With an ever shifting line up built around the core songwriting partnership of Stephen Stec and Cynthia Rittenbach, Lightheaded’s pure pop juggernaut continues to build giddy momentum with new EP Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! This latest release sees the New Jersey based beat group swathed in dusty reverb, their relentless riffs and melodic wonder cutting throughContinue reading “Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!”
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Autocamper – Again
Manchester fourpiece Autocamper have had my heart ever since I watched them scurrying mischievously around Oslo Hackney following their triumphant set in support of Bay Area jangle heroes The Umbrellas early last year. There is a gritty realness to the band’s sound that truly sets them apart. New single Again presents a band gloriously inContinue reading “Autocamper – Again”
Autocamper – Summertime/Ken Hom
Manchester indie pop fourpiece Autocamper return with the shimmering double attack of Summertime and Ken Hom, a new cassingle released collaboratively by vital UK DIY label Safe Suburban Home and the iconic Bay Area based Slumberland Records. There is a giddy directness to Autocamper’s craft that is uniquely their own. Not a single note isContinue reading “Autocamper – Summertime/Ken Hom”
Tony Jay – The Darkest Corner/Ancient Slice
A year on from the comforting lofi jangle of Perfect Worlds, two newly released recordings see Tony Jay exchange the enveloping half-light of their more customary DIY pop for darker, deeper hues. Blown out and lovelorn, The Darkest Corner’s aching strum and hum sees Bay Area fog pop auteur Michael Ramos finding solace in solitude,Continue reading “Tony Jay – The Darkest Corner/Ancient Slice”
Ryann Gonsalves: A sense of Bay Area belonging…
Bay Area artist Ryann Gonsalves has been omnipresent on the underground independent scene this year as frontperson and key member of the bands Torrey and Aluminum. The full-hearted melodic gift that flows through both of these projects can also be explored in its starkest form across Ryann’s enchanting DIY solo album Ouch!, recently released viaContinue reading “Ryann Gonsalves: A sense of Bay Area belonging…”
Chime School – Give Your Heart Away
The glorious 2021 self-titled debut by Bay Area DIY jangle project Chime School provided a giddy rush of pure pop that encapsulated thirty plus years of glorious indie within its thirty minute duration. This time out Andy Pastalaniec has drawn breath, taken stock and further honed his already considerable songcraft, making new single Give YourContinue reading “Chime School – Give Your Heart Away”
Lightheaded – Combustible Gems
With an immediacy that demands attention and a tenderness that pulls you close, the music of New Jersey based Lightheaded is unwaveringly pop in the truest sense of the word, a giddy combination of pure melody and electric energy. Following on from last years introductory Slumberland Records EP Good Good Great!, the band’s full lengthContinue reading “Lightheaded – Combustible Gems”
Torrey – s/t
There is a deep authenticity that runs through the various projects of Bay Area artist Ryann Gonsalves, and it’s that same authenticity that provides the beating heart of the new self-titled album by Torrey, recently released via Slumberland Records. Across the album’s twelve tracks, Gonsalves’ infectious melodies embed themselves artfully amongst layer upon layer ofContinue reading “Torrey – s/t”
The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend
San Francisco fourpiece The Umbrellas placed themselves firmly at the indie-pop top table with the soaring success of their 2021 self-titled debut album and its 2022 follow up 7” Write It In The Sky. Split between Slumberland (US) and Tough Love Records (UK), new album Fairweather Friend finds the band bolstered by added melodic muscleContinue reading “The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend”
Are you feeling Lightheaded?
Combining the soaring melodies of sixties garage-pop with the bittersweet jangle of the late 1980’s DIY indie explosion, New Jersey based Lightheaded have been riding a tide of excitement and anticipation ever since news of their debut release for the revered Slumberland Records started circulating. Their EP Good Good Great! arrives 13th October and aheadContinue reading “Are you feeling Lightheaded?”
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