Snapped Ankles describe their music as a ‘collision of art-punk and noise’ but more immediately draw to mind the atmospheric hum of late seventies new wave most expertly realised by Joy Division on their debut single ‘True Ecology (shit everywhere)’, out on Ears Have Eyes on 25th March 2013.
Elsewhere, Wolf Alice invite us to take in a story all about the boredom of misspent youth, a neutered cat called Fluffy and their own genesis in just over three minutes nonsense free rock, while Derry’s Ryan Vail is joined by Katie Cosgrove for an inescapably post-XX sound on the single ‘Sunlight’.
All three bands are the highlights of this week’s New Tunes Guide.
“Weepikes is an unsigned Alternative Rock/ Pronk band from Helsinki, Finland. Originally formed in 1994, but active only until 1997. After a 13 year hiatus, Weepikes reformed in 2010 and released a three song promo cdep in January 2012, with a little help on mixing and mastering from Kramer (of Shimmy-Disc label fame). The digital release of ‘We are Weepikes’ is out now on Weepikes’ bandcamp page, the cd version followed on 02/15/2013.”
nothing but a soar by Weepikes
“Straw Bear have been tipped as one the of the UK’s brightest emerging talents of 2013 by Tom Robinson of BBC 6Music, whispering Bob Harris and many more. Check out the upcoming single release ‘Kitty’.”
Straw Bear – Kitty by Ask Me PR
“Death In Texas are a London based, progressive pop 3 piece. They have just released a new single and video through The Animal Farm record label called ‘Fear Of The Hundred’.”
DEATH IN TEXAS – Fear Of The Hundred by Death In Texas
“Latenite Automatic are an n industrial dance rock project from Vancouver. The music video for new independently released single ‘Ghost Love’ has had over 4,000 views since it was released online on Feb 1st. ‘Ghost Love’ was then featured on Indie Night In Canada on 99.3 the Fox and numerous times on citr 101.9fm in Vancouver.”
“Consisting of frontman Ryan Vail and Katie Cosgrove, this Derry duo merge the analogue, synthesized beats of Ryan with the combined vocal and flute instrumentals of Katie to create what 1883 Magazine describe as euphorically captivating music. The pair were selected by the prestigious Other Voices festival to perform as One To Watch this past weekend, sharing a bill with names such as Marina & The Diamonds, Jesca Hoop, Savages, Daughter & Little Green Cars. The duo will release an EP in late April and a full length in September, so we’re certainly looking at a busy year.”
The Shapes are an alternative rock band who have just released the video for their track ‘Daylight’. The band are finishing their first studio album, called ‘The Shapes LP”‘, which is due in the next few months.
“London post-punk outfit Snapped Ankles release their debut single ‘True Ecology (shit everywhere)’ on Ears Have Eyes on 25th March 2013. Their music is a collision of art-punk and noise with raw analogue synthesizers and drum machines augmenting the standard guitars and drums setup. Live dates to be announced soon.”
Snapped Ankles – True Ecology (Shit Everywhere) by EARS HAVE EYES RECORDINGS
“Brandon Sheer is a 24 year old artist from NYC. While it is a solo project, the music is being marketed as a band under the name Sheare. Brandon has recently finished working on a debut record that is being executively produced and mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. The first single from the debut EP (out April 23rd) called ‘We Might as Well Be Dreaming’ will be released March 5th.”
We Might As Well Be Dreaming by Sheare Music
“Having established themselves as one of the most exciting young bands around, Wolf Alice have released the official video for their debut single ‘Fluffy’. Directed by Fabio Youniss – the director behind Shinies infamous Pat Sharp-starring recent video – ‘Fluffy’s video is a story about boredom; of misspent youth and a neutered cat called Fluffy and the story of how Wolf Alice came together.”
