Red Rum Club are a six-piece outfit from Liverpool, England. Fronted by Francis Doran, the band has released three studio albums, with their most recent effort being 2021’s How To Steal The World. The band recently released a single “Vanilla,” and is currently embarking on a U.S. Tour. I chatted with Doran and drummer Neil Lawson before their show at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia.
Now sober, the second song – ‘Old Wooden Floor’ – looks at the harsh reality of drinking, but again this is an upbeat song with some classy pedal steel playing. Check’s bluegrass background surfaces on ‘Pretty Mama’ and he stays close to home on ‘The Way That You Are’, which was written by his brother Jonathan and is a lovely tale of unrequited love – again enhanced by some superb ivory tinkling. Jonathan’s a talented sibling as another of his songs is included – ‘The Shape It Appears’ – a country waltz about being able to see an era clearly only after it’s over – amazingly its author was only a teenager when he penned it.
From the opening cascading cords of the latest Ghost Pavillion track “Still On Ice,” one would almost do a double take that they might be hearing a new Beach House track. Yet instead of the noted dream pop Baltimore duo, we get the west coast version, spearheaded by James Higgs.
Glide is premiering “Still On Ice,” the encapsulating new track that drifts with a masterful urgency that is both sweet and seductive atop a stark and fragile presentation.
Richmond’s genre-defying music collective Piranha Rama will drop their new album Omniscient Cloud Cover tomorrow, September 30th, 2022 via boutique label Brokers Tip Records. The eclectic group wears their varied influences on their musical sleeves, much to the delight of fans!
The Jack Terricloth Foundation, which formed after the tragic passing of Jack Terricloth of World/Inferno Friendship Society and Sticks & Stones last year, has announced the title and release date for the Jack Terricloth tribute album (the tracklist was released in May and includes Jeff Rosenstock, Catbite, The Bouncing Souls, Worriers, and The Unlovables). It is called Endless Possibility: A Tribute to Jack Terricloth and will be out everywhere October 31.
Late Cambrian, “It’s Always Something” – The creative and romantic partnership of Brooklyn indie pop duo John Wlaysewski and Olive Hu unleashed a monster power-pop banger about nostalgia: “Living in the ’90s twice/ Frente is my secret vice/ Everything still fits all right,” Hu sings.