Nite Songs

  Regarded as a shoegazing supergroup of sorts, Piroshka were formed by Miki Berenyi (ex-Lush), Justin Welch (ex-Elastica) and KJ and Mick Conroy (both ex-Moose) a few years ago with their debut album Brickbat  being an enjoyably immediate collection of agit-pop which sounded like the missing link between mid to late period Lush and Elastica's first album. With their second album, Love Drips And Gathers  though, the band have clearly decided to go off on a different route with a return to their shoegazing roots. Hence opening track Hastings  is a gentle ode to the seaside and the security of relationships with chiming guitars and glacial synths and The Knife Thrower's Daughter  is a stripped back wistful look at childhood before lead-off single Scratching At The Lid  takes the tempo up a notch into more familiar sounding early '90s territory but giving the shoegazing vibes of old a more modern dream-pop sheen. It's the fact that Piroshka are willing to add ...

  Welcome to our monthly visit to the Singles Bar for May. Plenty of new sounds from all across the musical spectrum this month so take a seat and let us mix up something for you to enjoy... Kicking us into gear in suitably frenetic style this month are Los Pepes  with their new single Want You Back (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑). This does exactly what you'd want a Los Pepes song to do essentially - whiplash riff, scowled vocals, a bit of unexpected harmonica honking and it gets in, says what it has to say and gets out again before the two minute mark. B-sides Never Get It Right  and  Tell Me  are similarly high quality too and well worth a listen in their own right.  Bandcamp link here . Making a welcome comeback this month are Desperate Journalist  with Fault (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑), the lead-off single from their upcoming fourth album Maximum Sorrow . A bit more urgent than the band's usual output, the pounding drums, swirling bass and echoey guitar remind me more of Siouxsie ...