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Phil Moore runs you threw the month’s new releases
Sarpa Salpa ‘Say Something’
The four-boys-one-girl NTown gang start 2020 with an EP of some considerable wow-ness. Lead single ‘Say Something’ is just the sort of insistent banger we’ve come to expect from them, and they do it better than many of their more famous contemporaries. The bassline is brain-battering, and the melody will have you by the third listen. Now watch them go conquer the world and come back with tales to devour. […]
Portland Arms, Cambridge 12/02/20 Camden Assembly, London 22/02/20 Duke’s Head, King’s Lynn 25/01/20 Icebreaker Fest, Portsmouth 02/02/20: BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE YEAR FOR SARPA SALPA, TOURING THE COUNTRY AND PLAYING THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT, TWO NEW SINGLES, BOTH OF WHICH RECEIVED BBC AIRTIME, WITH ONE EVEN BEING SAMPLED ON […]
Phil Moore runs you threw the month’s new releases
Joe B. Humbled Why Did You Kiss Me
Joe B. Humbled is the new sideline venture from Joe Martin, aka frontman of maraca driven rockabilly band GOGO LOCO. Staying true to his blues influences, Why Did You Kiss Me is the third release so far. The track tells the story of misdirected hope during the early stages of a budding romance. The harmonising vocals are reminiscent a fifties pop song. […]