“Where are we?” “Where? I’m not sure. I’ve been here for a long time, a long time Brick. They told me you would be coming. They’ve been waiting for you.” “They?” “I think you’ve met them already. I’m sure you have. I heard them talking, they said you got away. They said you wouldn’t get…
Author: The Scarlet Switernel
I know you’re gonna dig Your House by Mary Anne’s Polar Rig.
Your House by Mary Anne’s Polar Rig has more hooks in it than most bands have in their career. Hailing from Malmö, Sweden this is the 1st track from their forthcoming debut album – Makes You Happy. The band consist of Malin Hofvander Singer Harald Ingvarsson Guitar Jesper Olsson Bass Philip Lindskog Drums Single is…
Super World Indie EP Of The Month: The Notwist – Ship
The SWIT equivalent of waking up on Christmas morning is receiving an email from Morr Music. This time it’s to tell us the about the return of German Indie Heavyweights The Notwist and their stunning new EP – Ship. The eponymously named lead single – featuring Saya, singer of Tenniscoats and co – member of…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Alec Danger is a top tune arranger
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day 29.05.2020: Alec Danger – “Ghost Notes”. We’ve had Mr. Alec Danger on here before and I’m delighted to feature one of his brand new creatures. It’s called “Ghost Notes”. Great title innit? We’ve all been there….the broken heart, writing a classic in the attic, the attic of love…
Super World Interview Time: This Charman Man
Jetstream Pony’s debut self-titled LP has just landed and, as you would expect, it’s a corker. It’s been spinning all week, it’s more addictive than crack cocaine and I should know. My current fav tune is “The Very Eyes Of Night” which apart from a brilliant title also has the zeitgeisty refrain of “sometimes I’m…
SWIT PREMIERE GIANTS by XTR HUMAN
Enjoy this fresh, hook-laden slice of indie pop perfection from XTR HUMAN. Giants grabs you from the start with its jumpy stop/start bass and guitars dueling on top of an infectious synth melody. Complimented quite excellently by Johannes Stabel’s infectious vocals (reminding me of the wonderful Robert Forster) Coming in at just over 3 minutes…
Super World Interview Time: Hurry hurry it’s Violet Cheri
I recently posted “Hey Honey Heaven” from Stockholm’s Violet Cheri and said “This is a tune that shoots for the moon and hits the target. It’s a delightful pop song, with strikingly original vocals courtesy of frontman Daniel Hoff. I love the melody, the lo-fi ambiance, the celebration of weird youth, love, and spending summers…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: We premiere Liquid Walls by KO:MI
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day -14.05.2020. KO:MI – Liquid Walls. First things first, Liquid Walls is simply a beautiful song. The melody is as sweet as a nut, matched by Sanna Komi’s unadorned voice. The cello and clarinet are divine, and the angelic backing vocals all give the song a majestic quality which…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Meno is muy bueno
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day -07.05.2020. Meno – Better Heart. You wait ages for one member of Gin Ga to come along and then two arrive at once. We covered the new tune by Eugene Delta a couple of weeks back and he pops up here again on guest vocals with old comrade…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Everything sounds great in Maxwell’s house
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day -29.04.2020. Le SuperHomard & Maxwell Farrington – The Good Times Are Coming (Cass Elliot Cover). Christophe from SWIT favs Le SuperHomard has contacted us about a new collaboration he is doing with Australian singer Maxwell Farrington. It’s a rather delightful cover version of “The Good Times Are Coming”,…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: You should stream River Into Lake
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day -28.04.2020. River Into Lake – Grande Prairie. “Grande Prairie” is the new single by Belgian synthpop outfit River Into Lake. The song is a a first cut from a 4-track EP which shall be released as 10″ vinyl in December. This is a really excellent electronic pop tune,…
Neu from Neubauten – Ten Grand Goldie
We’ve been looking forward to this for a while here in SWIT HQ and it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s the new single Ten Grand Goldie from the legendary Einstürzende Neubauten. Blixa called some of his fans from around the world to ask them their favourite words or phrases. By “Harvesting” the responses Ten Grand Goldie was…