‘Judy Garland’ is the 6th track on Matthew Barton’s first cassette tape – a mesmerising, longing, stripped-back hail to 1960s girl-groups. “A song of unparalleled yearning and pop simplicity” – Matthew Barton provides an encompassing description of this song within only eight words. The soul with which he writes enables ‘Judy Garland’ to bundle up your mind …
Visceral and gripping, Darcie is victorious with her new alt-pop sound in ‘Silence’. Hailing from Manchester, Darcie is the project of multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Zigi Porter. Gaining recognition from her previous lo-fi soul-pop singles Mango, Litter and Darling (all of which are also captivating tracks), Darcie is switching up her sound with ‘Silence’. Taking a …
2020 got you feeling down? Opus Orange can help – ‘The Lucky Ones’ is a beautifully warming track that comforts and heartens like no other I’ve heard this year. It’s no stretch to say that 2020 has seen its fair share of ‘lockdown dirges’ – but be relieved, this is not one of them! By contrast, …
A bouncing, building, and unwaveringly catchy indie-pop track, Roi Bars’ ‘Good Day!’ will certainly help you achieve one for yourself. “You’ll never feel better than today” – a line that Roi (Rodrigo) Bars repeats with increasing conviction as the track’s many intricate layers build, ‘Good Day!’ encourages the notion of “taking the good things out of …
From their new album ‘Forever’, psychedelic Britrock-influenced trio Siracuse get the blood pumping with ‘Love Stands Tall’. Bathed in a goldilocks-level of reverb, Siracuse harness their shoegaze roots and galvanise them with ‘Love Stands Tall’ (or as they often abbreviate it, ‘L.S.T’). A track that will sonically match perfectly with a venue like Southampon’s The 1865 or the Camden …
Six-member powerhouse of charisma Any Given Room live up to their slogan “good-ass pop music” with the enthusiastic track ‘Mind>matter’ If you’ve been looking for a feel-good banger – you’ve found it! ‘Mind>matter’ is a sparkling alternative-pop-indie-rock track (forgive the long label – it’s hard to give this track a single one) that flips the phrase …
Omi Lee’s second single of 2020, ‘Exotic Spaces’, is an endearingly wistful track that will leave you daydreaming. Despite describing it as ‘endearingly wistful’ though, it was the track’s brooding verse riff that first caught my ear. There’s something distinctly threatening about it – as if walking into a saloon in an old wild west film, all …
Danish trio Sovereign have returned with their sophomore track ‘The Chain’, an anthemic indie banger that’ll get you bouncing in the crowd (whenever we’re allowed to again). For anyone feeling withdrawal symptoms from 2020’s abandoned festival season, ‘The Chain’ just might be able to give you that hit of dopamine you’ve been craving. It’s been a while …
After moving to Brooklyn, Jean-Luc Swift sinks his North Carolina country roots into the grit of New York metropolitan life. ‘Uncle Bill’s New York City Lament’ is a country-alternative-indie blend that you’ve never heard before. Having lived my life in southern England, I don’t imagine it’s surprising to hear that Americana is a genre I’ve …
Back with a dreamy bedroom pop track, Mojo JNR contemplates on unwarranted anxiety and holistic healing in ‘Peach Out’. Two months ago, fellow Turtle Tempo writer Marnie sung the praises of Mojo JNR’s debut release ‘Miles Away’ – and now I’m here to repeat some history. Like its predecessor, ‘Peach Out’ is an elegant brew of mellow …
