New music guide The Neu Bulletin (23rd June 2014)

‘Zaba’-daba-doo’ing their way around the country, Glass Animals are warming up for a spot on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury with this stop on their UK tour. Two more shows after this - they play Sheffield’s Bungalows and Bears (25th) and a homecoming gig at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern (26th).

The Golden Dregs is a new project from Ben Woods (drummer of Gorgeous Bully, Pastel Colours and Lost Dawn). A sharp detour from his traditional, side-splitting percussive frenzies, debut track ‘A Life Aquatic’ is not only a woozy ear-magnet warm and soothing in every way imaginable, it’s also a sweet tribute to Wes Anderson, complete with widescreen visuals that’d make the guy well up. In this very video, members of The Black Tambourines make a cheeky cameo, but the best part of ‘A Life Aquatic’ is it proves you can film iconic-looking fancy flicks on a cheap budget in Cornwall. Eat that, Grand Budapest Hotel.

Back in February, we highlighted the cussing, ultra intimate ‘Gutter Punks’ demo from Perth band Childsaint. Since then they’ve ditched tinny drum machines and blurted-out lyrics, instead rooting for scrappy guitars and sharper production, by way of Glasgow gems Honeyblood. ‘Dessert’ - their first single - is more than a sweet afterthought; there’s beauty and restraint mapped out in equal measure, ready to be embraced.

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