Crater

Seattle's Crater seem to have stormed fully formed from an assembly line given their mechanistic sound, it is beautifully offset though with a keening vocal.

Albert

Hailing from Malmo, Albert have recorded an LP from which this excellent opening cut is taken. The album is released on Monday and is streaming in full here.

Gentle Friendly

Gentle Friendly have been around for a good while now but they are in a new home on FatCat Records and have produced the kind of playful, off kilter, playground psych that demands repeat listens.

VTCN Radio

Parisian duo VTCN Radio meld mild threat, lost transmissions and shamanic song in to something wonderful. A supremely promising release.

Helfer

Israeli wizard Helfer has produced another belter which forms part of his 'Air Drops' EP released by BLDG5 Records.

Gathered Ghosts

New material from Craft Spells' guitarist Javier Suarez through his other project Gathered Ghosts. It is suitably skewed and hazy in outlook.

Loose Ends Collective

A band with no discernible identity other than that they hail from Toronto and make interesting music as evidenced here.

Woman's Hour

Eternal esoj favourites have announced their debut LP release and with it aired this sumptuous new one.

Bad Blocks

New Zealanders Bad Blocks are re-releasing their debut EP which was originally released under their previous name of South City Sushi Cop in 2012. Brooklyn label Stars and Letters are doing the honours.

Fiance

The breathy follow up to the excellent 'Era' which we featured in January.