There is a tenderness and directness at the centre of Sarah Gagnon’s songwriting that stands alone amongst the busy and beautiful Bay Area underground. Unabashed and unafraid, she wears her heart on her sleeve, wrapping her incomparable vocals around soulful dreampop melodies steeped in magic. New album Arrow of Love, Gagnon’s third under the HectorineContinue reading “Hectorine – Arrow of Love”
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The Gabys – Colour Me Out
Arriving with the minimum of fuss and the hugest of hearts, mysterious UK lofi pop duo The Gabys mark their return with Colour Me Out, the lead track from their forthcoming third self-titled EP. Drifting past like morning (mourning?) clouds after the longest of nights before, Colour Me Out’s threadbare changes and fragile melodies soundContinue reading “The Gabys – Colour Me Out”
Is/Ought Gap – SUA
This latest release from the wonderful HHBTM Records sees the once lost art-pop/post-punk stylings of Is/Ought Gap brought passionately and powerfully out into the light. Emerging from the same early 80s Athens, GA indie scene that spawned the likes of REM, The B-52’s and Pylon, Is/Ought Gap were always a looser, noisier proposition, their incendiaryContinue reading “Is/Ought Gap – SUA”
Dancer – 10 Songs I Hate About You
Artfully merging the urgency of post-punk with the playfulness of pop, Glasgow fourpiece Dancer’s full length debut 10 Songs I Hate About You is an assured, assertive triumph. Building on the success of last year’s self-titled EP and its follow up As Well, Dancer’s first long player stays true to their no frills, live toContinue reading “Dancer – 10 Songs I Hate About You”
The Gift of The Gabys
Where to begin with The Gabys? A UK duo with no definable online presence, and two EPs to their name over the course of two years, both on small US labels, one out of Detroit, one out of California. They have garnered the respect of the San Francisco underground and now slowly but surely allContinue reading “The Gift of The Gabys”
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