The School - Do I Love You?

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Frank Wilson's Northern Soul stomper is famous for its rarity in original pressing form (obviously it's all over compilations these…” on Jul 6th, 2015 →

christian fitness - the harder it hits

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Christian Fitness, remember, is what Andrew Falkous does by himself (drums aside) between Future Of The Left albums. A second…” on Jul 3rd, 2015 →

Haiku Salut - Hearts Not Parts

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Derbyshire's rustic instrumental exploratory unit's second album Etch And Etch Deep, out 31st July, sounds like it's expanding their palette…” on Jul 2nd, 2015 →

Swahili Blonde - Discover Aurora

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Sweeping The NationFollow “LA's Nicole Turley's previous albums have included input from Viv Albertine, John Frusciante, Duran Duran's John Taylor and Devo's Alan…” on Jun 24th, 2015 →

two white cranes - So Much Water, So Close to Home

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Sweeping The NationFollow “40 Girlpool - Before The World Was Big 39 Blur - The Magic Whip 38 Two White Cranes - Radisson…” on Dec 15th, 2015 →

Tuff Enuff Records - Doll Like

Sweeping The NationFollow “Not every band affecting the sort of DIY sound that sounds like a faux-mess that's going to fall apart with…” on Jun 11th, 2015 →

Outblinker - Pink (Radio Edit)

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Sweeping The NationFollow “When the "radio edit" is nearly five and a half minutes long you're on to something, and for once that…” on Jun 5th, 2015 →

Totem Terrors - Big E

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Sweeping The NationFollow “For various reasons there's not going to be the usual mini-essays for each entry this year so it's basically a…” on Dec 14th, 2015 →

Totem Terrors - Lies

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Max and Rosie's second album of wiry (and sometimes Wire-y) distorto-post-punk Hard Science is out 29th June, picking up pretty…” on Jun 3rd, 2015 →

Girls Names - Reticence

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Belfast's Girls Names have always been inclined towards the psychedelic and the damaged garage bands, but here they've veered towards…” on Jun 2nd, 2015 →

C-Duncan - Garden

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Christopher Duncan's multitracked acoustic lushness continues to evolve and take on a full spectrum of pastel colours on this new…” on May 24th, 2015 →

Man Of Moon - The Road

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Teenage Edinburgh duo Man Of Moon have been touring with The Phantom Band recently, which is as good an entree…” on May 16th, 2015 →

AUTOBAHN - Immaterial Man

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Sweeping The NationFollow “The death-motorik Leodensians have reached album stage, Dissemble out 21st August. They're a band who on this form know their…” on May 15th, 2015 →

Telegram. - Aeons

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Always a toss-up whether new Telegram tracks are actually singles or just something they're throwing out there but this is…” on May 11th, 2015 →

Peaness - Fortune Favours The Bold

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Yep, Peaness. The international drain of band names continues apace. Apart from being three women from Chester we don't know…” on May 9th, 2015 →

The Jonbarr Hinge - Ballbarian

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Let's get back into the swing of things after the anniversary business, then, as we've been meaning to post a…” on May 8th, 2015 →

Summer Camp - Bad Love +1 remix

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Sweeping The NationFollow “The title track to album number three, four if you count the Beyond Clueless soundtrack, isn't hazy retro, disco or…” on Apr 2nd, 2015 →

Girls Names - Zero Triptych +1 remix

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Sweeping The NationFollow “You always fret whenever a band returns with a track they proudly claim is eleven minutes long and in three…” on Mar 26th, 2015 →

THE CATENARY WIRES - Intravenous

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Sweeping The NationFollow “Having done thirty years' service to indiepop through Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap, Amelia Fletcher and Rob…” on Mar 23rd, 2015 →