TUTV: Wowzers. What a smashing way to hit the indie scene.
These 5 young wolves race and rush storm fast-forward on their
debut cracker ‘All Of The People’. Rip-roaring guitar riffs, firm drum
whacks, a revved-up singer and a vibrant chorus combine for
a head-spinning twister. Bingo!
“All of the people
They look around
But they don’t seem to care
All of the people
They look at you
But you want ‘em there”
Band: FEVER DREAMS Who: Indie act from Yorkshire, UK
formed last year.
They draw their inspiration is drawn from a wide range of artists, from the likes
of Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice to The La’s, The Smiths and The Verve.
This range of muses has allowed them to develop their own sound, a fusion of
heartfelt melodic pop songs with colourful psychedelic overtones to classic guitar
driven indie anthems giving something for everyone to enjoy
From a first-person perspective, lyrically the song delves into the internal conflict that occurs when constantly returning to a toxic relationship, until a moment of clarity and realisation that the current situation needs to be left behind.
TUTV: Over the years, I learned to be suspicious of euphoric press statements.
Here, the song’s introductory message reads “You won’t get this hook out of your
head.” Well, this time the jubilant description is spot-on. So Naive is one of those
pure pop pearls that gets under your skin from the get-go.
Marvelously orchestrated with shiny synths, glowing guitars, romantic vocals
and a captivating chorus as the cherry on the sonic pie. Feverish debut! Top!
Band: FEVER DREAMS Who: Indie act from Yorkshire, UK
formed last year.
They draw their inspiration is drawn from a wide range of artists, from the likes
of Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice to The La’s, The Smiths and The Verve.
This range of muses has allowed them to develop their own sound, a fusion of
heartfelt melodic pop songs with colourful psychedelic overtones to classic guitar
driven indie anthems giving something for everyone to enjoy
From a first-person perspective, lyrically the song delves into the internal conflict that occurs when constantly returning to a toxic relationship, until a moment of clarity and realisation that the current situation needs to be left behind.
TUTV: Over the years, I learned to be suspicious of euphoric press statements. Here,
the song’s introductory message reads “You won’t get this hook out of your head.” Well,
this time the jubilant description is spot-on. So Naive is one of those pure pop pearls
that gets under your skin from the get-go.
Marvellously orchestrated with shiny synths, glowing guitars, romantic vocals
and a captivating chorus as cherry on the sonic pie. Feverish vibes! Top debut!
Band: COSMIC ROOM 99 Who: Italian post-punk trio. Their name was inspired by a documentary called Cosmic Room, which tells the story of NATO employee Bob Cohen accidentally discovering a top-secret plan to eradicate part of the world’s population to maintain Earth’s sustainability. The number 99 in numerology represents someone who uses their gifts to make the
world a better place, encapsulating the band’s ethos.
Influences: A different range of artists and music, including The Velvet Underground, Syd
Barrett’s Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, and Bauhaus, all linked by a punk attitude.
“Everything is fiction, everything is altered, everything is seen
through filters, nowadays even Venus is made out of Plastic”.
TUTV: Be ready for a merciless, post-punk brainbreaker that
thunders fast-forward with all cylinders and all burners on.
CR99’s drummer hits like a hyperkinetic octopus assisted by a blood-curdling bassist, psychotic guitar riffs fly all over the place, synths screech in the back and the singer sounds like he just escaped from the set of the movie based on George Orwell’s ‘1984’ classic.
Doom and gloom everywhere. Everything is fiction, except for
Cosmic Room 99. Their debut LP will hit the streets in October.
The song touches on the fact that people mostly use Pride
as an excuse to party when actually the rest of the year, the
LGBTQIA community suffers from dangerous stigma and
abuse.
Emily Flea (singer/guitarist): “I wrote it when I was on a bus in London
during Pride Month, and I saw shops, banks, police cars with rainbow flags
and I was like, ‘what’s this got to do with Pride’? They’re not with us, they’re
against us!”.
TUTV: Here is an explicit for all LGBTQIA-haters. To hell
with them. Queer-trans-punk trio Daffodildos just entered the indie
scene with sharp-cutting knifes between their teeth and are here to
stay.’No Pride‘ is a fast-forward projectile that rattles and battles for
251 barbed wire seconds.
Flea‘s intimidating vocals, a throbbing drummer, a ripping guitar riff
that pops up now and then, and a proud pride chorus combine for a
loud and clear statement.
“We’re here, we’re queer
We’re never gonna disappear.”
Band: BOYR!OT Who: Self-proclaimed “edgy chaotic queerdos” made up of Greg Driscoll and Brendan Eprile, crashing onto the music scene with a compelling fusion of alternative sound, blending the essence of the 2000s pop-punk era with contemporary electronic elements. Hailing from Los Angeles, this band’s music resonates deeply with outcasts, rebels, and nonconformists, embodying a message of self-acceptance and defiance against societal norms.
“The song serves as a powerful anthem symbolizing
the band’s imminent rise to prominence.
