+ JANUARY 2023 PART II

Mandrake Handshake return with their brand new single 'Emonzaemon', taken from their brand new EP 'The Triple Point of Water' out on November 18th. 

'Emonzaemon' is a fearless psych-explosion representing the eclectic sound of the hypnotic 9 piece psych-collective, with the main inspiration for the song coming from a ninja from the anime 'Katanagatari'. Indicative of the self-honed style they dub ‘Flowerkraut’, Mandrake unleash a hedonistic brain-frying feast of krautrock, art-pop and psychedelia, spiced with enigmatic grooves and fearless improvisations.

Mandrake Handshake - Emonzaemon

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I Don't Feel

A Colossal Waste Of Light

They Said So

Available to stream / download now: https://fulltimehobby.ffm.to/pbemore

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The Toads return today with their ace new single ‘Ex-KGB’. It’s a hooky, melodic ride with the Miles’ mordant vocal delivery racing in hot pursuit! 

June 9th sees The Toads’ excellent debut album ‘In The Wilderness’ released on Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade.

In The Wilderness

The Toads - 'Ex-KGB'

Written, produced and mixed by Twin Rains
Greg Smith played drums, recorded at Dining Room Sound
Jessica Deutsch played violin, recorded by Tyler Emond
Mastered by Brock McFarlane

Laws of the Universe

Wham Bam 6 Mix 2 Master 2 (Mastered with Sunroof at 50pct) (1)(1)

Once contenders for the mantle of Britain’s most self-conscious band — guilty, by their own admission, of pandering to audiences’ tastes following their move from Pompey to London — Hotel Lux have crafted an identity that is truly their own on bold debut album ‘Hands Across The Creek’.
 
But in 2020, the roots of Hotel Lux’s transformation were soon in place. The band’s classic influences — Dr Feelgood, The Stranglers, Ian Dury — meshed with the sounds of artists like Neil Young, Brian Eno and The Waterboys, and, in the end, Hotel Lux found themselves “doing the whole ‘haha, that’s what the fourth album will sound like’ thing” on their first, says Cam.
 
They decamped to The Wirral, with Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral; Arctic Monkeys) as multi-faceted influences, £20 Casio keyboards and marauding song structures fell into place. Lead single ‘Common Sense’ was influenced by ‘80s group the Beautiful South and inspired by the RMT strikes, trade union leader Mick Lynch, and the media’s treatment of Jeremy Corbyn. It’s a rhythmic anthem full of funk bass, machine gun snares and clattering guitars reminiscent of Television or Glasgow icons Orange Juice. It's the band’s most euphoric and danceable single to date.
 
With ‘Hands Across The Creek’ set for release in early 2023, Hotel Lux look set to become something their early critics might have not foreseen: a band full of confidence, with the ability to transcend their peers and carve out their own corner of British music tapestry.

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Hotel Lux

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