The Big Six: The following tracks are a selection of those submitted through Musosoup that deserve your close attention!
By Chris Sharpe
Review: Victoria’s Flight – Paradise
Matt Robertson and Craig Harkness, childhood friends from Glasgow, released the pre-summer smash ‘Paradise’ on 28 March. The shining indie-pop banger is nicely pieced together in terms of both production and songwriting, with an infectious chorus and a subtle mix of groove and grit. Under the name Victoria’s Flight, this release is the group’s first since 2017. If that means they’ve spent the past two years writing a collection of tunes in the same vein as this one, it’s not been time wasted.
Read MoreLive Review: Baby Strange present ‘In The Flesh’, SWG3, Glasgow
Emily Thomas reviews an unforgettable gig in Glasgow, with Baby Strange, The Blinders, Neon Waltz, Rascalton, Voodoos and The Vanities
Read MoreListen/review: Vasser - Whatever You Want
It confirms Vasser’s position as a bona-fide architect of music.
Read MoreLost In Transmission 4: 11/12/15
It may not be remotely festive, but this set of sonic baubles is most definitely a gift. Our latest playlist unwraps new sounds from The fin., St Tropez, Paddy Hanna, Ecca Vandal and Zaflon. Just press play...
Read MoreListen/review: The Vryll Society – Air
Despite a peppering of diverting effects, The Vryll Society’s hypnotic hazy psychedelia is comforting in its familiarity. ‘Air’, the lead track from their new EP ‘Pangea’, holds many reference points in its eddy of gentle space rock
Read MoreWatch/review: Venice Trip – Look Forward
"An excellent mix of old and new, which you can't help but tap along feverishly to. 'Look Forward' spreads its loveliness throughout and remains in your head"
Read MoreWatch/Review: Victor & The Rain Dog – Anchor & Hope
The mesmerising video for ‘Anchor & Hope’ is the latest triumph for Victor & The Rain Dog. Directed by Jamie Jones, it is a perfect collaboration between two creative forces. French-born singer Victor Marichal leads The Rain Dog on this minor-key, sea shanty/junkyard stomp, the style of which seems like a homage to Victor’s hero, Tom Waits, and sounds like a special nod to the pirate songs of his 1985 ‘Rain Dogs’ album – songs such as ‘Singapore’ and ‘Cemetery Polka’.
Read MoreWatch: VerseChorusVerse - No More Years
Former frontman of And So I Watch You From Afar, Tony Wright, takes an earthier turn on ‘No More Years’, a rousing blast of vigorous acoustic strumming, brash harmonica and pounding stickwork, which rises above much of the national nu-folk output by virtue of its stomping, windswept glee.
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