Upstairs In The Basement is the kind of track that stops time. The official reading will tell you that it lasts for four-minutes and twelve seconds but this isn’t the k ...
Back in November our enthusiastic scribbler Dan Carson described Gymnophobia, the debut EP from Bristol’s Velcro Hooks, as sounding like “a swarm of wasps despera ...
Words by Tom Johnson Whether or not artists strive for it is besides the point, but there will occasionally come a moment in a career when it suddenly feels like their arriva ...
STRFKR ~ Atlantis Their new album is set for release on April 1st via the ever-brilliant Polyvinyl, and STRFKR have now dropped a new video for the records lead single in the ...
Josh Mease has chosen the desolate and rather ambiguous region of Lapland for the name by which he records and releases music – and that sense of both isolation and har ...
Words by Sammy Maine Over the past few months, it seems like we’ve been swimming in a sea of nostalgia. There’s been an explosion of bands desperate to regain the ...
February went pretty quickly then, eh? We can remember pancakes and Valentines day but not much else. It was a busy one for the GFP inbox and for the site. On the off-chance ...
Words by Katie Malcolmson Keaton Henson: Artist. Musician. Writer. Introvert. Recluse. I fell in love with this guy’s music the first time I heard You Don’t Know How Lucky Yo ...
The incorrigible Heart Throb records have announced their sixth release, which comes in the mighty fine form of Seafood, a brand new single from London’s Beaty Heart. R ...
Words by Tom Dickinson I’d like to introduce to you to a very personal release from a very personable boutique label and very possibly one of the most delightful minimalist e ...
Words by Dan Carson Greek duo Keep Shelly In Athens have finally ended their self-imposed exile with the announcement of their debut album – due out in July on our curr ...
Words by Jamie Hallaman Hello! This is a proposed new feature on GFP which encourages our writers to dig a little deeper into the catalogue of a record label and offer up ten ...
Words by Tom Johnson The words “half awake” are the first to be sung on this new single from San Fran’s Astronauts, etc. and it’s the perfect introduc ...
Words by Tom Johnson The beguiling duo of Ryan Osterman & Alexandr’e Le May continue to both intrigue and delight our sensations as they drop another track from the ...
Words by Dan Carson South Shields raised songstress Lulu James has finally unveiled ‘Closer’, her first release on RCA and the follow up to 2012’s ‘Be Safe’; the track which ...
Words by Neil Wood The frontman is strange beast; ever-sublime in his natural habitat with various band members propped behind him, only to raise a doubtful eyebrow when that ...
There’s nothing wrong with songs from the quieter side of the tracks – heck, you’re reading a blog named after an Elliott Smith lyric after all - but there& ...
Words by Tom Dickinson The latest video from Germany’s electronic duo VIMES is all minimalist, bass heavy electro – and ice skating – as they prepare to hit the ...
February 25th signals the release of Another Step, the debut full-length release from Manchester trio City Reign. Recorded in Salford’s Sacred Trinity Church, it’s a te ...
When Time Was Turned A compilation from GoldFlakePaint. * STREAM // DOWNLOAD * 1. Message To Bears ~ When We Meet Again 2. GAPS ~ Belong 3. Dead Gaze ~ I Found The Ending 4. ...
Words by WALL I’m a romantic, but not just on Valentines day. This would be an average evening in my love den. I’m also a massive fan of the VERY SHORT SONG. I no ...
Words by R M Hubbert Manufactured holidays are my favourite holidays. There’s no pretence of greater meaning, no mystical crap to denegrate the core message; We should ...
Ahhhh Valentines day. It just wouldn’t be the same without a grubby guitar band from Scotland smothering you in their love would it? Probably not, no. The Yawns were on ...
The mighty Fence Records will release Now That You’re A Dancer, the second LP from Edinburgh self-confessed indie-poppers Kid Canaveral, on March 4th. To celebrate the ...