TUTV: In these grim times of devastating wars, human intolerance and
my, myself and I egoism, jump for joy tunes like this one are welcome on
my headphones any day of the week. Main Character has a terrifically lusty
and life-celebrating vibe.
It’s a guitar-infused wham bam bloody wham bam disco booster with vivacious
vocals injecting this fervent firecracker with an extra stream of adrenaline. This
is a vitalizing pick-me-up thrill to start and end all summer parties with. Think House Of Pain jumping around.
Artist: LEAH MARTEL Who: Singer-songwriter from Ontario (Canada) who spent her formative
years hard at work training to be a prolific writer, musician, performer, actor,
dancer, activist and cycling through various superpowers via extensive
maladaptive daydreaming.
Martel: “I wrote Everybody Out at a point in my life when my social anxiety was really at its peak. The thing is, I figured it would have been its worst as a kid in elementary school getting picked on and not, embarrassingly, as a 20something just trying to attend a party of some very nice seeming people from my college program. I had already been out in the working world for a while and thought I was over it and had gained a bit more confidence and social skills but I realized I really just hadn’t been in a group of new people in a while and once that happened I may as well have been 13 again. If I said something I felt like an alien trying to pretend to have a human conversation.
The funny thing is, I really wanted to be friends with these people and there was nothing actually standing in my way except me just not knowing how to be normal in any capacity. So when I finally sat down to write out all the lyrics I wanted to really emphasize the contradictory nature of this kind of anxiety where it has you running for the hills to get away from everyone but only because you so desperately want to connect with people and care far too much about every minor interaction just hoping it will be good.”
TUTV: Social anxiety in motion, uncontrollable emotion, mind-disturbing commotion. Martel translates all these turbulent sensitivities in a blistering power pop tune
energized by a pounding, one-note piano beat, her raging voice and the exploding
chorus. Wham bam, bloody wham bam. Showtime.
Resistance is futile, there’s only thing you want to do, is hit the street and go berserk
while screaming at the top of your lungs, everybody out, everybody get the fuck out to
loose their marbles until all demons are crushed. Absolute cry out top debut!
Who: A new musical project started
by 3 members British of psych rock act It’s Karma It’s Cool
“We wanted to do something fresh, new, and slightly more left-field after we released
‘Thrift Store Troubadours’ in June 2023. A writing session soon after bore the fruit of
what would become the lead single ‘Love Wakes Up’. Being huge fans of Death Cab for
Cutie, this is what we’re calling our ‘The Postal Service’, and we’re as pleased with this
and have put as much time, love and attention into it as we have any Karma release”
TUTV: Spring is here. The harbinger of summer, with as much sun as possible.
Is it just me, or isn’t love more active in Spring/Summer than in Autumn/Winter.
Under blue skies and on sunlit days you see more people with a big smile on
their faces and more hearts are filled with joy.
That’s exactly the feel-good vibe you get from Solitary Bee‘s first effort. Love Wakes Up is a sugary sweet psych-pop gem with sparkling guitars
and crystalline vocals. It’s a gratifying tune that evokes lovey-dovey feelings,
very welcome in these chaotic times we live in. Hear the brisk bee zooming.
Band: MARTIAL ARTS (Manchester, UK) Who: 5 fresh indies who pack angst and art into precision-cut convergences of razored riffs and fleeting oceanic harmonies, the band’s burning intent pours and pools in vast, melodic space then rattles in close, claustrophobic corners.
“Warsaw’ was written resisting overanalysis to grasp a more genuine and
unaltered end result. It’s only possible while momentarily freeing ourselves
of doubt.”
Is the song named after Joy Division‘s original band name, that referred to Bowie‘s nightmarish tour de force Warszawa on his 1977 Low LP? Maybe, but I couldn’t
find anything pointing that way in the press info.
TUTV: Are there people in Manchester who are not in a band? The Northern city was
always a most fertile place for rock/punk/pop and still produces spellbinding music
on a very regular basis.
Enter these 5 young misfits with their very first effort. Warsaw is a serrated mid-tempo outpouring that moves up and down, forth and back, from its high-voltage wall-of-guitar parts to more reflective sequences. There’s a blood-curdling tension in the air from start
to finish, heavily accentuated by Jim‘s bone-chilling vocality. Pretty creepy at times, and pretty impressive overall.
Band:ESCAPE GOATS Who: Three rockers from Glasgow who only
got together at the beginning of this year.
Why the name Escape Goats? 2024 is the Chinese year of…The Dragon.
But, The Dragon and the Goat make up one of the most compatible love
matches in the Chinese zodiac.
“Despite the tone of exacerbation, we actually do care about lots of things
and, unsurprisingly, none of us can really fight like Muhammad Ali (who can?).”
Single artworkby Roddy MacNeill
TUTV: This debut is a cranked-up razor-blade uppercut. Hopped-up drumming, blaring guitars and annoyed, ranting vocals storm together through a hefty haze of post-punk dissatisfaction. It feels like a helter-skelter punch to the face. I don’t think boxing icon Muhammed Ali was a punk, but his vicious left/right puissance is all over this outburst.
