Cleverly timed nostalgia, a true second coming or just pure coincidence? Some of the most loved indie rock groups from the golden heydays of the early 21st century are set to return with new records this year. NBHAP head and original ‘survivor’ of the indie scene, Norman Fleischer, gives an overview of what to expect in the next months.
Releasing a double album in 2019? Bold move. Writing a song about synthesizer brands? Even bolder. Or in other words: The Divine Comedy are back. On their eleventh studio album, the band from Northern Ireland returns with unstoppable curiosity, wit and love for imagination while the storytelling circles around one theme in particular: Office Politics. A title enough to stretch the band's already existing creative dimensions even further and leaving a lot of room for brilliantly witty observations.
There are ups and downs in every band's career but the latter ones are way harder when your start was a furious one. And it looks like many groups from the glorious 00s indie movement are in an ongoing creative crisis.
Only a couple of weeks before British indie rockers EDITORS release their new highly anticipated fourth longplayer The Weight Of Your Love. Today the group around frontman unveils the opening track from the record entitled The Weight. Previously the band already gave us the record’s first single A Ton Of Love, an acoustic version of Honesty and the b-side The Sting. The full longplayer comes on July 1st via PIAS. The clip features images from the EDITORS recording sessions in black and white. Watch it right here.