Jangle-pop is alive and thriving: Welsh duo Red Cavalry deliver infectious jangly indie-pop energy with McCarthy-style lyrical agitation on Popaganda, while LA's The Freebies splice '60s girl-group charm with lo-fi modernity and Velvet Underground-tinged introspection. Hamlet shimmers with Big Star power-pop energy and melancholic jangle-rock on The Breaking Point Is Grieving, and Publicity Department crank up crunchy guitars and two-part harmonies with power-pop influences filtered through '90s alt-rock. Brooklyn's Avery Friedman issues a glistening return single ahead of her first UK/EU tour.
Indie Pop releases
“Darren Hayman (Hefner / The French / New Starts) adapts William Morris' Chants for Socialists on this album of hope and comfort”
“A pop album made the old fashioned way, by Canadian kids in a basement with instruments.”
“For fans of riffs and synths, this album is a must listen! RIYL: Anamanaguchi, Jeff Rosenstock, Slow Joy, Mystery Dungeons, Full Blown Meltdown”
“A glitchy, club-ready manifesto where sacred ritual meets bad-bitch rebellion ✝️⚡, forging a new sisterhood 👑 out of liberation 🔓, equality ⚖️, and unapologetic queer power 🌈”
“‘Under the Rainbow’ pushes the boundaries of traditional Jangle Pop - evolving the genre by mixing elements of Dreampop and Shoegaze across its twelve tracks.”