Sprints by Ste Murray
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Sprints are streaming their new track Literary Mind, introduced by Karla Chubb as probably one of the band’s, ‘most light-hearted songs’.
“In terms of subject matter, while still exploring something quite close to heart,” Chubb continues.
“It’s a real deep dive and exploration into the feeling of falling in love, particularly queer love, in which you feel like you’ve been conditioned to believe a heteronormative way of life is the only ‘right’ way to live, which leads to incredible difficulty and emotional oppression.”
Swim Deep have uploaded their multi-themed new track Little Blue.
“The lyrics came out as I was writing the melody and I just kept them in,” , Austin Williams said. “When I look back at it and what I was feeling at the time, it was most probably about me and my fiancé, with a more general moniker for myself and the band too.”
“‘Here now we’re going to make it’ is a reassurance that I’ve always needed. I’d like to think sometimes I don’t need it, but now more than ever I do.”
Chris Mulligan of W.H. Lung. has produced the debut single from Leeds band China Steps.
“The theme behind American Life is ‘Schadenfreude,’ the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another,” they explain.
“This felt very apt for the time we wrote it correlating to the time we were living in at that point with Covid ongoing and Trump in power in the States.”
Whenyoung are back with their first new music in two years.
Aoife Power and Andrew Flood now call Ramsgate home, and have shared A Little Piece Of Heaven – ‘a contemplation on the boldness and hurry of childhood’.
“The naive expectations of adult life I had as a child have petered out along the course of growing up and I’ve learned that it’s the little things, like happy memories with family, that are the most important,” Power says.
Grandmas House have premiered the visuals for their new single Body.
If you’re in the habit of frequenting TikTok you might already be familiar with the track – it’s already racked up over 400,000 views on the platorm.
“Body is an anthem for anyone that’s ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin,” the band say. “An urgent statement about disassociation, feeling trapped and not recognising yourself in the mirror, it’s an ode to anyone who has ever felt different.”
