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The Wytches

Talking Machine

    The Wytches return for their latest incendiary album, 'Talking Machine', the
    Brighton 4 piece bringing a whole new avalanche of their undeniable psych
    infused jet black soundscapes alongside a pleasingly lengthy tour.

    "I saw the term 'Talking Machine' in a book I was reading about Thomas Edison" lead singer Kristian muses. "It was a nickname for gramophones. I thought that was ftting enough for an album title but I guess like a lot of people, the whole AI thing has been on my mind a lot and I saw a connection there too. Thomas Edison would host these events called Tone Tests where he'd demonstrate how much audio recordings had advanced by fooling the audience in to thinking they were listening to musicians playing live but it was actually all pre-recorded, playing from a gramophone. People feared that a lot of jobs in the entertainment industry and beyond would be replaced by technology, a lot like what's going on now."

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Talking Machine
    2. Black Ice
    3. Coffin Nails
    4. Perform
    5. Factory
    6. Romance
    7. Is The World Too Old
    8. Nothing To See
    9. When The Obsession Began
    10. Don't Make It For Me
    11. Romance 2

    Problem Patterns

    Boring Songs For Boring People

      Unfiltered, raw and absolutely vital, queercore quartet Problem Patterns are angry.

      This is their EP, 'Boring Songs for Boring People', and it's all going rather well. The last single entered the 6 Music C List (for four weeks and counting) while
      the first single 'Sad Old Woman' (with Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans) got everywhere. Double digit 6 Music spins, track of the week on Radio X, playlists galore and stacks of alt press. The EP drops in September on vinyl on ludicrously cool screenprinted vinyl (500 only. Never to be repressed).

      Their previous album won Album of the Year at the Northern Irish Music Awards (beating Ash and Kneecap into the bargain) - they're a spectacular live force. Problem Patterns are not limited by age or ability or binary identities. They don't have a front person, they swap instruments and roles to ensure that each member of the group has a voice. They espouse queer punk and they have shared touring schedules with Le Tigre, Queen Zee, JOHN, Pink Suits & Bob Vylan. They are ace.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Song For Fi
      2. Sad Old Woman (ft. Matt Korvette Of Pissed Jeans)
      3. Classic Rock Has Become My Prison
      4. I'm Fine And I'm Doing Great
      5. Bone Idle
      6. Boring Songs For Boring People

      KEG

      Fun's Over

        Showcasing whip-smart spikiness remains, and a gorgeous weirdness matched by very few others, it's easy to see why wonk pop 7-piece KEG are one of the most talked about bands of 2024. Soon they'll be THE band of 2025.

        Their debut album Fun’s Over represents the culmination of KEG's initial forays into life, and as such leaps all over—from the melodic to the demented with all the enthusiasm of a very lively bean salad. Sharp angling guitarwork that would be at home both on a Fugazi or a Wilco record. Cascading synths and drums, pepperings of trombone and lyrics which invite you into a baffled man's brain full of joy and anxiety.

        Contrary to the previous releases the album takes its time, allowing Keg to showcase the orchestral leanings of the band, melding textures and battering-ram rhythms, whilst all the time managing to hone their carefully manipulated balance of chaos and order.

        Recorded between the studio and home, Keg have refined their DIY approach this time around, producing the record themselves with engineering help from Pozi’s Toby Burroughs and mixed by Connor Simpkins.

        Offsetting the braggadocious shredding and bombastic instrumentation the lyrics on the album take a much less cocksure approach—beckoning you into a yearning for suburban living, slightly embarrassing admissions of inadequacy, the feeling of creative failure freeing the imagination, taking pleasure in the mundanity of an unsure mind, bathing for freedom, and just a couple simple love songs. 


        The Wytches

        Our Guest Can't Be Named

          The Wytches need very little introduction, but it is with no little excitement that we welcome back Brighton’s purveyors of melody for album number four – all raucous and unruly, yet glistening with jagged edged poetic wistfulness and undeniable emotional clout.

          The former Transgressive/ Heavenly Records act return with their fourth studio album in September on Alcopop! Records this year - and it's definitely their best yet, all raw-throat punk, stoner/doom psych, riffing swagger, and perhaps just the tiniest hint of delicious folk twinkling... Just get it in your ears. It’s glorious.



          STAFF COMMENTS

          Barry says: The Wytches 4th outing is awash with the sort of grotty lo-fi rock we've come to know from the Brighton outfit, but imbued with a gothic intensity and grunge-leaning heft that we've not heard before. Clattering semi-rhythmic noises burst into huge choral passages and tearing surfy guitar lines.

          TRACK LISTING

          Side A
          Zep Step
          Maria
          Sloped Old Tower
          Bats
          Unsure
          Side B
          Spark
          Something To Fall Back On
          Our Guest Can't Be Named
          Bill Blood
          Fool

          Pulled Apart By Horses

          Rinse And Repeat / First World Problems

            The record will be released on a 700 limited edition press of clear vinyl on 29th July 2022, with the artwork hand-screen printed by the band. ‘Rinse & Repeat’ is released to celebrate the brand new album ‘Reality Cheques’ out in September 2022 – alongside long awaited monstrous UK and European tours after a bustling festival summer...

            Commenting on the track, vocalist Tom Hudson said: “An ode to all that have found themselves trapped in the darker corners of the music industry. The repetitive whirring of the machine. A spanner in the works of the daily grind. A helping hand to break out of a vicious cycle. The realisation that they need you more than you need them. Inspired by seeing Ziggy Stardust stood in line at the jobcentre. More punk rock than Iggy advertising life insurance.”


            TRACK LISTING

            A1. First World Problems
            AA1. Rinse And Repeat


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