out February 3rd. Ben Moorhouse and Leo Duncan have already given us the acclaimed singles ‘Make Me Better’, ‘In The Air’, ‘Elodie’ and ‘Turn’ which accumulated over 6 million streams on Spotify. ‘Twist Your Arm’ is a relaxed bouncy pop track with trippy swirling electronics chilled with breezy natural tones and soaked in effortlessly cool funky swagger. Your heart skips a beat in time with the pulsating punchy beat as the melody sweeps you up into a fluffy cloud of psychedelic bliss. This deeply yearning track twirls with loose floaty ecstasy while pulling you into its depths with the propulsive strong beat and elastic bass. The funky guitar adds an infectious groove and energetic refreshing lift to the track while the velvety smooth vocals soothe and coo with hair raisingly creamy richness and lush falsetto in the chorus. The track builds to a massive Gospel like crescendo that compels you to sing along and sway back and forth clapping along.
Each track Ten Fé have released brings something new to the table displaying fine musicianship and diversity. Their debut album ‘Hit The Light’ is going to be one satisfying feast of juicy tunes that will brighten up 2017.
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Indie quartet RINSE have released their new track ‘With You’ . The Stoke-on-Trent lads have been featured on stations such as BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing and Kerrang they have supported bands such as Jaws, DMA’s and Palma Violets on their UK tours and are creating a buzz amongst a growing network of fans. ‘With You’ is dream rock at its best. RINSE masterfully pull off wild gritty rock coated and smoothed off by blissful dreamy melodies creating a brilliantly polished track with just enough raw edge and bite to sink your teeth into. Raspy crisp vocals add grit to the chorus while smooth almost haunting vocals coo for the verse with a soothing eerie quality. Reverb guitars have a sweet tone and add a hazy nostalgic atmosphere that you can loose yourself in. The track explodes with a massive chilling hair-raising bridge that is swoon worthy yet mosh ready, its noisy but perfectly delicately blusterous. Pounding drums and vigorous strident guitars bring the track home as the mellow honey tone on guitar plays throughout sweetening the piercing track. Its an ear-popping infectious track that mixes and blends candied melodies with kick-ass ruckus causing rock.
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Indie: (n) an obscure form of rock which you only learn about from someone slightly more hip than yourself.
