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• Top 5 Albums of 2024

  

  Spectral Nights’ Top 5 albums of 2024 It’s that time of year again. Yes, the Spectral Nights Top 5 albums of the past 12 months. There have been some exciting... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Live Performances of 2024

  

  We don’t get to as many gigs now we’ve hit middle age and have a child to look after, but this just makes the ones we do get to all the more special (and a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Cheekface – ‘Hard Mode’

  

  Cheekface share ‘Hard Mode’ ahead of an extensive US tour in early 2025. Vocalist and guitarist Greg Katz said the song is ‘About growth and how fucking... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Swansea Sound – ‘(I Wanna Wear A) Mirrored Hat Like Slade’

  

  Featuring members of Heavenly, The Pooh Sticks and The Dentists, Swansea Sound have shared a fabulously festive single in ‘(I Wanna Wear A) Mirrored Hat Like... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Frog – ‘Did Santa Come’

  

  Inspired by Daniel Bateman’s toddler’s constant question of ‘Did Santa come?’ in the build-up to Christmas (Daniel says ‘Seeing the world through the eyes of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Regal Cheer – ‘All the Best’

  

  Following shows with Tigers Jaw, Martha and Fresh, Brighton duo Regal Cheer have shared new single ‘All the Best’. The fast-paced Bronx-esque song is about how... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sofia Talvik – ‘AT Christmas’

  

  Swedish singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik has been writing Christmas songs for a decade and a half now and this year is no exception. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Baby Schillachi – ‘Keep the Change, Ya Filthy Animals’

  

  Swansea’s Baby Schillachi follow up their debut album ‘The Soundtrack’ with an ode to the haunting power of hymns and more menacing side of Yuletide. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Monobloc – ‘Take Me’

  

  Photo Credit: Julia Tarantino Sharing management with The Strokes and following a recent support slot to Interpol, New York City five-piece Monobloc share new... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sunturns – ‘Christmas III’ Album Review

  

  Norwegian indiepop supergroup Sunturns (Ola Innset, Einar Stray and Sjur Lyseid) share their third selection of festive anthems in ‘Christmas III’. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ciao Malz – ‘Safe Then Sorry’ EP Review

  

  Brooklyn-based Ciao Malz (Malia DelaCruz) releases her debut EP, ‘Safe Then Sorry’, via Audio Antihero on 6 December There’s a woozy alt-rock sound to the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bambara – ‘Pray to Me’

  

  Bambara have shared ‘Pray to Me’ ahead of the release of their new album ‘Birthmarks’, out on 12 March 2025 via Wharf Cat and Bella Union. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Phoebe Green – ‘Precious Things’

  

  Photo credit: Sara Carpentieri Manchester singer-songwriter Phoebe Green has shared ‘Precious Things’ ahead of a UK tour next April. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mould – ‘Chunks’

  

  Photo credit: Sal Redpath Bristol trio Mould have shared new single ‘Chunks’ ahead of the release of their second EP in spring 2025. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Delivery – ‘The New Alphabet’

  

  Melbourne five-piece Delivery have shared new single ‘The New Alphabet’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘Force Majeure’ on 17 January 2025 via... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tugboat Captain – ‘Christmas Commercial Song’

  

  Spectral Nights favourites Tugboat Captain celebrate the (not so?) most wonderful time of the year with ‘Commercial Christmas Song’, a strings-laden song about... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Cloth – ‘Polaroid’

  

  Photo credit: Sandra Ebert Glasgow-based twin sibling duo Cloth return with ‘Polaroid’. The band’s first new music since 2023’s ‘Secret Measure’ album, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Brutalligators – ‘Get Better’

  

  Hitchin’s queercore punks Brutalligators return with ‘Get Better’, an ode to coming out and finding your chosen family – the ones who love you for who you are... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Haley Heynderickx – ‘Seed of a Seed’ Album Review

  

  Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter Haley Heynderickx follows up 2018’s sublime ‘I Need to Start a Garden’ with ‘Seed of a Seed’, an album that – you can... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Doves – ‘Renegade’

  

  Doves have made a welcome return with ‘Renegade’, the first single to be taken from upcoming sixth album ‘Constellations for the Lonely’ (out, appropriately... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC