September’s latest New Tunes Guide comes packed again with ten top tracks, led by Crooked Tongues and Broken Hands.
Crooked Tongues have a home on the Leeds based independent record label Black White Records, and are gearing up for the release of the new EP ‘Head Rush’. Single ‘The Fever’ leads the EP, and is one of the highlights of this week’s New Tunes Guide.
As are Broken Hands, who add to an anatomical theme and are now right in the middle of a UK tour. Check out the ruminating chimes of the EP ‘Down By The Current’ when they perform in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, London and Brighton during the remainder of this month.
These and eight other picks of the week can be found by scrolling through our latest collection, and you can catch up with all our previous editions by clicking on the New Tunes Guide logo below.
“Broken Hands are heading off on a UK tour this month, and to coincide with this they have released a video which was shot at their last sold out show at Sebright Arms. The vid features one of the tracks from their current EP ‘Down By The Current’. The band have appeared at festivals such as Tramlines, Live at Leeds, Lounge on The Farm, Dot 2 Dot and T in The Park.”
“Ill Cassidy hail from Cressex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. They describe the local atmosphere as ‘The town that brought you a museum of dusty old chairs and nothing else’. Tom Sharman and Nick Ross have been writing songs together for over 7 years. They only casually wrote music for a laugh until on the roof of a house party Nick played Tom a song he had written to his ex girlfriend. Tom quickly added some jokes and the pair agreed that they’d start a band.”
“In 2007, from the embers of three local Liverpool bands, rose Rook and The Ravens. Guitarists and vocalists Joe and younger brother James added their mutual best friend Dave on bass and poached drummer John from a local psychedelic rock band. Upon moving back home to Manchester later the same year, having already played Glastonbury and toured the UK as a four-piece, they recruited singer/songwriter Tom on piano and organ, creating a three-strong vocal section. Tom’s first gig with Rook and The Ravens was on the main stage at 2008’s Summer Sundae Weekender.”
“The Honey Ants is based around the songwriting partnership of Scott Mathieson and John Grimsey. John performs live, joined by Rebecca Hamer on vocals. New single ‘Give Me Arms’ is released on 28th October 2013 and can be downloaded for free via the band’s Facebook page.”
“Lapland is the moniker for the music of singer/songwriter Josh Mease. Lapland’s debut UK single ‘Unwise’ was released on September 16th.”
“Buzzard Lope are set to release their debut single ‘East By East’ on Monday 23 September. Out on the Bedford outfit’s own label Lost Toys Records, the single’s B-side comes by way of ‘Fag Ash Crow’.”
“Wichita Recordings have announced that they will be releasing the brand new album by Philadelphia indie punks, Swearin’. The album. titled ‘Surfing Strange’, will be released on November 4th and will be available on CD/DL/Vinyl. The band have also posted a brand new track ‘Watered Down’ that features on ‘Surfing Strange’.”
“‘Balancing’ is the brand new album from The October Game, due for release on 7th October. ‘Beg Cycle’ recently featured on Tom Robinson’s ‘Introducing Mixtape’ on BBC 6Music.”
“Leeds based four piece Crooked Tongues present their new EP ‘HeadRush’, along with the video for its lead single ‘The Fever’. Born and raised in Leeds (except London boy Joe), the band is comprised of Tom Dawson (Singer/Guitarist), Joe Ablett (Guitarist/Backing Vocals), Danny Kelly (Bassist/Backing Vocals) and Sam Kelly (Drums/Backing Vocals).”
“Following the independent release of their debut self titled EP, Heel secured support for Feeder, Funeral For A Friend and James Arthur over a series of Summerball dates, and the first single` Let Go` heralded a headline Japanese tour now confirmed for October 2013.”
