Sister Fatima

First Light

Dissociation

THE ISLAS Debut EP 'OBLIVION'. Released on Friday 27th August.

Produced by Thomas Joy @ Mill Studios
Mastered by Andy Hippy Baldwin @ Metropolis
Artwork by Joseph Calhoun & Allen Key Media

SINGLE RELEASES:
Track 3: The Absence of You - Released July 2nd
Track 5: All The Same (Feat. Emily Parish) - Released July 30th

Oblivion

Fortitude Valley channel Weezer’s Blue Album for their latest single Baby, I’m Afraid. 

“This is a break up song.  It’s two people feeling that the vibe is off, but not communicating.
It’s about feeling insecure, over analysing little things and assuming the worst rather than actually speaking to the other person.”

Fortitude Valley tear through three minutes of scorching rock with crunchy riffs and indelible hooks, harnessing their vibrant slacker-pop to dissect a stalling relationship.

Fortitude Valley is the new outlet for the songwriting talents of Durham based Brisbanite Laura Kovic.

Having spent the majority of her musical career playing keyboards in other people’s bands, bringing their songs to life with a melodic flourish, it was about time for Laura K to find an outlet for her songs: awkward power-pop that’s bound to appeal to fans of The Beths, Pixies or The Weakerthans. 

She’s assembled quite the band too: Martha’s Daniel Ellis on lead guitar and Nathan Stephens Griffin on drums, and Night Flowers’ Greg Ullyart on bass.

Fortitude Valley is the heart of Brisbane’s music scene and it's also where Laura first started playing in bands before moving to the UK in 2010.  It was a place that objectively felt mythical, a suburb with a special meaning, looking back from the other side of the world and many years later. 

Fortitude Valley release their debut full length album at the end of the summer 2021.

Reaction to recent single Cassini:
“infectious indie pop gems that would sidle up nicely alongside Joanna Gruesome, Lisa Prank, or Colleen Green” Raven Sings The Blues
“the band set the sad tale of lost space hardware to a surprisingly fiery slice of power-pop, with the Pavement-like lurch of the rhythm section, contrasted by the rambunctious assault of the twin-guitars, and Laura’s vocal tumble of lyrical gems” For The Rabbits

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https://fikarecordings.com/artists/fortitude-valley

Fortitude Valley - Baby, I’m Afraid

"No Worries" is the first Nyxy Nyx single from an upcoming split album with Bad History Month. "Death Takes A Holiday" is out October 29th via Exploding In Sound Records. http://www.explodinginsoundrecords.com/products/711483-bad-history-month-nyxy-nyx-death-takes-a-holiday

Nyxy Nyx - No Worries

HARD TO CONCENTRATE

Wait For You is out now: https://smarturl.it/margotwait

Wait For You

Margot - Wait For You

This is the second single from EEP's second album, Winter Skin (out November 5), a collection of nine new songs that expands and deepens the quintet’s engaging, exploratory shoegaze and dream pop sound! Winter Skin can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp at eepshoegaze.bandcamp.com.

Winter Skin

No Inbetween

For self release on 16th February 2022. Currently being used on Film 4's 'Films at 9' trailer (UK Television).

Written by James Leonard Hewitson, performed by James Leonard Hewitson and Michael Kitching (Drums, Percussion)with Josh Ingledew (additional synth).

Produced by Chris McManus, Blank Studios, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

A song exploring the low key madness of emotional unavailability, in the hope to make it all a little less frightening.

Stable

Plate Up (Radio Edit)

Music created by someone with a love of movie scores, Tom Waits, Al Bowley, Fad Gadget, Yazoo, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Industrial, Darkwave and other high emotion forms of music and art.

This is the first Deathwatch Beetle Repairman album since Hollow Fishes in 1998. It was released in September of 2024. It is a mature work with a more cohesive theme and sound than that of its predecessor. Expertly mixed in Toronto, Canada by Dwayne Slack and beautifully mastered by Martin Bowes of Attrition at the Cage Studio in Coventry, England.