Sinka release new single Skies

Alt-rock band SINKA release their new sin­gle Skies on 19th March, the sec­ond track from upcom­ing EP Take Me To The Skies which is released on April 16th. The Wat­­ford-based trio com­pris­es Shaun Sewell-Sears (vocals and gui­tar), Matt Smith (bass) and Jack Wright (drums). They released the first sin­gle ‘Mes­si­ah’  back in Feb­ru­ary. Hav­ing self-pro­­duced their…

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American hope: Hiss Golden Messenger ‘Sanctuary’

The song Sanc­tu­ary was writ­ten and record­ed with a mes­sage of hope; for­tu­nate­ly many of those prayers have just been answered, giv­ing its lyrics an added cel­e­bra­to­ry note.  North Car­oli­na folk band Hiss Gold­en Mes­sen­ger, with M.C. Tay­lor at the helm, has pro­duced a warm and beau­ti­ful slice of Amer­i­cana in this atmos­pher­i­cal­ly rich num­ber. Sanctuary…

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Hjalte Ross shares latest track Thinking About You

If you haven’t heard Dan­ish singer song­writer Hjalte Ross before, Think­ing About You, his lat­est track, is a good place to start. Open­ing with an upbeat blast of brass that gives way to Ross’s sur­pris­ing­ly deep and soul­ful vocals, the path leads you fur­ther on into a gor­geous­ly expan­sive piano sec­tion. Think­ing About You takes…

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The Besnard Lakes announce a new album and share glorious track, Raindrops

It has been a thrill in these dark times to hear the announce­ment of new music from The Besnard Lakes. The Mon­tre­al band’s impend­ing album, to be unveiled 29 Jan­u­ary 2021, is titled – in their typ­i­cal rather inflat­ed prog-influ­enced style – The Besnard Lakes Are the last of the Great Thun­der­storm Warn­ings. I’ve been…

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Ed Cosens releases single ‘If’ ahead of solo album

Ed Cosens is step­ping out of the shad­ows to take cen­tre stage. If, his debut sin­gle, marks the start of an over­due solo career for the long­time lynch­pin of the Sheffield music scene. Best known as the guitarist/bassist and co-song­writer in Rev­erend & The Mak­ers, Ed has toured the world. With If, the first song writ­ten for…

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New Luca Wilding single: Ruby, Don’t Cry

The eager­ly await­ed new sin­gle by Luca Wild­ing called Ruby, Don’t Cry is released on Octo­ber 16th.  This lat­est track fea­tures the artists’ trade­mark emo­tive, falset­to vocals and poet­ic lyrics – the arrange­ment is beau­ti­ful in its sim­plic­i­ty, pulling the lis­ten­er into its dream­like qual­i­ty as the tale unfolds. The song will fea­ture on Luca’s first…

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Firestations release Small Island ahead of EP Automatic Tendencies

There’s a new sin­gle just out by alt-pop band Firesta­tions, called Small Island. The track is tak­en from their upcom­ing EP, due to be released on Novem­ber 6th on the Lost Map label. Small Island is the first instal­ment of a new mul­ti-EP project titled Auto­mat­ic Ten­den­cies – the first of three EPs set to be released digitally…

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Moroccan Sun: new release from Dark Tropics

The Belfast duo Dark Trop­ics describe their sound as pop noir. And if you check out their brand new sin­gle Moroc­can Sun and its accom­pa­ny­ing sum­mer-vibe filled video, you’ll get the mes­sage. There’s a sun­ny but very sul­try thing going on. Sum­mer mem­o­ries linger on… with touch­es of regret and sad­ness in the mix. Isn’t…

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Review: new Kinbote single Hiemalis on Lost Map

We always pay atten­tion here at Gourmet Gigs when­ev­er Lost Map Records announces a new release. It is run by John­ny Lynch aka Pic­tish Trail from his remote island home in Eigg in the High­lands and, apart from sound­ing like a very appeal­ing loca­tion, the label nev­er dis­ap­point with its eclec­tic and quirky range of…

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Interview with Isle of Wight band As We Leave

Four-piece band As We Leave has just released their new sin­gle via Abbey Records called Sto­ries We Tell – it’s a shim­mery and nos­­tal­­gia-laden ode to sum­mer, replete with the feel­ings the sea­son can con­jure. The band’s mem­bers all grew up on the Isle of Wight where they formed their strong friend­ship bonds at school…

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