Peter Raeburn‘s debut album ‘Note To Self’ is a sonically pretty, moving collection of songs. Music soundscapes meet beautifully woven melody and insightful lyrics typified by the title track. He’s brought all his experience as an award winning composer, producer and music supervisor into this personal project. With songs like ‘The Stars’, ‘Just To Be With You’ and ‘People Person’ you wonder whether one these tracks will go viral like David Gray two decades ago, bringing Peter’s remarkable talent overground: spotify.com
Leeds band WUZI‘s infectious blend of grunge, psych with a pop heart shines on new EP ‘Severed Head’. Anchored by opener ‘Already Dead’, the first three tracks highlight this intoxicating brew before closer ‘Autumn Grove’ recalls Pablo Honey era Radiohead and Pearl Jam from the same period: spotify.com
Big Tide’s ‘Hide Me In Your Spaceship’ is the first taste of debut LP for the band with Liverpool and Leeds connections. With hints of West Coast harmonies and classic pop songwriting this single promises much: https://www.bigti.de/
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Liverpool trio Joe Symes And The Loving Kind‘s album Phase II follows the path of their famous indie forefathers. There’s a Mancunian influence and all the better for it, ‘Come To Other Side’ has an Oasis-meets-Doves feel, whereas ‘Summer’s Almost Coming’ retains the Gallagher melody with a Squire-esque guitar phrase. The two minute ‘Turn Me On, Turn Me Out Tonight’ show the group’s knack for plucking a timeless melody out of the air: joesymesandthelovingkind.co.uk
Chicago’s The Thin Cherries, founded by Steven Delisi (Phenomenal Cat) and Mark Lofgren (The Luck Of Eden Hall), bring together a myriad of indie influences on second album On Moose Island. Each of its 10 tracks bring a layer of different influences, from folk to synth pop. Special mention goes to the New Order-esque ‘I Don’t Know You All’: facebook.com/thethincherries
After the success of their debut LP ‘Adventure’. Lydian Collective‘s single ‘High 555’ continues their rich vein of electro and jazz influences. Check out their new video showing a band that must been seen live: lydiancollective.com
Prins Obi & The Dream Warriors, the solo side project of Baby Guru’s frontman George Diakinesis, has a new self-titled album following up 2017’s “The Age of Tourlou”. Lead track ‘Fingers’ is an early Bolan-esque boogie, whilst ‘Flower Child’ takes punk riffage to 11 before ‘Wide Open’ brings proceedings to a close with a early 70s Ray Davies style ballad. Bringing the best of 70s rock back: prinsobi-innerear.bandcamp.com/album/prins-obi-the-dream-warriors
R E L‘s single ‘Surgery’ on overcoming anorexia and body dysmorphia is a positive anthem of healing, a track that’s sure to resonate with today’s generation Y: evocapop.com
