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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

Suffer Demo

doppelganger

Instante

A sweet as song by the band Death and the Maidens from Dunedin

Death and the Maiden - Civilisation

Vem, deixa a luz entrar em seu ser,
Transforme o passado em aprendizado, sem temer.
Olhe pra frente, há um novo amanhecer,
Deus está fazendo algo que vai te surpreender.

Esqueça as dores, viva a mudança!

Novidades na jornada, tudo recomeçou,

O que o passado levou, agora é um show!

Deus tem planos, algo grandioso a criar,

Nasce em nós a fé, sempre a brilhar!

Riachos brotando em meio à solidão,

Caminhos feitos em cada coração.

O que estava perdido, agora vai renascer,

Celebramos a vida, somos novos em você!

Um futuro brilhante nos aguarda!

Novidades na jornada, tudo recomeçou,

O que passado levou, agora é um show!

Deus tem planos, algo grandioso a criar,

Nasce em nós a fé, sempre a brilhar!

[Outro]
Então abra os olhos, sinta a transformação.

Em Cristo somos novos, é pura inspiração!

NOVO AMANHECER.mp3

Take Me Home

Project DIVA 1st Alice -DIVA MIX-

if you knew

A vida (Romaria e Agonia)

Retro memory. (Prod. Omamurin)

sugar and spice and everything nice

original song by james marriott
cover, all instruments, prod and editing by me (jack boyson)

it's only love (james marriott cover)

discovery-playlists-region-01+themed-id@soundcloud.com

Take Me Home

Matt Purcell

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