Artist News One Liners Releases
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 14 April 2023
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Post Malone has actually launched brand-new single ‘Chemical’, drawn from his upcoming 5th album.
Doja Cat functions on a new remix of ‘Kill Bill’ by SZA.
Eighteen months on from her launching solo single, ex-Little Mix vocalist Jesy Nelson is back with brand-new track ‘Bad Thing’.
Busted have actually launched a new version of their song ‘Loser Kid’, including Simple Plan. “’Loser Kid’ has always been a favourite track of mine”, says the band’s Matt Willis. “It was the end of the first album and summed up that record. ‘Wore my sisters jeans’ is also a standout lyric from that time for me too. Still makes me laugh!”
Jorja Smith is back with brand-new single ‘Try Me’. The tune, she says, was motivated by “putting yourself out there, in front of a world that has many opinions, as it only ever used to be me really being my own critic. This is the first time I’m putting stuff out there that I can connect with right now”.
Alison Goldfrapp has actually launched brand-new single ‘NeverStop’, drawn from her launching solo album ‘The Love Invention’, which is out on 12 May.
Public Image Ltd will launch their very first album for 8 years – ‘End Of The World’ – on 11 Aug. It will include their tried Eurovision entry ‘Hawaii’ and brand-new single ‘Penge’.
King Krule has actually revealed that he will launch brand-new album ‘Space Heavy’ on 9 Jun. From it, this is brand-new single ‘Seaforth’. There will likewise be a series of live ‘outstore’ efficiencies in places around the UK connected to regional record stores along with the LP launch.
Girl Ray will release their 3rd album ‘Prestige’ on 4 Aug. Out now is brand-new single ‘Hold Tight’. “Lyrically this song is about how appreciative I am to have found my partner, and how my mental load feels so much lighter and easier to bear now that I’m with her”, says frontwoman Poppy Hankin. “The production on this takes some inspiration from Haim’s incredible record ‘Women In Music Pt III’, and features a subby drum loop inspired by Atlanta’s hip hop scene”.
Water From Your Eyes have actually launched brand-new single ‘True Life’. The tune, they state, “is our Neil Young-inspired quasi-nu metal stomp. The bridge was initially meant to contain lyrics from ‘Cinnamon Girl,’ but Neil Young’s lawyers wouldn’t let us use them. Now they are about how Neil Young wouldn’t let us use his words. The rest of the song deals with life and assorted complications of the material world”. Their brand-new album ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ is out on 26 May.
Minor Conflict will launch their launching EP ‘Bright Lights, Dead City’ on 9 Jun. New single ‘White Ring Binder’ is out now. The band say of the tune; “’White Ring Binder’ is about people sharing really intimate things with strangers through poetry. It’s also about the connection we make with musicians even when we’ve never met them: the power of music to connect with others and ignite their creativity but also the effect that has on the people involved”.
Bad Dreems have actually launched brand-new single ‘New Breeze’. “We looked forward to a utopia at the end of the pandemic, but life is never that simple. You end up just pissing in a different breeze”, says guitar player Alex Cameron of the motivation for the tune. Their brand-new album ‘Hoo Ha’ is out on 19 May.
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