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    Watercolours – Feel Tomorrow

    Watercolours - Feel Tomorrow

    Intelligent, well composed, beautifully layered and balancing something vaguely melancholy with something still uplifting, this slice of shimmering indie-pop from Watercolours is a damn fine listen.With its glistening guitar picks and lush synth waves 'Feel Tomorrow' is the debut release from the three-piece from Cheltenham and at last finds recognition for the talented Conal Kelly.

    Alternative Tracks has featured the talented Kelly for a couple of years, with his solo work and last year’s release 'Undercurrents', under the band name Sahara Breeze. Now, with Matt Sharlot and Hamish Woolley, he appears to have found the perfect moniker, Watercolours.
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    Orange Soul – The Haze

    Orange Soul - The Haze

    After the charm of their self-titled debut EP, Brighton-based Orange Soul have just released a sublime new single 'The Haze'.
    Orange Soul is talented brothers Henry and John Tydeman, bringing to our ears a sumptuous fusion of folk and pop. These two young men know how to craft songs with intelligent lyrics and produce music with a mesmerizing quality.
    Full of shimmering melodies in a lush piano soundscape that slowly build and hypnotize, 'The Haze' is woven with the siblings’ magnetic vocal harmonies. Recalling the foggy haze of John’s experience going in and out of hospital, whilst undergoing a gruelling tonsillectomy, the lyrics deliver a subtle darkness with dulcet immediacy.
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    Blackhill Pioneers – Miles

    Blackhill Pioneers - Miles

    A few years ago, I came across a playlist on Spotify that included artists such as Sigur Rós, The National and The Temper Trap entitled 'Songs that build into awesomeness'.The latest release from the Blackhill Pioneers wouldn't be out of place on that playlist. Gorgeous and propulsive, 'Miles' is the second release from the Essex Four-piece.
    The band formed in early 2016, when drummer Chris Mcconville from The Bishops joined up with three members of the The Trees, singer/guitarist Tony Eke, singer/lead guitarist Simon Dawes and bassist Ben Frost. Since then the quartet have been working hard in the studio and performing live at London venues. 'Miles' is the culmination of the time put in.
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    Northwest – Dimaryp

    Northwest - Dimaryp

    Spain is full of hidden gems waiting to be discovered, and Northwest is one of them.The duo, Ignacio Simón, producer and Mariuca García-Lomas, vocals, now living in London have released 'Dimaryp' the first single from their forthcoming debut album. With influences ranging from triphop and dream pop to experimental electronica and contemporary classical music, Northwest have introduced a unique, beguiling slice of electronia to alternative music. If you are a fan of the alluring sound of Agnes Obel, the creativeness of Radiohead or the delirious dream pop of the Cocteau Twins this music is for you.
    'Dimaryp' is seven minutes of uncompromising exquisiteness that captivates and entrances. It drifts in on a cloud of haunting electronic sounds,
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    Jet Black 3 – Jet Black 3 EP

    Jet Black 3 - Jet Black 3 EP

    Jet black 3 have just released an EP balancing powerhouse vocals with a layer of meaty, hyper-powered guitar riffs. With rock and roll pumped into their veins, there is a fired up intense energy about this trio from Exeter. The band, Robert Papworth on vocals, guitarist Phil Borrett and drummer Chris Ford, only formed last year, although Robert and Phil have worked together in the past. Unusually, for a heavy rock band there is no bass player, instead Phil uses a guitar through a normal guitar amp and a bass amp to produce a rock-sounding distorted bottom end as well as the classic guitar tone.

    Providing a great start to the three track EP is 'Why on Earth'......Read More

    Cuecliché – One Last Chance EP

    Cuecliché - One Last Chance EP

    Pop Punk in not a genre normally covered here at Alternative Tracks, but London based Cuecliché have just released a debut five track EP that has caught my attention. The band effortlessly blending the super catchy, radio friendly pop punk of now with the speed and aggression of those punk days.

    There is a definite cohesiveness to the band’s music, they have their own identifiable unique sound while effortlessly taking bits and pieces from the bands they love and throwing it all down into a hell of a good listen. Getting the balance right between aggression and melody is tricky, but Cuecliché have done it.
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