Hailing from Cardiff, Red Telephone’s blend of melodic psych and darkwave has drawn comparisons to indie trailblazers MGMT, St. Vincent, and fellow Welsh cult favourites Super Furry Animals. Their second album ‘Delay The New Day’ was released in January 2025, garnering critical acclaim from the likes of Clash, Under The Radar, and God Is In The TV.

Exploring themes of paranoia, doubt, hope, and the trappings of group dynamics, ‘Delay the New Day’ was arranged by the band in solitude in Cornwall and recorded semi-live in under two weeks. Driven by the quintet's knack for multi-instrumental intricacies and drawing on cinematic influences, Red Telephone’s latest work is bold, genre-bending and defiantly optimistic, while staying true to the unique style they established in their 2023 debut.

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“Gritty, brilliantly dark and expansive. A deliciously dark, mesmerising and a dystopian-tinged sonic palette that could have been heard in Bowie’s Berlin in the late 1970’s. An impressive and masterful debut.” - Clash Music

“Very nicely layered. Has a bit of early 80s melodrama; a sort of Pet Shop Boys croon and a Krautrock halo.” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

“They have the potential to soundtrack a generation.” – Drowned in Sound

“Something brilliantly dark about this, with their synth psych noir with a pulse. Real potential to go big.” - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music

“With music as smart as their aesthetic, Cardiff’s Red Telephone are making neo-noir sounds that could have made it onto the ‘Drive’ soundtrack.” – Gigwise

Delay the New Day

Willing to Wait

love

Indie Pop, Sophisti-Pop, Jangle Pop, Synth-Pop

Burn after reading

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You're from a house outside the city
Frosted windows bleeding colours from the neighbour's trash pile
Close to the airport but you've never been
Above the clouds it's always sunny
But you're happy where you are

They told me I could be anything
My mind is mixed and jumbled up like a shaken snow globe
All work and anxious never resting
I wanna be a movie star but you just want a walk-in wardrobe

Looking out on the city, where you grew up
It's become too much for you
Out the window the small town, where I grew up
And it's not enough for me

My dinner's waiting in a paper bag
It's too late again, I'm doing stupid shit that doesn't matter
You've got a family, they depend on ya
You buy a week of groceries without thinking and I think that's clever

Looking out on the city, where you grew up
It's become too much for you
Out the window the small town, where I grew up
And it's not enough for me

How do you find a life that's big enough
How do you find a life that's big and
I feel like I'm in the dark
You see light wherever you are

Dressed Up For Nandos

Download: https://redders1.bandcamp.com/track/cold
Video: https://youtu.be/puxTsRgmBgg 
Verse 1
Can't reach you here
Through this cold air
Rushing past me
Moving so fast
While I'm standing still
Pre-chorus
The light's so bright
But I'm so cold
Can't feel a thing
Though you're so close
Chorus
Heart beat
Burns right through me
But I'm still cold
It's me you hold
(So cold, so cold)
Verse 2
Empty faces pass
None of them last
In my head now
Static and noise
While I'm breaking down
Pre-chorus
The light's so bright
But I'm so cold
Can't feel a thing
Though you're so close
Chorus
Heart beat
Burns right through me
But I'm still cold
It's me you hold
(So cold, so cold)
Bridge
You move like them now
Just like the rest
Can't recognize
What's in your eyes
(What's in your eyes)
Instrumental Break
Guitar layers build
Chorus - intensified
Heart beat
Burns right through me
But I'm still cold
It's me you hold
(So cold, so cold)
Outro
Standing alone
In waves of sound
Dissolving now
Into the crowd
Into the crowd
Into the crowd

Cold *From The STRONGER LP*

"Old Love Letters," the latest offering from Makinen, is a poignant journey through the ruins of romance, a sonic exploration of love's quiet decay. This album isn't about fiery breakups or dramatic confrontations; it's about the subtle, creeping erosion of connection, the spaces left behind when passion fades.

Old Love Letters

Yada Yada (Show Me More)

Yada Yada (Show Me Now)

Twin Flame

Lyrics,Produced, Music, All instruments by Nakita Demir.Vocal Arrangements,Vocals,
Mixing,Mastering,Engineering,Recorded, etc 
Powered By Nb Nakita for Nb Nakita Productions


GOlden Kisses

walking out the front door
always going out war
what the fuck was that for?

oh
fuck it
walking out
the front door
we used to love
now we’re always
going out war
shoot another round
yeah like
what the fuck was that for?
just let me
die alone
in peace
on the ground floor
yeah
hit the gas
out the driveway
fly above the stars
while i’m drifting out
in deep space
sip another round
while i try forget
your face
falling to the ground
but I’m heading
to the right place

things have been going down
for a while now
down like this bottle
pouring into my mouth
all i ever wanted
was to see you smile
now we’re tearing
each others hearts out
guess now
i’m sleeping on the couch
heartbroken
and a head full of doubts
so tired of playing
cat and mouse
now we’re both
starting to shout

i split your drink
you lost your shit
did she know
it was an accident?
now i’m like tearing up
all of the apartment
tried talking to you
just got my throat slit

make it rain
it’s the last storm
now the moon
can come out
couple beans i take
now i’m shining
i won’t come down
numb my pain
oh
now i’m up in space
don’t think that
i am playing safe
was better off
just to seal our fate

girl it hurts
to see you cry
its just so tough
so i hope 3 floors
is high enough
to kill myself
(kill myself)

oh
fuck it
walking out
the front door
we used to love
now we’re always
going out war
shoot another round
yeah like
what the fuck was that for?
just let me
die alone
in peace
on the ground floor
yeah
hit the gas
out the driveway
fly above the stars
while i’m drifting out
in deep space
sip another round
while i try forget
your face
falling to the ground
but I’m heading
to the right place

Cold From The STRONGER LP

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