power pop

In July 2017 Kevin Godley - formerly of 10cc and Godley & Creme - posted an invitation on the site PledgeMusic: “Write and record with me”.

PledgeMusic was a platform for musicians to connect directly with fans who could pay for music in advance to support the creation of albums. Kevin’s project took the potential of this remote, socially distanced collaboration further.

Following on from the release of “Sertraline”, Inklings announce the release of their next EP “Is This Who You Are?” - due out on August 28th, 2020. Compromising of 4 brand new tracks, the EP takes a darker twist on previous Inklings pop-rock releases.

Following the success of their Christmas UK Tour in 2019, legendary 70’s rock band Sweet will once again embark upon a pre-Christmas UK Tour. The 14-date nationwide tour will start on November 30th and end on December 19th. Special guests on the tour will be the popular Thin Lizzy tribute band Limehouse Lizzy.

Hot off the back of their comeback track “Mental” (listen here), Aussie Pop-Rock power-house Sarahj. is set to release their much-anticipated lead single “Step by Step” on February 22nd, with their sophomore EP “Afterthought” to follow on February 29th. 

NYC punk/rock ‘n’ roll band Wyldlife will release their fourth album “Year of the Snake” on April 17th, 2020, via Steven Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records.

Album pre-orders have launched along with a bold new single titled “Kiss and Tell”.

Stream the new single “Kiss and Tell” here.

British psychedelic post-punk outfit The Academy Of Sun announce they will be releasing their new album “The Quiet Earth”, an expansive album of breathtaking ambition, in April. Ahead of this, they present the highly dynamic power pop-infused lead single “The Parts That Need Replacing”.

Answering Machine released their first single “Bad Luck”, taken from their same title upcoming album, out on April 17th, 2020, via Wiretap Records

Regarding the new single, the band says: “A song that commiserates in tough times. "Bad Luck" is there with a hug, a tall boy, and a little reminder to keep going”.

Following the end of the band’s recent world tour, a run that had them on the road for 9 months, PUP today share the video for “Morbid Stuff”, recorded live and shot on cheap handheld cameras handed out to 19 gig-goers the band personally connected with in advance of their recent sold out London dates.

Wanted criminal outfit The Fangs Of The Dodo have released exclusive footage of them committing the “Crime of the Century”!

Using funds stolen from the National Treasury to commission their latest single release, “Crime of the Century” has now been confirmed as the first in a collection of five songs that will be unleashed upon the general public on April 3rd, 2020.

Watch the video for “Crime of the Century” below.

Philadelphia rock quartet Soraia will release their new album “Dig Your Roots” on March 13th, 2020, via Steven Van Zandt’s label Wicked Cool Records.