October 4th 2024

GEORDIE GREEP (of black midi) shares new album | Check out new song 'Blues'

Geordie Greep (guitarist and vocalist in black midi) has shared a new single ‘Blues’ from his new album solo album The New Sound, listen to ‘Blues’ now. The false start of ‘Blues’ creates a slightly abstract atmosphere, where the instrumentation comes at the listener from multiple directions. This, and incredibly focused playing adds up to something that isn’t that far removed, in spirit, from Can in their pomp. Greep’s story is pretty damning throughout, a revenger’s tale full of acidic put downs: “You sit in the park and work on your sonnets / You talk about yourself in the past tense”.

THE HARD QUARTET release their eponymous debut album | Check out one of the most anticipated albums of 2024

Today, The Hard Quartet release their eponymous debut album on Matador Records. Says the band, “Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney and Jim White formed The Hard Quartet in May 2023. They recorded a 15 song album in NYC and Malibu California without telling anyone except their families and friends – ideal times spent in idyllic locales. The Hard Quartet starts touring in October and will play in Australia, USA, Europe and everywhere else possible through 2025 and beyond. It’s a full-on rocking band. All four band members write, sing, play musical instruments and produce The Hard Quartet’s songs. The band is the natural result of decades of friendship and playing music in each other’s presence.”

HALF WAIF embraces ecstatic togetherness on new album |Check out this very personal album

See You At The Maypole is both a recognition of personal sadness and a call to ecstatic togetherness. It is gathering the colors of our spirit, in all its shades, and making something intricate and remarkable. The ceremonial folk dance performed around a maypole is filled with fauna and flora, with ribbons woven into complex braids incapable of unraveling; these dances are survivals of ancient ritual, honouring the living trees, and the return of Spring and fertility. “This wasn’t just my story, I wanted to say. It was every story of loss—the loss of a life, the loss of a dream, the loss of trust and hope and faith. A story of finding a way back again,” Rose explains. “My own avenue back to the land of the living was through my relationships with people and with the natural world. It only seemed right that these songs would invite those people in to build the very heart of the sound.”

CUMGIRL8 4AD label debut LP The 8th Cumming - Out Now | Transport yourself to the world of Cumgirl8

After meeting in a sex chat 8000 years ago, cumgirl8 – Veronika Vilim (guitar), Chase Lombardo (drums), Lida Fox (bass), and Avishag Rodrigues (guitar) – have constructed a dense lore that spans multiple genres, timelines, and dimensions. After coming-of-age with their introductory self-titled EP (2020), experiencing their own end with their RIPcumgirl8 EP (2021), and witnessing a twisted vision of the afterlife through their first EP on 4AD phantasea pharm (2023), Manhattan four-piece cumgirl8 are now entering their 8th cumming by way of their long-awaited debut 4AD album of that name, out now.

RAT BOY release their new album ‘Suburbia Calling’ | Check out 'Mob Mentality'

The RAT BOY gang have been all over the world, but there’s no place like home. And with today’s release of their new album ‘SUBURBIA CALLING’ they present stories inspired by their Essex heartland – but also capture a microcosm of British culture that’s reflected right across our green and sometimes pleasant lands.  

‘SUBURBIA CALLING’ opens with the band’s new single ‘MOB MENTALITY’ which neatly sums up the range of influences that bristle throughout the subsequent set.