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Returning with the first taste of their forthcoming third album, Carmarthenshire five-piece Los Blancos have this week revealed the electrifying Olew'r Olewydd. Translating to Olive Oil, the track sees gnarled guitars and freewheeling melodies collide in a thrilling crescendo, signalling the band’s renewed appetite for songwriting. Take a listen below.
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London up-risers Neighbour Club have today shared their brilliant new effort, Only Fractions. Taken from the band's forthcoming debut EP ‘Snail Mail’, set for release September 25th, the track’s chugging basslines and gritty guitar melodies offer an exhilarating glimpse of what’s to come. Speaking about their newest EP teaser, the four-piece explained: “'Only Fractions' is the second single from our upcoming EP ‘Snail Mail’ - we’ve taken it down a notch with a hangover drenched look at relationships passed. We intended it to be a track to hum in your head whilst you scramble round the house looking for Sunday's second Ibuprofen hit.” Take a listen below.
Live Dates
05 SEP - The Windmill, Brixton, London (UK)
19 SEP - The Richard Steele, Haverstock Hill, London (UK)
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London's Kamran Khan has returned today with his propulsive new single 2 Late. Taken from his upcoming debut album ‘I Came From Nowhere & Nowhere Is Where I Am Going, out September 25th via AWAL, the track's catchy grooves and towering pop melodies sees him self-reflecting over past life experiences. “I realised that I was approaching this music from a place of profound conviction,” he says, speaking more about the record. “With this album, I felt I could draw a line - and put my own name to it for the first time.” Take a listen to the latest cut below.
‘I Came From Nowhere & Nowhere Is Where I Am Going’ (LP) - Tracklist
01 - Goodnight
02 - Daddy, Just Like You
03 - Diamond Ring
04 - Adventures In Monotony
05 - 2 Late
06 - I’ll Find It
07 - Personally
08 - Anything
09 - Hello Kamran
10 - Parody
11 - Swimming
12 - Texas In The Rain
13 - Believe Me
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Australian outfit The Buoys have recently shared their latest single Alone In Vegas, taken from the band's forthcoming Concrete Cowboy LP arriving October 23rd via Sony Music Australia / Music For Nations (Gossip, Maruja, VLURE). Speaking of the single, the band added: “‘Alone In Vegas’ is kind of like a sequel to Desert Hearts (1985) which ends without you knowing if the two lead characters, Cay and Vivian have a happily ever after. ‘Alone In Vegas’ imagines that Cay and Vivian run into each other in the future in Vegas before getting married and moving to New York together”. Take a listen to the infectious number below.
Live Dates
23 OCT - Crowbar, Sydney, NSW (AU)
24 OCT - The Brightside, Brisbane, QLD (AU)
25 OCT - Jive, Adelaide, SA (AU)
30 OCT - Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC (AU)
31 OCT - Indian Ocean Hotel, Perth, WA (AU)
12 NOV - McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, NSW (AU) w/ Foo Fighters
29 JAN - Werk21, Zurich (CH)
30 JAN - La Boule Noire, Paris (FR)
01 FEB - Garagen, Cologne (DE)
02 FEB - Hebebühne, Hamburg (DE)
03 FEB - Paradiso (Small Room), Amsterdam (NL)
06 FEB - Out Of The Ordinary Festival, Leiden (NL)
09 FEB - Room2, Glasgow (UK)
10 FEB - The Lodge @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
11 FEB - Bodega, Nottingham (UK)
13 FEB - Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds (UK)
16 FEB - The Croft, Bristol (UK)
17 FEB - The Hope & Ruin, Brighton (UK)
18 FEB - Moth Club, London (UK)
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South London six-piece Gently Tender today announce their second studio album This Was Once Fields, due for release on Friday 16th October via TODO Records. Coinciding with the news, the band have excitedly unveiled the record’s latest single, ‘Don’t Sleep’ - a track that explores swirling sonic landscapes through hypnotic guitars and soaring pop elements, ebbing and flowing between its propulsive peaks. Speaking about the track, songwriter Sam Fryer shares: “‘Don’t Sleep’ is about the feeling you get when you’re driving through a city at night time. I call it an Uber Pop song because whenever I listen to it, it sounds like I’m in a late-night cab. I’m wrestling between love and hate for the city. When I scream ‘I love this place’ it’s almost through gritted teeth. Over the years I have struggled with London - but when I reflect upon it - I have to pay my respects to how it’s shaped my life artistically.” Accompanying its release, there is a music video, also directed by Sam Fryer. Take a watch below.
