This thumping lead single clocks in at just under two minutes, and the nine-track album won’t even crack the 17-minute mark - perfect for anyone with a short attention span but a big appetite for catchy pop-punk. This first track is fittingly menacing.Ĭalifornia band Joyce Manor will deliver their first new album since 2018 when they drop 40 oz. “I’ve dreamed about him every night for months.” Her new EP, out May 6, is even called Tommy. “I’ve been living in the character of Tommy Shelby for years now,” she said of her time spent scoring seasons five and six of the BBC show. It’s the sound of two cool friends having fun.Īnna Calvi has, by the sounds of it, gone pretty far down the Peaky Blinders rabbit hole. There’s no feeling of pressure to rise to expectations. It was mostly recorded in April last year, before they’d even played a gig. Wet Leg’s success has come quickly – they only released their first single back in June – but the triumph of this debut album rests on the fact that the pair did have some time to prepare. A part of me I have to talk to.” The lyrics are as soul-baring as you’d imagine, and it’s all carried by a slyly accessible post-punk instrumental. Here’s a punchy, pained song from Billy Nomates, described by the Leicestershire musician as “a candid conversation with my own depression. Is there any surer sign that festival season is on the horizon than a new Jamie xx track? The doyen of summer bangers returns with more hot weather fodder here, with a housey, sample-heavy tune that feels more than ready to vibrate some festival stages over the coming months.
The Irish actor gives a stirring vocal performance on this swirling track, created alongside BRIT Award-winning producer Bernard Butler, which precedes a full album from the duo, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, out June 10. Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler – The Eagle and the DoveĪs anyone who’s been lucky enough to catch a performance of the West End revival of Cabaret will tell you, Jessie Buckley can’t half sing. A debut album is in the works, we’re assured.
This is their latest creation, a dramatic mash-up of ballad-ish organs and fizzing electronics, explored across six minutes. Georgia Ellery’s other band, Black Country, New Road, might get more attention, but Jockstrap - her musical duo alongside Taylor Skye - make some fascinating music too.
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