Blues Run the Game

Windmill is energetic. It's a fun, upbeat track with a slight melancholy tint to it. Bright melodies, and dreamy vocals. Catchy, anthemic, guitar riffs. It captures a unique sound, but retains a familiar quality. Lyrically, it's centered around the, "shrinking violets," phrase. The feeling of shyness that emerges when a relationship starts to deteriorate.

Windmill

The K's - Earlstown
Mechanical Arms - Edinburgh
Cavalcade - London
Pandas - Glasgow
The Voyd - Sunderland
Wave Chase - Bournemouth
The Native - Plymouth
Glass Violet - Bristol
Urban Architects - Liverpool
Fake A Smile - London
Under One Sun - Southend
Tom Lumley - Cambridge
PG Ciarletta - Fife
Spacey Jane - Australia

Episode 242 Of The Unheard Indie Podcast! 30th November 2021

Hesitant

Inky Nite have unveiled their magnetic new single ‘The Canyon’, a dark and dreamy alt-pop anthem. Kicking off with driving vintage drum samples, shimmering bass and flooded with nostalgic synths, this record is laced with 80s influences. It manages to strike the perfect balance between shadowy depths and scintillating energy, a twilight tune which is sure to resonate with listeners. Punchy melodic lines and clear-cut vocals elevate the song’s progressive, poetic lyrics which navigate political topics nimbly. This dance-inducing track will have listeners hooked from the very first bar.

The Canyon

Preview of Ask Carol's coming single "Darkest Hour".
ISRC: NO2UH2003010

Darkest Hour

Written by Kahlla
Produced by Kahlla and Duncan Pym for Off Your Feet
Bass by Matt Dinnadge


Don’t look to me for a plan 
I spent so long wrapped up in my room
Don’t look to me for the answers
spent so long boxed up in my cocoon 
I said I love you
But it doesn’t mean a thing to you anymore
I said I love you
But it doesn’t mean a thing to you anymore

Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling from it 
Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling, can feel myself unravelling from it
  
Hide the parts you say are wrong
You shine a spotlight on the worst of me 
Don’t want to bend, don’t wand to break
Don’t want a watered down version of me 
When I touch you why does it always feel like compromise
When I touch you can you still feel the butterflies?

Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling from it 
Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling, can feel myself unravelling from it

We’re so tangled up
and I’m so tied to you
to our twists and turns 
to my own point of view
when the ends come loose
and the knot’s undone
I fear the truth
what is me without you?

Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling from it 
Our silver lining
is hanging by a thread
and I can feel myself unravelling, can feel myself unravelling from it

Thread

Produced and Mixed by: Pedro Caetano
Recorded at Hackney Road Studios
Mastered by Felix Davies, Metropolis Studios

Waterline

“Resistance,” the 2nd single from Yo Kinky’s debut EP (out 02/28/21), finds the duo exploring a more delicate yet simultaneously strong and confident mood. With Unish’s spaced-out, rockabilly-tinged guitar bouncing through the song’s driving, hypnotic layers of sound, they paint a sonic landscape that yearns for much-needed intimacy in a time of social distancing and isolation. As Wight’s vocals float above the surface, singing “Love is all we breathe” and “Swing me off my feet,” she transports the listener to places of rich yet strange beauty. “Resistance” alludes to keeping sanity amidst chaos with the warm and hopeful delivery of “Sight got back/I feel different/A flicker in the distance,” and finding contentment from the small things in life: “Everybody’s just around the corner now/Everything I need is just a short walk down the street.” This follow-up is sure to leave listeners with a sense of triumph against all odds.

Hesitant

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