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Katy J Pearson will follow-up her debut LP Return – Live4ever’s #1 studio record of 2020 – with Sound Of The Morning on July 8th.
Pearson resumed work with Return producer Ali Chant, as well as Speedy Wunderground’s Dan Carey, during the sessions, while the video for lead track Talk Over Town has been directed by Abbie Stephens.
“This video was such a joy to shoot – to meet Katy and work with such an open artist who brought so much of herself to the video was a real treat,” Stephens responds. “She is a brilliant collaborator and an artist set for big, big things.”
Foals are previewing Life Is Yours again with Looking High.
“This is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate change,” Yannis Philippakis says.
“It takes place in an alley in Oxford with two clubs – The Cellar and The Wheatsheaf – that all the city’s nightlife gravitated towards. It was before clubs started to close down and our cities started to change into more corporate, arid places. There’s an element of being haunted by nightlife that’s no longer there.”
Black Doldrums have premiered their video for Dreamcatcher.
A duo when they were a part of Live4ever’s Presents series back in 2018, Sophie Landers and Kevin Gibbard are now joined by Matt Holt on bass, and took a disciplined, no-thrills approach when the recording of their debut album began in 2020.
“The idea was to be absolutely brutal with our songs and cut them down to what we only felt was necessary,” Landers recalls.
Metz singer and guitarist Alex Edkins is streaming Lusitania as he prepares to release his self-titled Weird Nightmare album on May 20th.
Whilst the songs for this new project were recorded during lockdown, some of them date much further back to 2013 and Edkins is at pains to avoid the tag of it being a ‘pandemic album’.
“I had always planned on finishing these songs, but being unable to tour with METZ, and forced to lock down, really gave me a push,” he explains.
Kevin Morby has shared his new single Rock Bottom, one of the tracks recorded as he was gradually joined by his touring band at a still-being-built studio in upstate New York.
Going into more detail about the track, Morby has explained how street art during his regular commute eventually became an inspiration:
“I’d often pass a mural of the late James Lee Lindsey Jr. on Main Street (in Memphis) which eventually lead me down a rabbit hole to revisiting his body of work including watching the 2009 documentary filmed during his last days, Better Than Something.”
They Hate Change have posted Blatant Localism from their Finally, New debut on Jagjaguwar which is due for release on May 13th.
“As the cycle of rap cliches continues, we remain levelheaded,” the Tampa Bay duo say. “Rather than flexing rented cars and rented jewelry, we’re talking vintage cameras and how we came up selling tapes at DIY shows.
“Few minor flexes about designer dogs and staple name brand pieces, but it’s a break from the gimmicks and a PSA for those who continue to live a façade; we’re asking for everyone to show what’s really behind the curtain. Blatant Localism is our Skate Punk Jam.”
The Goa Express have released their brand new single Everybody In The UK ahead of an appearance at Wide Eyed Festival in Leicester next month.
“A song written for us all, Everybody In The UK throws us all together into one big, shared experience, whether we like it or not,” James Clarke says.
“Without a real plan in mind, it soothes thoughts about growing up and jokes that it’s okay not to want to. With everyone welcome, those not onboard are to be left behind: the journey must go on.”
Andrew Cushin has posted his new single Catch Me If You Can from the debut EP You Don’t Belong which is out on April 22nd.
“Catch Me If You Can is a song I’ve had finished for a while but it was only when we began to work on it in the studio and add those backing vocals that it started to shine,” he reveals.
“The lyrics are written more as a metaphor. I believe the song is about running away from something. The lines ‘here comes the girl with bad intentions’ and ‘she’ll come for me and then she’ll come for you’ could be about anxiety, depression or addiction. That’s what I like about ‘Catch Me If You Can’, the lyrics can be perceived in many different ways.”
