Song Title: “1957”
From The Album: Album forthcoming. (Slated for October ‘18)
Single Sentence Singles Review: Summer is upon us, and with a great summer comes great music, which Sunset Radio delivers on with this pop-punk, fun-filled track about friendship.
Beyond The Track: The upcoming album from Sunset Radio is a follow-up to their 2017 debut, Vices. To stay up on the latest news for all things Sunset Radio, including tour dates, check out their official Facebook page here.
Song Title: “The Fox”
From The Album: Peace (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: Fueled by powerful vocals and a barrage of heavy guitar melodies, Graveyard’s latest single pulls us deep into a foxhole, and frankly, we don’t care if we ever come out, because it rocks in here!
Beyond The Track: “Peace” is due to drop May 25th on Nuclear Blast. Graveyard, Swedish in origin, are hitting the European and UK tour scene with dates that have already been announced, which you can check out here.
Song Title: “Heartbeat”
From The Album: (released as a single)
Single Sentence Singles Review: As far as the senses are concerned, music is designed to directly influence you through sound, but “Heartbeat” transcends that and becomes something you can feel… goosebumps!
Beyond The Track: If you live in the States and you were hoping to catch Boman live, you’re fresh out of luck for the time being. Keep an eye on future tour dates here!
Artist: Simian Mobile Disco
Album: “Murmurations”
Label: Wichita
Reason We’re Cranking It: Even though we’re not scientists by trade, we still appreciate a good experiment, and experimenting is exactly what the duo of James Ford and Jas Shaw have become so adept at doing, only their research isn’t conducted in a lab with variables, but instead, in a studio with sounds.
What The Album Tells Us About Them: Not having a signature sound that will pin them to their own sonic past gives them the freedom to shape themselves into whatever they want in the future. Creative diversity is part and parcel of the Simian Mobile Disco experience. “Murmurations” is as different as its predecessor as it will be of its successor.
Track Stuck On Repeat: A trickling tromp of a journey through an ‘80s landscape, “We Go” is the longest (time-wise) track on the album, but also the longest (lasting) track as well, setting up shop in your brain and leaving its crackling neon sign on OPEN at all times.
Coming To A City Near You: Unfortunately Simian Mobile Disco had to cancel their U.S. tour. Shaw is currently undergoing chemotherapy for a rare disease called AL amyloidosis. Thoughts and prayers to he and his family and we look forward to him returning to the road!
And that means…
Song Title: “Run”
From The Album: One (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: “Run” is a song about not running from what life throws at you, and with this pop-punk track full of melodic vocals and heavy guitar riffs, you’ll feel like you can face anything that life dishes out!
Beyond The Track: One is due June 29th from Pure Noise Records. Homesafe is hitting the road this summer with Hot Mulligan, Heart Attack Man and Jetty Bones. Check out the upcoming dates here.
Song Title: “Shade”
From The Album: Volume One (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: An infectious groove combined with Levi Miller’s sugar-coated vocals makes this a poppy mood-altering pill worth popping.
Beyond The Track: Volume One drops June 15th from No Sleep Records. An East Coast tour is already under way, with dates listed here.
Song Title: “The Shakedown” live/solo
From The Album: Farmer’s Almanac (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: Close your eyes while “The Shakedown” takes you on a voyage into the deep south with Brother Dege’s bluesy vocals and slide guitar as your soundtrack – it’s impossible not to stomp your boot to the beat.
Beyond The Track: Farmer’s Almanac drops June 1st from Psyouthern Records and coincides with tour dates across Europe and America. For a full list of live dates, click here.
Song Title: “That Much Closer To Nothing”
From The Album: You Will Know Nothing (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: This single may induce whiplash by blasting you with a retro sound reminiscent of The Doors, then pulling you forward into the future with a beat and guitar riff that must have been gifted by the rock gods from above.
Beyond The Track: Here Lies Man will drop You Will Know Nothing June 15th on RidingEasy Records. They will be playing the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona Spain and will perform at the Desert Daze festival in Southern California this fall. Additional tour dates can be found here.
Song Title: “The Siege”
From The Album: Walk The Earth (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: As good today as when they gave the world (an especially Gob Bluth) “The Final Countdown,” the latest single from the Swedish rock icons is a crank it award winner of the day, so turn it up and let “The Siege” commence.
Beyond The Track: Europe will be embarking on their first tour of Australia in just a few days, so all of you Aussies grab your tickets. Everyone else, check out the rest of the dates to the Walk The Earth World Tour here.
Song Title: “Magazin”
From The Album: Performance (art pictured at left)
Single Sentence Singles Review: Even those who aren’t comfortable in jeans will want to slip into this White Denim, a track that Rush may have written had they formed 40 years after they did.
Beyond The Track: After signing with City Slang, the Austin, TX-based band will drop Performance on August 24. Check out their upcoming tour dates here.
