Oh the Frippery of it all, no time to repeat or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language. Shall we write a new editorial now? Oh the endless demand and like we said last time, who needs a damn editorial let alone a new one? No time for editorials, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing again, another five (or so) slices of music that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of oranges and here comes the editorial.

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying haddocks out of the clouds? Is there a rhyme? Is there a reason? Was there ever a reason? What do reasons make? Five more? Snake oil? Everything must go and no, we never do and the proof of the pudding is in that proof reading. When we started this thing, oh never mind, it doesn’t matter why we started this damn thing and like we asked last time, does anyone bother reading the editorial? Does anyone ever actually look down the rabbit hole or is it all just method acting? We do really try to listen to everything that comes in, we do it so you don’t have to, we are very (very) very very picky about what we actually post on these fractured pages or about what gets played on the radio or indeed what we hang in a gallery. Cut to the chase, never mind the editorial, skip this bit, there’s loads of music further down the page, well five or so pieces of music that have come our way in the last few days and what’s Wordsworth? Just the basic facts and links and those sounds (and visuals), that’s surely all you need from us?

Here we go, five more slices of music that have recently come our way, this time we start with something from London or are Big Huge New Circle still a Cambridge band?

1: Big Huge New Circle – have a new single or track or whatever, Pearl, a track that is familiar already, a piece of music from a new band we’re really enjoying at the moment – Big Huge New Circle at East London’s Sebright Arms – something rather good emerging here, these early moves feel right. Sure, they’re clever, accomplished, yes they can certainly play but none of it feels forced, more importantly none of it feels forced on us…

2: Memotone – A rather intriguing piece of music taken from from the new album, Smallest Things, an album that’s out on 1st August via World of Echo. You can hear a little bit more via Bandcamp and well, I expect there’s a chance or two of more words on these fractured pages if and when the album comes our way and it lives up to this first taste…

“Will Yates has made music as Memotone since 2007. He operates in the tradition of what Robert Fripp has called ‘a small, independent, mobile, and intelligent unit.’ If you book him, he will come. When he arrives, he will have everything he needs to make his complex, engaging music: a clarinet, a guitar, synths, samplers and pedals, quickly unpacked in the corner of a club, gallery or village hall. Starting small, he will build layer upon layer of melody, accompanying himself and cutting across himself, creating a music that avoids cliche and moves beyond easy description. His recordings have followed the same trajectory. Moving quickly, he has released fifteen or so albums across various labels. Taken together, these recordings are the sound of a skilled, inventive composer pushing at the edges of what he wants to listen to himself. It is possible to hear a variety of influences in his music: folk and jazz forms, the textural inventiveness of British DIY electronica and Chicago post-rock and the blurred sci-fi brass of Jon Hassell are all discernible. But mostly, Will’s work seems to stem from a constant drift between long hours in his home studio, and time spent outside in the woods and hills around his home in Wales…”

3: Water From Your Eyes – More from the new album that’s sounding rather good so far. Playing Classics is the second single from Water From Your Eyes’ forthcoming album It’s A Beautiful Place, out August 22nd on Matador Records. The track finds duo Nate Amos and Rachel Brown building on the the colour of the previous taste with this second bite of the forthcoming album. hear both tracks let loose so far on their Bandcamp that’s down there under the video…

Here comes the Bandcamp…

4: Famous – Still sitting on the fence with Famous, some things I like, some things not so much, this one I really like and you might be saying hey, who cares what you like but then you’re on this page looking and listening aren’t you? Clearly you care a lot and we do care, we care a lot about you people, (We care a lot) about your guns, (We care a lot) about the wars you’re fighting gee that looks like fun… about the Garbage Pail Kids, they never lie. Do like the change of pace in the middle, no spoilers though, you’ll have to listen for yourself, go find out what Silver Gore vocalist Ava Gore has to say. Rather neat video as well, directed by James Ogram

Today South London-based band Famous release their first new music since single last year’s debut LP, Party Album. Released alongside a video via untitled (recs), new single “Demons in London“ comes ahead of festival appearances and a newly announced headline show at London’s ICA later this year.

With his band Famous, Jack Merrett has long sought to locate flashes of divinity in the ordinary – poetry in the mess of real life. In contrast to the years-long process that shaped Famous’ acclaimed debut, his latest work is driven by urgency…

On the single, Demons in London, Merrett’s distinctive exasperated drawl contrasts against the bright crystalline vocals of Silver Gore’s Ava Gore. The dual vocals juxtapose Cold War brinkmanship with fleeting party chatter and now I’m in the corner / talking ‘bout China, and I’m flirting with you / like it’s the last time, Able Archer / Able Archer / wake immortal / the morning after

Speaking on the track, Merrett comments: “Demons in London was recorded during the winter of 2025. It features our friend, Ava Gore, who is a tremendous talent. The song, our greatest yet, is about death, God, love, and nuclear war.” 

Famous’ live band features Alex Wilson (keys), Jojo Macari (guitar) and Lyle Burton (drums). They will play the following live dates later this year:
09.08 – Haldern Pop Festival, Germany
30.08 – Manchester Psych Festival, UK
02.10 – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Famous LinkTree / Untitled (recs)

Meanwhile on the farm….

5: Tiberius – Now I’m not even going to ask what the hell ‘Farm Emo’ might be, the press release headline did bring on a loathing (noun: loathing; plural noun: loathings a feeling of intense dislike or disgust), we dont’ half get a load of old pony in our inboxes from music PR companies, Farm Emo for flip sake! Pony: pony and trap, crap, as spoken by Tony Two Vans down the battle cruiser, which is a boozer to you and me. Farm emo!

What this actually is a really really good song, those three cheers lift things up even if things are down, does the song have a touch of Neil Young about it (that is intended as high praise, we’re still swiming in last week’s gig over in Hyde Park – Neil Young and Chrome Heart at their very very best in London’s Hyde Park, Yusuf/Cat Stevens wasn’t too bad either…). Whatever it is this is a fine fine song, a piece of music full of warm emotion, three cheers indeed, a crafted piece of music that builds so well, a piece of music that has us wanting to hear more of the forthcoming album… Find the song on Bandcamp. Sag is the lead single from Tiberius’ Troubador album, released November 14th via Audio Antihero. Do like that blue artwork that goes with the track…

“Sag is about this dreaded ‘Allston to Bushwick’ pipeline we have in Boston. A lot of musicians end up using Boston to cut their teeth before heading off to New York or LA to pursue their music careers. I wrote ‘Sag’ when I was really playing the ‘comparison game’ in my head and asking myself what role I wanted music to play in my life. It was the first in a batch about looking at yourself in relation to the others around you and trying to decipher who you are without that context.“ – Brendan Wright (they/them)

And while we’re here, he doesn’t really need our coverage but here’s the new Robert Plant single, a rather fine Low cover. Robert Plant and Saving Grace perform Low’s “Everybody’s Song,” from the upcoming album, Saving Grace, due September 26th on Nonesuch Records.

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