This Was Once Fields album tracklist
A Mound A Field
Everything Will Be Fine
By Now
Don’t Sleep
Go Get It!
City Of The Beast
10000 Steps From The Door
Staring At Fields
Wild In The Uplands
Ferme Park Ditty
This Was Once Fields
Gently Tender live 2026
Monday 2nd November – Bodega, Nottingham
Tuesday 3rd November – Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
Wednesday 4th November – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Thursday 5th November – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Friday 6th ovember – Whelan's (Upstairs), Dublin
Sunday 8th November – The Rum Shack, Glasgow
Monday 9th November – The Cluny 2, Newcastle
Wednesday 11th November – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Thursday 12th November – YES (Pink Room), Manchester
Friday 13th November – The Railway Inn, Winchester
Saturday 14th November – The Louisianna, Bristol
Live Dates
Thurs 27th August – The Windmill, London
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Jamie T has this week announced the release of his forthcoming sixth album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning), out October 9th via Polydor Records. Coinciding with the news the London wordsmith has shared the record's first single 3310. Speaking on the album, Jamie shares: “Everyone has a part of themselves they keep at arm's length, even from the people they love. "Ghosts" to me is about seeing that version of yourself for the first time in a long time and trying to hold on to it. This album is me trying to find that again.” Take a listen to the new single below.
'Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)' Tracklist
3310
Cocktail
Waist 36 Leg 32
All I Wanna See Is Now
The Won
Chelsea Girls
Ghosts
Crimson & Clover
Crucible
Caught Cheating
Tallahassee
i: https://www.instagram.com/jamiet
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Following an exceptional performance at last year's Swn Festival, I've been following Cardiff's Why Horses? intently, eagerly awaiting new music. And today it arrives, as the band announce their signing to Brace Yourself Records. Coinciding with the news, the recently expanded five-piece have unveiled their first single for the label, ‘Yr Big Day’, finding them in fine form as experimental folk guitar patterns intertwine with their signature delivery to maximum effect. Sharing more details, singer Gabriel Austin Lester explains, “My mom always told me that you could pretty much do whatever you wanted on your birthday. After a fight with my family last year on my 21st birthday, I started to question what I should actually be doing. The song is a reminder of what a birthday should be about: a celebration of your life and how amazing it is that you’re still alive. When I thought about my life I thought about times I’ve been reminded I’m alive, that’s where in the song ‘her laugh, her smile, your father’s eyes’ comes from, it’s listing a few memories of honest sentimentality.” Take a listen below with the Grant Lester directed clip.
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Cardiff's finest The Family Battenberg have revealed details of their highly anticipated forthcoming debut album Super Deluxe, due for release on 20th November via Stolen Body Records. Heading up the news is the band's ferocious new single Bed Bug, accompanied by a video featuring Getdown Services Ben Sadler in an Oscar nomination worthy performance. Speaking more about the track, the band say: “A lot of our songs sound like they’re about shagging, but aren’t, except this one sort of is. Bed Bug is about mites. How would a bed bug feel about getting obsessed with the person in the bed? We wrote it in a tent backstage at a festival in Orléans that we’d turned up three hours too early too because none of us speak French, demo’ing it there and then with no amps, and Billy hitting a guitar case for percussion. Even then we knew we wanted it to sound big. We’d spent nine months of 2025 not coming up with any new songs we were happy with, but this one thankfully broke our streak, and came to define the outlook of the new record”. Take a listen/watch below.
The Family Battenberg are: Eliot Jones - guitar/vocals, Ethan Duck - guitar/vocals, Billy Stillman - Drums, Jessica Pritchard-Simmons - Bass.
