Nite Songs

  There was just enough material in here to make the Singles Bar a two parter this month not least due to a couple of what seems to have been a bit of a dying breed this year, EP's, landing on our review desk. Let's investigate 'em further, shall we?... *** GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS - "Konsumrausch" Let's start off with the dark side of this month's duo - Girls In Synthesis' Now Here's An Echo From Your Future  ended up being one of our Top 10 albums of 2020 but subsequent singles never quite topped that album's dark but fierce take on post-punk. I'll be honest, the fact that the group's new EP Konsumrauch  kicks off with a nine minute plus track in the form of Pulling Teeth  had me fearing the worst but at least this one packs a bit of menace into its decidedly lengthy duration with the scuzzy I Wanna Be Your Dog  style riff and the shouted vocals being reminiscent of Idles before they jumped the shark with their last album. Of the other trac...

  Welcome back to the Singles Bar for March. Spring is almost here, the world at large seems to be waking up and the new releases are starting to become a bit more plentiful so why not pull up a chair and we'll see what's on the menu this month. And a good start to this month's selection with a welcome return for Leeds pop-punk veterans The Cyanide Pills   with The Kids Can't Be Trusted With Rock 'n' Roll  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗), a great singalong slice of Ramones indebted pop-punk taking a humourous swipe at "punk rock police" types. Cracker of a B-side as well in the frenetic Do You Wanna Know? Not sure if this is a standalone release or an album taster but if the latter then consider my interest most definitely piqued. Arriving in the same package from Damaged Goods records is the new effort from the Courettes . As you'll probably know if you read our review of their Back In Mono  album last year, while most of the world was losing its head over this band...