June is nearly over so it's around the time we look at some of the music that's popped up this month
Haim
If TLC were white and sounded like a mashup of 80s, folk and RnB then they'd be Haim.
Sisters Danielle Haim (vocals, lead guitar), Alana Haim (vocals, rhythm guitar,
keyboards, percussion), Este Haim (vocals, bass) and their drummer Dash Hutton make up the genre confused LA band and they're pretty fucking cute.
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The new Wild Nothing 7" released on one of our favourite labels Captured Tracks gives you a pint-sized taste of what to expect from his upcoming album Nocturne. It features 'Shadow' on the A side, a dreamy pop rock song. Jack Tatum's voice on the track is just like a cuddle. Comforting and soft, making us feel all warm and tingly inside. On the B side is an exclusive track not featured on the album called 'Feel You Now'.
Jack Tatum is the one and only super shoegaze musician behind Wild Nothing and he pushed his way onto the scene with his debut album Gemini. Now the hype is building for Nocturne and if Shadow's anything to go by it should be pretty fucking sweet.
What really gets me excited in my knickers is the fact that Shadow is a limited edition EP with only 500 clear blue vinyl copies.
Get yours here because we're definitely getting ours.
Jack Tatum is the one and only super shoegaze musician behind Wild Nothing and he pushed his way onto the scene with his debut album Gemini. Now the hype is building for Nocturne and if Shadow's anything to go by it should be pretty fucking sweet.
What really gets me excited in my knickers is the fact that Shadow is a limited edition EP with only 500 clear blue vinyl copies.
Get yours here because we're definitely getting ours.
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Lana Del Rey
A$AP Rocky is president. Are we dreaming? Unfortunately yes.
It's cool though because he does play the black JFK in Lana Del Ray's new 7 minute video for 'National Anthem' direced by Anthony Mandler. The Super-8 cinematography and the 60s aesthetic of the video is the complete opposite to the the music it accompanies, which is clearly influenced by hip hop. Somehow it all works though. The song's alright too.
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Eagulls
This band is fucking cool. We saw them at The Great Escape in Brighton and it was love at first note.
Following a load of limited cassettes, splits and 7" releases DIY Punks Eagulls are finally putting out an EP on July 16th on transparent green vinyl. It features 5 tracks, Coffin’, ‘Moulting’, ‘No If’s, No Buts’, ‘Cripple (Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis)’ and ‘Still Born’. They give off the same vibes that bands like Dinosaur Jnr, Blur and Sonic Youth do, if they lived on a diet of whisky and fists.
'Coffin' has already been put up on their soundcloud, listen for a snippet of what to expect from the EP
'Coffin' has already been put up on their soundcloud, listen for a snippet of what to expect from the EP
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Cheatahs
Nothing beats discovering a good band for the first time and this month I finally stumbled across Cheatahs. It was once a solo side project from Male Bonding guitarist Nathan Hewitt until he got his 3 friends on board, former Weird Dreams band members James Wignall and Craig Bowers and Conan Roberts (Mazes). The four-piece sound like 90s lo fi grunge that could be the soundtrack to shows like Freaks and Geeks. They are based in East London and signed to label of the moment Marshal Teller Records who have just released their debut 12" EP on the 25th of June which is limited to only 300 coloured vinyl, fuck! Coared features 4 tracks. If you're into beautiful meloncholy vocals and fuzzy production that sounds like a old cassett you just discovered in the attitc then you'd definitely be into the slacker-pop vibes that Cheatahs put out. Just listen to nostalgic summer jam 'Froshed' featured on a 4-way 7-inch split with Dignan Porch, Colours and Not Cool as well as on their EP:
Words by Natalie Archer
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Words by Natalie Archer
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