For your eyes
Artist: BLONDSHELL
Who: Los Angeles-based power pop songstress,
born Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum 29 years ago.
Album: VIOLINS
Her brand-new 3rd one.
NME says: “Beautifully tender and profoundly
honest album of alt-rock poetry.”
Album covers do not need to be serious all the time.
I think this one is just funny. It makes me smile. Yep,
it’s that simple.
VIOLINS
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
Photo by Luke Bovill
Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).
Track: YOU YOU YOU
First single from their new full-length Half-Told Tales,
their 9th, out on September 4th. Tracklist here.
AS: “A disco-metal sound and lyrics that explore
overcoming troubles and tumultuous times”.
TUTV: Trip Trip Trip! Hip Hip Hip!
“I’ve got a portly paunch I just can’t shift/I feel undesired, dismissed, adrift/
My get-up-and-go is long gone/ and the days keep dragging on/ But I’ve got
you, you, you,.”
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES
Who: Wacky and ironic disco-rap-punk duo from Bristol, UK
who made an instant impression in their home country with
their festive 2023 debut LP Crisps, followed by a couple of EPs.
Track: CAN’T DIE LIKE THAT
New single from their forthcoming 2nd LP, titled
Massive Champion. Out 14th August. More info
and tracklist here.
TUTV: Bluesy swagger, hip-funky wigwagger.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: TRICKY
Who: The bigwig trip-hop dropout and former Massive Attack
member, born Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws in Bristol, UK
58 years ago.
Track: BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW
New piece from his forthcoming, 15th full-length,
named Different When It’s Silent. Out July 17th.
TUTV: Groovin’ in the darkness.
Instagram – Linktree – All Albums
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Artist: BLONDSHELL
Who: American singer-songwriter
Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum
Track: HEART HAS TO WORK SO HARD
First single from her upcoming, 3rd LP.
Details TBA.
“This song is really about friendship and betrayal, getting stuck in a dynamic and letting things fester. It’s about pain and confusion — no one trains you for the ups and downs of a friendship between two women — but it’s also about a love so enduring that you find compassion no matter what.”
TUTV: Another blondshell bombshell.
Instagram – Tour Dates 2026
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BAND: GURRIERS
Who: Fast-rising, voltaic indies
from Dublin, Ireland.
Track: NOBODY’S COMING TO SAVE YOU
Title song from their upcoming, 2nd LP.
Out Sept 25th. More info here.
“It’s a song that feels hopeless on its first listen, but if you look at it more deeply it’s a call to action, no one is going to rise up if everyone expects someone else to do it. We all have to do our part in creating the change.”
TUTV: Bedazzling post-punk corker. Infectiously nerve-racking.
These Irishmen continue their indie-supertop quest. You bet.
New striking strokes
6 April 2025
Artist: BLONDSHELL
Who: Moniker of L.A. songstress
Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum.
Track: 23’S A BABY
Third shared psingle from her upcoming, 2nd LP,
named If You Asked For A Picture. It’ll be out on
May 2.
Blondshell: “The song is partially about being in your twenties and feeling like you’re
supposed to know everything (your parents even had kids around that age!) yet you’re
truly in the weeds trying to figure out who you are. I wanted it to have a bit of a nursery
rhyme feel. It’s a heavy subject so it was important to have fun when we made it.”
Melancholic musing.
