Thought Forms

Wiltshire's Thought Forms excel themselves on this track taken from their new LP

Old English

Pitched somewhere between Tanlines and Junior Boys come Toronto's Old English. An excellent slice of electro pop with an even more excellent brass inflected conclusion.

Holy Esque

Another intense blast from Glasgow's magnificently tremulous Holy Esque.

   HOLY ESQUE - St. by HOLY ESQUE

Belgian Fog

Intriguing wonky art pop from Seattle's Belgian Fog, the project of one Robert Dale.

   Wait for help by belgianfog

Lockets

Exemplary classic sounding shoegaze from Philadelphia's Lockets via the Beautiful Strange label.

Astronauts etc

More star-crossed balladry this time from San Francisco's Astronauts etc.

Sideswiped by Astronauts, etc.

Woman's Hour

Hypnotically chugging beauty from London's Woman's Hour.

Our Love Has No Rhythm by Woman's Hour

Gathered Ghosts

Cohorts of Hibou who we featured yesterday, Gathered Ghosts make perfectly realised Dream Pop.

Stay Where You are (pt 2.) by Gathered Ghosts

Maze by Gathered Ghosts

Hibou

Not signed to Captured Tracks but very much in the hallowed lineage of Beach Fossils, Heavenly Beat and DIIV comes Hibou aka Peter Michel who used to drum for another CT band Craft Spells.

Hollow by ~Hibou~

Glow by ~Hibou~

Wardell

Los Angeles duo Wardell sound quite a lot like Tennis and Best Coast which is no bad thing.

Hotel Mexico

New and immense work from Japan's Hotel Mexico.

Angelica's Elegy

More affecting majesty from Norway's classiest purveyors of melancholy, Angelica's Elegy.

ANGELICA'S ELEGY - Rewind All Your Footsteps by Riot Factory

PETER

Superior sleaze-pop from enigmatically named Glasgow troupe PETER.

Sleep With Me Baby by PETER.

Byron by PETER.

Cannon Beach

Scandinavian duo Cannon Beach make exceptional, sparse folk music.

Hotel Earle by Cannon Beach

Pink Lune by Cannon Beach

Novelty Daughter

More excellence from the Stereocure stable, this time courtesy of Novelty Daughter on her debut single.

Chvrches

Continuing their inexorable rise...

French Films

Classic sounding, propulsive indie pop from Finland's consistently excellent French Films.

Liphemra

Properly oddball beats from Los Angeles. Highly addictive.

Carnivals

More choice cuts from Sheffield's producer du jour Carnivals.

Beat Mark

First rate wonky indie pop from Paris via Scotland's Soft Power label.

Moth Rah

Gothic and ghostly sounds from Moth Rah aka Londons Cassandra Solon Parry.

Pixel Fix

Genre splicing Banbury band Pixel Fix manage to find a comfortable spot between wist-step and post-rock on this supremely promising release.