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Camens return with indie rock belter ‘Poltergeist’

Back when times were much simpler, indie rockers Camens were sneaking into festivals and performing pop-up gigs wherever they could. Now, two years later, they’re back with their latest single ‘Poltergeist’.  The Stoke-on-Trent outfit are leaving behind the button bright indie-pop of their formative years in favour of something altogether darker, more mature and certainly more frenetic. As a result, ‘Poltergeist’ is a razor-sharp indie rock number suggests the gap between releases hasn’t been spent in vain. Following up on 2020’s ‘Leave Me In Pieces, the band are shifting in a new direction with their own brand of idiosyncratic indie. 

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Banji announce debut album with new funky single ‘Cornflakes’

Utrecht quartet Banji have announced the release date of the debut album Freshcakes with the release of new single ‘Cornflakes’. Hotly-tipped for a successful 2022 following their ICM Awards Best International Act nomination, the band are harnessing the power of technicolour fun against a greyscale world to showcase their brand of indie-pop. New single ‘Cornflakes’ is a funky and quirky slice of pop with electronic patchwork-smaples and bouncing vocals. Thematically, it covers the consequence of submitting to small cravings, and the bigger overall issues this can cause. Vocalist Morris Brandt explains: “I’m prone to developing little addictions pretty easily. Just the tiny

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Galaxy Thief round off a successful year with new single ‘Free’

Now, considered as one of the UK’s rapidly burgeoning indie rock bands, Galaxy Thief return to the spotlight with their new single ‘Free’. Hot footing off the back of a string of live festival gigs, the track is the band’s first single written with new lead vocalist and frontman, Rhys Messenger. Anthemic, catchy lyrical loops, the energetic vibrance of ‘Free’ is a flawlessly shrink-wrapped slice of radio-perfect indie-rock. Ever since their formation in 2017, Galaxy Thief have matured into a well-rounded indie rock outfit. Rousing audiences with their incredible live charisma, the band have notched up several hundred live performances

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