Track Of The Day: Suzie Stapleton – ‘Yesterday’s Town’

If “delay-laden guitar riffs and dusty vocals” are your thing, then Suzie Stapleton‘s new track ‘Yesterday’s Town’ is going to tick all of your listening boxes. Born in Australia, Stapleton relocated to London in 2015 and has kept a busy recording schedule on various projects between tours and opening for acts such as Mick Harvey, Mark Lanegan and Boss Hog.

Earlier this year, Stapleton appeared on Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove’s unlikely covers album Under The Covers (Rustblade Records), lending her voice to several of the tracks. This project was spawned via Stapleton’s collaborations with Cypress Grove on The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (feat. Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Thurston Moore).

To celebrate the release of her new single, Suzie has made ‘Yesterday’s Town’ available as a free download for her fans, which can be accessed via www.suziestapleton.com. She will also be playing a London launch show on November 8th at The Old Blue Last, with more dates live dates to be announced shortly.

Until then, listen to ‘Yesterday’s Town’ below and follow Suzie on Facebook for more updates.

Photo Credit: Steve Gullick

Kate Crudgington
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Track Of The Day: Miya Folick – ‘Give It To Me’

“Some people see this as a last chance at love song and idgaf what you take from my music, but to me it’s more about insidious people who take and take and make false promises. And about feeling let down by the narrative you’ve been fed. It’s about recognising your worth and demanding it.”

Thrown back and forth by the force of a rollercoaster Miya Folick seems not so much to sing the words of latest single ‘Give It To Me’ but to drag them from somewhere deep within; sentiments hewn of blood and bone, which have been hidden but can no longer be left unsaid.

Even when wronged, love remains, but this song – as Folick says herself – is as much about learning self-love and shining that light on darker hearts. Not such a soft glowing light of romantic sunrise or submissive desire, this is a light of searing awe that burns into you, an uncompromising and raw cry demanding a return to balance. Lyrically and in melodic feel it is the rush of energy into the void hollowed out by another, by the system, by the weariness of the game changing even when you follow all their damn rules. The breath held as the coaster climbs, the unstoppable scream at the drop. The calm, the storm, and the raging inside throughout it all.

Having already toured North America with Foster The People and completed a stint around Europe this year, Folick is well lined up to reach a wider audience with her genre-defying sound of alt-rock guitars, punk snarl, and a vocal range between the whisper of folk and the spine-tingle of soul. ‘Give It To Me’ may well be the track which helps to bring her to the fore, powerfully blending this range of styles with cinematic scope.

Listen to ‘Give It To Me’ here:

‘Give It To Me’ is out on 3 November 2017 via Terrible Records.

 

Sarah Lay
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Track Of The Day: Space Captain – ‘Sycamore’

If you’re sad about the lack of sunlight due to the change in season, let the sound of Space Captain‘s ‘Sycamore’ take you back to brighter days. It’s the lead single from their second album All Flowers In Time, which is set to be released on 27th October via Tru Thoughts Recordings.

The track is a fusion of the band’s R&B and indie sensibilities and perfectly showcases vocalist Maralisa’s smooth, soulful voice. The Brooklyn-based group have an eclectic taste and style that includes the use of trumpet outros, sax solos and acoustic “e-bow” guitars; all of which can be heard in full on their second album.

Pre-order your copy of All Flowers In Time here, and follow Space Captain on Facebook for more updates.

Photo Credit: Patricia Lopez

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Track Of The Day: SEXTILE – ‘Ripped’

Having already gained a reputation in the LA underground scene over recent years, SEXTILE released their second album earlier this year, and have now shared a brand new video.

Racing with glitchy beats, ‘Ripped’ is filled with a relentless, raucous energy and whirring power. A delightful, frenzied cacophony, it’s a furious slice of disco-punk seething with an attention-grabbing pulsating tension. Of the track, the band’s Brady Keehn explains:

“Ripped is a youthful, yet destructive song and I wanted to convey that visually. Innocence and chaos. Kind of what we’re born into.”

Watch the wonderfully anarchic video for ‘Ripped’ here:

Mari Lane
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