Dogs! Teeth! Release A Family Fantasy

10th May 2023 — 1 Comment

Ever imagined you were adopted?

Childhood. Scraped knees and melted ice cream. Sunshine on schooldays and wet weekends, a life full of play pretend. Quick kissed plasters and playgrounds full of laughter, true faith in that happiness ever after. Looking back, was it all that or was it black? A hole in your memory that only floods occasionally, on the commute to work, a smashed dinner plate, a loud voice in your head, sent outside in the rain again.A few too many drinks into Friday night your mind shows you what it was really like, a head haunted by the ghosts of who you could have been if you had just had the parents your friends had.

A Family Fantasy official music video

A family fantasy is a tongue and cheek track discussing how experiences in childhood hinder our growth as adults. Unfazed and unbothered, sipping tea through harsh realties, turning away from adversity, you can not feel comforted by a cold hand. Who we were brought up to be prevents us from becoming who we are meant to be. Stiff upper lips mirror a face full of tears, suck it up and stand straight, stoic. Polluting their child’s air with poison from their own tongue, aren’t we supposed to protect our young?

The track itself embraces resentment and anger at what could have been in a humorous fast paced way to create an irreverent beat full of energy and anguish, staying true to the bands philosophy of discussing serious topics in a not so serious way. Elements of Queens of The Stone Age, The smashing Pumpkins and The Pixies are definitely imbued in this sound but it is ultimately the eccentric soul of Dogs! Teeth! that give this song its bite.

Set to release on this Friday, 12th of May, there will be a launch party gig on the same day, at Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge in Stamford, with Das Kapitans, The Dodo Appreciation Society and Muzzle, courtesy of Socks on Records.

The three piece came together through their love of 90’s alternative guitar sounds in Peterborough, 2022 , despite being brand new Dogs! Teeth! have already received airtime from the likes of WolfmanRadio, Peterborough City Radio and BBC introducing, it’s no surprise that they’ve joined Socks on Records, local DIY Indie band camp label.

Marseille release their latest E.P , Freedom

8th May 2023 — Leave a comment

What’s the best way to conclude a successful, 10 date, UK tour? By releasing a four track E.P of course.

Marseille by Jason Bridges

Track 1: Freedom

A crescendo of booming guitar solos, electric with a fast tempo and in your face attitude. this track is anthem with its signature Marseile high energy, from the steady drum build up, to the thumping baseline and roaring guitar feedback, this track truly sets the tone for the rest if the rock and roll E.P. You can really hear the 90’s Madchester scene that have inspired this quintet.

Inspired by the band’s hometown of Derby, the streets littered with wasted potential, peeling posters of withered dreams, dark skies over desolate lives, a City once so vibrant, full of life, now everything seems to have stopped in its stride. This track promises to bring back Derby’s beating heart.

Marseille are a young rock n roll band formed in late 2021 in Derby, England. The band consists of Will Brown, Joe Labram, Lennon Hall, Tom Spray and most recently Felix Moxey.

Marseille Freedom official video

Track 2: Only Just Begun

A heart broken as it had just began to beat. A love killed in it’s infancy, freshly bought bouquet of flowers withering before they’re received. That is what Track 2, “Only Just Begun” is all about, a break up before the love really began to blossom. This track explains why Steve Lamacq describes Marseille as having “Psychedelic sunshine beaming down on them” with the infusion of 60’s psychedelia with a mersey beat.

Marseille Only Just Begun

Optimism becomes this track with it’s upbeat guitar riffs and glorious hooks this song is great for a sing along so you can belt it out and forget the splinters of your broken heart digging into your stomach.

.Track 3: “Thinker”

A testament to the sadder side of life, this emotional ballad is an exploration of a darker narrative, showcasing the band’s versatile songwriting ability. With an orchestral appeal in the form of strings this song is a heart wrenched, infused with killer hooks that expose the soul. Inspired by all that is lost, this song sends them back home.

Marseille by Jason Bridges

Track 4: “Lost And Found”

Already a fan favourite this track came from the same recording sessions and had previously been an early live favourite of the band’s fans. A testament to the bend members friendship and loyalty to each other this really is an ode to the love of music, especially as it is one of the first songs the band fully fleshed out together. As a song with a lot of history, the band wanted to keep in touch with that raw, live sound. 

In 2022, Marseille had successes with the singles “Forget It All” which was played on Soccer Am and the 9 minute monster “The Jungle”. Over that summer, the band also performed at the Y-Not and Isle Of Wight Festivals. Recently seeing the end of a successful uk tour, the release of this EP and stages at up coming festival, Your City in Stoke on Trent on the 27th of May it is clear that 2023 is going to be a cracking year for this quintet.

Sunset Kisses released by Manchester Indie rockers Stone Mile

5th May 2023 — Leave a comment

It’s a scorcher of a single.

Stone Mile

With the temperatures rising, days feeling longer and drinks getting cooler, summer is approaching. It’s around this time we turn to the past, sharing stories of past summers round the beer garden table as the sunsets. Sentences start with ‘remember when’… and unravel into a kaleidoscope of orange imbued scenes full of laughter and friendship flood the table a you’re transported back to your favourite summer. a holiday you will never forget, one you try to replicate but always failing, each experience so unique to that day.

Stone Mile’s new single Sunset Kisses explores the semantics of rejoicing in previous events, living them vicariously as you flick through photo’s, admiring who you used to be and how you’ve grown alongside family and friends, wondering where the time’s gone and how you can reflect these faces in the upcoming summer.

Made up of Rae , lead singer and lyricist, Scott on lead guitar, Robbie on Rhythm, Gordon the drummer and Ryan on bass and backing vocals, the five formed in 2021 after meeting online. Since then they have released three songs, Settle Down, Circular Quay and now Sunset Kisses. With fans nationwide and over 2000 streams on Spotify it is clear as to why Stone Mile is becoming a household name in the Manchester Music scene.

Stone Mile

Ryan has described the Sunset Kisses as being “ about the nostalgic feeling of that one amazing summer you just can’t recreate. That one holiday that’s messy: Cocktails at 2pm, sunburn, melting ice cream and kisses at sunset”. Envision long days with open skies, close friends by your side as you exercise your right to party, the beat of this track taking you there. Upbeat and poppy this single is bound to get you boogieing this season, you can’t help but sing along to the catchy chorus. Celebrate the joys of days gone by and look forward to making more memories full of ice cream and kisses at sunset.

The powerful opening verse sets the tone for the rest of the single with it’s optimistic delivery, exploring a narrative burning with idyllic images, the summer, and the new possibilities it hosts.

“Strawberry ice–cream and 

drops of Malibu 

Soak in the sunshine and

 Be right next to you

Cat eye sunglasses And

White pretty dresses

I love the summer but it burns me with kisses “

Sunset Kisses

It’s evocative of Sandy’ and Danny’s summer, one where everything changes, everything is perfect in a chaotic concoction of too many drinks, strangers gazes and blazing nights. Hands find each other in the sand and then discover more, lips meet lips, love rises as the sun falls.

Sunset kisses settles on a more joyous tone than other tracks that fall under the ice rock repertoire like riot anthem settle down that demands a decent head bang and a room full of moshers.

The sun burns the burdens away, erasing unsettling emotions that simmer within us, keeping us warm throughout the winter, we sip the sunrise and look at the sky through new lenses, life is good, life is liquid and we swim in it. Childhood is reborn when the rays of light burn through the clouds.

Recently being shortlisted to play YNOT this year looks as though it could be an exciting horizon for the quintet.