Newport hip-hop band return with a brand-new song and video, their first since last September’s “The Upside of Being Down” Already released, you can check the video out on their Facebook page right here. Much like their last tune, and for that matter, all of their preceding material, new single “We Feel” is packed with… Read more

2020 is full of surprises. Granted, most of them are pretty shit and something that we could all do without, but there’s the odd nugget to raise a smile. I’m struggling to think of many right now, but I’m sure there have been some!* MechaStreiSand is the lockdown side project of Simon Babb and Jamie Howells… Read more

We love a debut single here at About Sound, there’s always a huge sense of privilege to be one of the first people outside an artist’s inner circle to listen to something so new and precious. It’s certainly a perk of running a music blog! Built around a nearly constant, ridiculously funky guitar riff, “New… Read more

Without wishing to sound too sentimental, this is the song EVERYONE needs to hear right now. From this sentence on you have two options, a) finish reading this review right now and click on the video above or b) carry on reading this review and then click on the video above. It makes no odds… Read more

I first encountered “200,000 Gallons of Oil” and indeed Head Noise when I reviewed their wacky, outlandish and enormously fun new wave/synth debut album “Uber-fantastique” earlier this year. Following this album release I caught them live at the Moon Club on a subdued Wednesday evening supporting a band that, shall we say, they shouldn’t have… Read more