Ahead of an extensive UK and EU tour, BIG|BRAVE share new single ‘innominate Nº vi’. The piece serves as an ode to the band’s subtlety, combining metallic scrapes, a droning low-end thrum and otherworldly textures…
Brìghde Chaimbeul announces her third solo album ‘Sunwise’ (out June 27th on tak:til/ Glitterbeat) and shares lead single ‘Bog an Lochan’. Watch the accompanying video filmed by Jonny Ashworth and John Smith.
Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari (aka Karlsson) announce a collaborative new album ‘Journey To Nabta Playa’. Listen to the first single “Procession of the Equinox,” released to coincide with the Spring Equinox.
The songs on Alex Rex’s ‘The National Trust’ may revel in bitterness and humiliation, but they are real and unflinching and fearsomely clever and often beautiful. Neilson remains an absolute one-off.
Toria Wooff’s sophistically cultivated self-titled debut album is a work of art that demands proper engagement and, in return, promises fruitful payback. The maturity on show points to even more interesting creativity further down the line.
RE:VULVA are a new folk band featuring Janice Burns, Holly Clarke, Cathy Geldard and Amy Thatcher. Watch the accompanying 90s aesthetic video for their first single ‘Girls and Their Toys’, celebrating womanhood, queerness, and freedom of expression.
Personal narratives, ripples of gratitude and cinematic imagery weave through Rindert Lammers’ debut album ‘Thank You Kirin Kiki’; watch the video for his latest single, ‘Sleep Well Hiroshi Yoshimura’, named after the Japanese ambient pioneer.
Songtellers Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, better known as Faun Fables, return on May 30th with their long-awaited new album Counterclockwise, also featuring their daughters — Edda, Ura and Gudrin. Watch the video for their lead single ‘Ember Bell’.
It’s time Jeffrey Lewis was recognised as one of the best lyricists of his generation, The Even More Freewheelin’ should do more than cement that status. All things being fair, it should go down as one of the best albums of his career.
Lavinia Blackwall, renowned for her work with Trembling Bells, will release her new solo album, “The Making,” on May 30th via The Barne Society. Watch the video for the lead single and title track, premiering today on KLOF Mag.
This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist includes music from Sunny & the Sunsets, Richard Swift, Ofege, Enji, Foxygen, Crybaby, Thao, Cassandra Jenkins, Mark Fry, Dana Gavanski, Kuunatic and lots more.
Best known for his 1972 psychedelic folk classic Dreaming with Alice, Mark Fry has announced a new album titled ‘Not On The Radar’, to be released on 16th May via Second Language. Listen to the title track and the aching nocturne ‘Daybreak’.
