Joyeria - "Colour Film"

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Joyeria is a Canadian born, London based musician. His new single, "Colour Film," is this bizarre rootsy Americana blend of indie rock. Joyeria has an oddly quirky vocal delivery that's going to remind you of Stephen Malkmus and even has a little bit of that ramblin' country sound certain Pavement songs, but "Colour Film" is both more rootsy and more hard rockin' than you would expect. The song is going to sound instantly familiar, but the more time you spend with it the more and more unique it starts to sound to you. 

Joyeria says of the new single:

"'Colour Film' is about the mindless daily routine of being alive, what David Foster Wallace called 'water'.  I apparently have the ability to choose how I feel or think as I participate in being alive just as I can choose how I feel and think when I explain songs which is to say at times, very uneasy. But this song is also about worry beads, American G.I.’s running fighter pilot drills over Mediterranean islands, stray cats, ice creams and falling rotten oranges. 

"Like I said, I’m in a colour film, in fact we might all be."

You can watch the video for "Colour Film" below. FIM is due out October 14 on Speedy Wunderground, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on Joyeria, check out the artist's Facebook and Twitter.

Honeyglaze - "Female Lead"

Photo by Holly Whitaker

London's Honeyglaze's latest single hits a very sweet spot for me. "Female Lead" is that kind of song that borders on modern indie rock and folk, and leans towards the pop side of both. What really helps the song stand out is the inspiration of 60's girl groups. It's that sound that gives "Female Lead" a Big Thief meets Please Be Mine era Molly Burch. The sounding modern while acknowledging the past sound is simply irresistible for us.

Honeyglaze's Anouska Sokolow says of the band's new song:

"I was overwhelmed by the state of the world during the first lockdown and constantly being surrounded by bad news. It was a time when people were playing with changing their appearance and I felt incapable of writing anything of any actual importance so I decided to write about something as completely arbitrary as dying my hair. I was inspired by the song ‘Leader of the Pack’ by the Shangri-las  and the narrative heavy pop songs that were coming out of the Brill building during the 60s."

You can watch the video for "Female Lead" below. Honeyglaze's self-titled debut is due out April 29 on Speedy Wunderground, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on Honeygalze, check out the band's Facebook and Twitter.

Lewsburg - "Six Hills"

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Hailing from Rotterdam in The Netherlands, Lewsberg have just released a new single for Speedy Wunderground's 7" singles series. "Six Hills" is going to remind you a ton of The Velvet Underground, in particular spoken word songs like "The Gift." It's not just the rhythmic spoken word aspect of The Velvet Underground that is reflected in "Six Hills." You even get the guitar tunings along with the freak out groove from the art rock pioneers. Lewsberg do add in some more modern day indie rock feedback and fuzz, but this could have been a song played at The Boston Tea party decades ago. None of this is meant as a negative comment. If more bands wore their Velvet Underground fandom on their sleeves like this, music would be a whole lot more interesting. 

You can watch the video for "Six Hills" below. The song is available as a single via Speedy Wunderground and can be downloaded here. Physical copies can be found here. For more on Lewsberg, check out the artist's website.

Honeyglaze - "Burglar"

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South London's Honeyglaze formed as a trio since vocalist and guitarist Anouska Sokolow didn't want to be a solo artist. The band first met at a rehearsal three days before they played a gig at The Windmill in Brixton. The band has drawn comparisons to artists such as Julia Jacklin and Haley Heynderickx. Listening to their new single, "Burglar," those comparisons are fair. But not completely. Sokolow does have some of Heynderickx's vocal delivery, but Jacklin and Heynderickx have more of a folk base while Honeyglaze is a little more indie rock, albeit with some tinges of folk. "Burglar" has this almost hypnotic quality, especially as the song goes on and the instrumental parts kick in. It's a fairly laid back to mid-tempo song while it does gain a bit more pep as it swirls around you towards the ending. If "Burglar" is any indication, Honeyglaze are a band we're going to be paying a lot of attention to!

The band says of the new song:

“Burglar is based around a Bukowski poem. It feels like being half-awake before dawn and waiting alone for the clarity of morning. It drifts between calm and anxiety, between dream and consciousness.”

You can watch the video for "Burglar" below. The song is available now as a single via Speedy Wunderground. For more on Honeyglaze, check out the band on Facebook and Twitter.