Tiger Balme are 4-piece Toronto based Yang Chen, Estyr, Danielle Sum, and Anda Zeng. They all take vocal duties and write together and are influenced by disco, indie, math rock, and ’90s acoustic pop (at least that’s what their website claims!), playing chamber pop.

They featured in the Being Independent series when the podcast was just starting and Danielle also released a single a couple of months ago which we spoke about prior to release.

Now the band have a new single due on 19th December, “Short Fuse (Embers)”. It’s a reworking of the track which featured on their debut album, stripped back and reworked.

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HUM are a Frankfurt based 3 piece formed in 2019. Defined as Heavy Psychedelic/Stoner Rock in their biography, it continues regarding the upcoming album saying “...three is the album for the apocalypse or for an evening in space. But there's no shortage of fun: the darkness is presented on fat, slow grooves.”

The bands’ new album “3” is due for release on December 12th through Tonzonen Records.

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Temporary Blessings are a Melbourne based collective formed by trumpeter Liam McGorry. Assembled to realise Liam’s compositions drawing on 1960s Italian & French soundtrack music, the ensemble brings together trusted instrumentalists and fellow travelers from Melbourne’s rich enclave of cinematic soul.

The debut album “Sumbisori” is due on 4th December and it’s amazing. For anyone my age and from the UK, I would say it’s a cross between a great James Bond soundtrack and the David Holmes soundtracks from films like Oceans 11.

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Monitors are a 4-piece formed in Paris in 2017. A collective of English, Bosnian, and French nationals, they sound like something between punk and electro with a hint of new wave and a topping of a few other genres too.

Described by Rolling Stone Magazine as “producing an outstanding musical fusion”, the band have just released their debut album “The Madelaine Affair” on AnalogueTrash and it’s really good.

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Boy Grapes is the musical alias of Sean Grapin, a singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist from Washington D.C. in the US. Having released 3 albums and 2 EP’s in 5 years, the musical evolution of Boy Grapes from phone recordings via an apple earbud mic to the latest effort in just 7 years is nothing short of magnificent.

The latest album “When I Close My Eyes” was self-released via Boy Boys on August 9th and morphs from Frank Zappa stylings via Beastie Boys to many other weird and wonderful cross genre influences.
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PREYRS are an alternative rock and metal group hailing from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band consists of Amy Montgomery (vocals), Micheal Mormecha (drums), Nolan Donelly (Guitars) and Ciarán McGreevy (Bass).

This is not a metal band, this is a band who have the metal aesthetic with a rock sensibility and accessibility that will take them far. Supporting New Model Army on their upcoming European dates, the band are due to release their debut album “The Wounded Healer” on 14th November via Pelagic Records and after hearing their first single I wanted to dive into the world of PREYRS.

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The Wytches are a 4-piece rock band formed in Peterborough but now based in Brighton. Composed of members: Kristian Bell (vocals/guitar), Daniel Rumsey (bass), Mark Breed (keyboardist/guitarist) and Bhavin Thaker (drums).

Already 15 years since their debut release, the band have released 7 EP’s and have just released their 5th album, “Talking Machine” which their label say “...is a combination between huge pounding rockers fused with quieter moments of reflection”, and I think it’s great!

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Rise Carmine, real name Liam Colbert, is a Toronto based multi-instrumentalist and psych-rock artist. The Toronto Guardian has said “He takes pride in his eclectic song writing, delivering hard-rock riffiness and psychedelic synth-driven bliss on the same record”, I would agree.

The 12th of November sees the release of EP “Come In Closer” so let’s delve in…

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Pan Arcadia are a 5-piece New York based indie rock band whose sound is a nod to The Strokes and a little to The Ramones. The band consists of Eamon Rush on vocals, Dylan Kelly & Gabriel Gonzalez on guitars, Henry McGrath on bass and Brian Duke on drums.

The band self-released their latest album “Everything’s Fine” on October 10th, and shockingly the band play mostly happy tunes which had me tapping my foot for all 37 and-a-bit minutes of it…

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God Alone, a five-piece hailing from Cork, Ireland, describing their sound as dance infused math/noise rock although they’ve worked their way through several heavy genres during their time together.

Made up of Jake O’Driscoll (Guitar & Vocals), Cian Mullane (Bass & Vocals), Jack O’Hanlon (Drums), Dylan Kelly (Synthesizer) and Seán Thompson (Guitar), the band are signed to Prosthetic Records and have just released their 3rd album “The Beep Test” which is such a great album I wanted to find out more about it!

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