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Check out this week’s FP Picks update for a host of banging new tunes from Insecure Men, She’s In Parties, NewDad & many more. If you like what you hear please follow and share this playlist, it helps us keep doing our thing by getting the algorithms on our side. Also please support the artists featured in any way you can!
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Insecure Men – Alien
South London’s Insecure Men have shared the new single Alien, taken from their upcoming second album A Man For All Seasons – a descending, Sweet Jane influenced riff is augmented by weeping lap steel in one of Adamczewski’s most straightforwardly lovely recordings. A Man For All Seasons is the long-awaited return of Insecure Men, the avant-pop band led by Saul Adamczewski and with a rotating cast of collaborators including Ben Romans-Hopcraft, the Childhood multi-instrumentalist. Adamczewski was out of Fat White Family, out of rehab, and turned in a melodically rich and sonically inventive album that surprised critics with its confident and focused songwriting. This new album fixes its gaze on something no less shocking or ugly: the end of a relationship.
Florence & The Machine – Everybody Scream
Florence’s title track Everybody Scream from the upcoming new album opens with an ethereal vocal harmony which slowly descends into upheaval. As the bass takes over beautiful vocals turn into melodic screams in a poetic exploration of the parasocial pressure between artist and audience. It’s compelling, haunting, and acutely honest. The album treads through womanhood, partnership, aging and dying; exposing the murky in the mundane – marking a new era in Florence’s music evolution. Everybody Scream hits like a dark incantation; commanding, cinematic, and deeply evocative. It blends gothic ritual with pop drama and finds the upmost beauty in chaos.
congratulations – This Life
Brighton art-rock quartet congratulations share infectious new single This Life, taken from their forthcoming debut album Join Hands, and it tackles the all-too-inevitable feeling of losing at life before you’ve even got out of bed. The chorus has funky, disco tendencies with choppy guitars and pop-y harmonies. The synth use throughout the track is fuzzy and feels like a throwback to 00’s indie-electro bands. Vocalist Leah Stanhope states: “This Life is an ode to being delusional—you know, people who moan about having the worst time but in reality they’ve got a roof over their heads and food to eat, and ultimately, it’s not that deep.” The album is more than just ten tracks of unbridled, intensely groovy indie dance rock – it’s a call to action, a bright-eyed plea to hang up your worries and let the good times roll.
Wax Head – Clatter Coats
Manchester psych-punk collective Wax Head have returned with a new single Clatter Coats, a four-and-a-half-minute battery on the senses — complete with The Who-esque synth arrangements, guitar so distorted it crashes through in phase more than distinct riffs, and wall-smashing vocals from drummer Lewis Fletcher. The band state: “Clatter Coats acts as a second part to our previous single Terminal Sinker, contrasting its tight two-minute punk energy with an extended freeform jam born out of our live shows. It blends synth arpeggiators, roto-toms and guitar drones, with lyrics that depict sinister, tunnel-dwelling creatures.” Wow crank it up loud for this absolute belter!
Die Spitz – RIDING WITH MY GIRLS
Austin, TX four-piece Die Spitz have shared their raucous new single RIDING WITH MY GIRLS, taken from recently released album Something to Consume. “RIDING WITH MY GIRLS is exactly how it sounds. Leaving your old self behind and jumping into a life only seen in dreams, all becomes possible when you rely and gain energy from the beautiful gift that comes from femininity and friendship.” says Eleanor Livingston. “Leave all the things you hate and the people dragging you down behind. You got bigger fish to fry.” Die Spitz is currently on tour supporting Viagra Boys, with a headline run kicking off next month. Their infamous riotous live show, which regularly feature duelling cartwheels, climbing of rafters and solos while crowdsurfing, is not to be missed.
Fuzz Lightyear – Sit Awake
Leeds noise-rock outfit Fuzz Lightyear have shared new single Sit Awake, a blistering statement of intent that distills their jagged post-punk energy into three minutes of taut riffs and restless urgency. Produced by Alex Greaves, the track builds on the quartet’s growing reputation for intensity, capturing the momentum of their summer festival slots. It also sets the tone for their upcoming EP Zero Guilt. Frontman Ben Parry explained: “Sit Awake is the most personal song to me on the EP. Lyrically I’m talking about how music – or creating – is the best kind of free therapy we have. Art can be the purest form of escapism. After experiencing trauma I have always found great solace in creation, the act of making undoing damage far better than words ever have. Sit Awake is one of these acts. Sometimes all you need is catharsis.”
She’s In Parties – Fallen
London based indie-pop outfit She’s In Parties have dropped new single Fallen, taken from their upcoming third EP Are You Dreaming. Vocalist Katie Dillon says: “This is a very personal track to me and is an ode I sing to myself when I’m feeling down, to try and pick myself back up. I wrote this song at a time when I had taken the plunge to move to London, which I thought would make me happy and it did, just not all the time and like anyone I have my own battles with my emotions. I’m not perfect and I can’t stay positive all the time but it’s all about appreciating the little things I have in my life. For anyone feeling a similar way, I hope you can find some solace in this track.”
Sword II – Even if it’s Just a Dream
Experimental Atlanta indie-rock trio Sword II have shared new single Even if it’s Just a Dream, taken from their upcoming album Electric Hour. Thick with synths, guitar, and thoughtful layers of soft vocals, the track sounds like a tasteful collection of tidbits from 90’s dream-pop and more modern electro-indie favorites. With a fuller sound and more intricate production than ever before, this song teases a more ambitious production in coming releases. The single was released alongside a music video, featuring visuals of a surgical procedure being performed in an eerie, hallucination-like flicker. Though the chorus does allude to this type of imagery, the gentle nature of the song feels like a total contrast to the darkness of the footage.
NewDad – Everything I Wanted
Irish alt-rock trio NewDad have shared new single Everything I Wanted – a gentle soundscape composed of dreamy reverb guitars and delicate vocals with the harder reality of their lyrics. Frontwoman Julie Dawson stated: “This was the song that kind of set the tone for this album. It’s basically about expectations versus reality. There’s this idea, I think we all fall victim to, that once we achieve something or get something we’ve always wanted, that we’ll finally be happy – but that’s never the case. It’s always, what’s next, I want more. This job can get very hard, very fraught, and I guess I had anticipated doing the thing I love most as my job would be easier and more fulfilling than this. Everything I Wanted is me coming to terms with that.” Check out tour dates – it really will be everything you want!
The Orchestra (For Now) – Hattrick
The Orchestra (For Now) are a London seven-piece that make big, cataclysmic, head-scratching euphoria. They have shared powerful new single Hattrick, taken from their upcoming second EP Plan 76. The band state: “Like a lot of our songs, Hattrick has taken many forms. It began as a sequence of sections that Joe [Scarisbrick] wrote words to, and we altered it into its final shape as the narrative began to emerge from those words. It’s a series of explosions and attempts at recovery and reckoning.” Of the EP, they state: “Plan 76 completes the first story we wanted to tell. It is a continuation of the themes in our first record but placing what we established there in different worlds and situations. Instrumentally speaking it is, to us, more ambitious.”
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