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The Nite Songs Singles Bar - March 2021 (part 2)

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  So here's part two of this month's Singles Bar featuring a few more singles and a trio of EP's as well, Plenty to get our teeth into so let's crack on pronto, eh? We last heard from Adam & The Hellcats  last year with the enjoyable  Welcome To The Madhouse  single. They have put out another one since in House of Straw  but honestly I wasn't that big a fan of it (sorry guys) hence why we didn't feature it on here. However, new effort  Bending The Knee  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑) is a big improvement sounding like some unholy collision between fellow Bristolians Vice Squad and the Sisters of Mercy at their most bombastic. A big stomping six-minute epic, this is a good taster for the upcoming Hellcats album due in April, Looking forward to it.  Bandcamp link here Split single time and this one is a bit of a mouthwaterer as Nottingham scumbags The Hip Priests  team up with the legendary Supersuckers . While the 'Suckers track Deceptive Expectations has a...

The Nite Songs Singles Bar - December 2020 (Part 2)

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  Okay, we've restocked the drinks, got a few new items on the cocktail menu and we're ready to go - here's part two of this month's Singles Bar... Anyway, kicking us off for part 2 is a return to the fray from  Paul-Ronney Angel (feat Tomirae Brown) .   Seven Spanish Angels (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗) actually reminds me of something that Tyla might have done - a bluesy country lament complete with slide guitar and a tale of two doomed lovers in the old West heading for one last gunfight. Atmospheric and sinister but with a tears-in-yer-pint singalong chorus to power it along, this is another good effort from Mr Angel and is well worth your investigation. Also returning to the fray this month is former Mission and current Wonder Stuff guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite aka  MGT . Teaming up with vocalist Chris Connelly, the pair have given the old Ace number   How Long  (🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑) a goth style makeover. It's okay rather than brilliant, reminding me of a less fey Gene Loves ...