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Little
Victories
Bright upstarts Little Victories debut single ‘Staring At The Ground’ bounces a tale of boy-loses-girl
to infectious indie pop to get the most static of toes tapping. Nagging and swaggering, politely
crunching guitars, vaguely ska beats and rotating bass hook lead accurately to a strong chorus of
pleasingly uncool backing vocals that make this a delight to listen to and join
in with.
Burning Condors
Foreboding drums, menacing guitar and eerie harmonica
introduce a bitter and beaten late-night bar-room story of a man losing
everything to his ‘Honey Trap’. Raw and unapologetic, the blues roars and the
heart bleeds on a debut single seeping with drama and stenching of whisky.
Impressive old-time Americana from London.
Antibang
With an accompanying video promising blood, feathers and
bacon and delivering disturbing Lynch-ian pig-headed images, it would be
difficult to concentrate on Antibang’s music if debut single ‘All Our Toys’ was
anything less than dementedly catchy. Frightening and fun, this is a chaotic
riot of chants that they may or may not be in control of about
dry-wet-dream-trampolines and joining the circus. A most enjoyable nightmare.
Mark Parker
22 years since writing his first song, a “painfully shy”
Mark Parker decided it was about time he let other people hear them. Less than
one year and more than one thousand fans later and he is overcoming stage
fright to play tracks like gently moving lullaby ‘I Wish I Could Break Your
Heart’ live. His is the story of music helping to overcome personal
difficulties to follow dreams and improve life.
Super Luxury
Noise rock seems to be done damn well in Leeds and here
come Super Luxury to add to the impressive list. Debut EP ‘Mystery Thriller
Teen Drama’ combines classic riffage with modern time-signatures played with an
energy and control to thrilling effect. Agitated, yelping, spiked and furious
fun.
Hidden White Noise
Good old-fashioned rock’n’soul from Leeds via southern
USA from Hidden White Noise on EP ‘Wake Up The City’. Boogying from ‘Do Ya Do
Ya’s joyous holler and woogying to good-time sermon ‘Hallelujah’ with much
melodic meat in between. Out of time and timeless.
Cold Summer
Cheerleaders
Newcomers Cheerleaders blast onto the scene and are gone
in less than 2 minutes. ‘Puzzles’ explodes in rattling fast drums and melodically
shouted slogans. Either turned-up indie or toned-down punk, this is a promising
no-nonsense beginning that fits well with the Leeds scene. Welcome.
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