Nite Songs

  Heard ya missed us, well we're back. We didn't run a Singles Bar in January due to a lack of stuff to review (kind of standard for that time of year tbh) but I'm pleased to report that we've now got enough stuff to open the bar up again so let's open the fridge and get stuck in... *** Always good to have something exciting to start off the Singles Bar for a new year and the prospect of a new offering from  the Damned  definitely falls into that category. The Invisible Man  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑) is culled from Vanian, Sensible and co's new offering Darkadelic  and is a promising effort which just when you've got it pegged as a mid-tempo garage rocker suddenly goes into a full-on psychedelic freakout just to really throw you off. Looking forward to that new album chaps. *** I'm thoroughly ashamed to admit that I completely missed the memo about  Black Star Riders  having a new album out but rest assured we'll get a review up of it in the near future. In the m...

  First album in four years from alt-rock veterans Superchunk following on from their ferocious What A Time To Be Alive  which was a scathing indictment of the Trump regime. It's safe to say that prior to rediscovering the band through that record, I was a bit out of the loop with them having not really listened to much of their stuff since their imperial phase around No Pocky For Kitty , Tossing Seeds  etc. So it's safe to say that Wild Loneliness  has come as a bit of a curveball as someone who remembers the group as aggressive proto-grunge growlers - this is certainly the sound of a much more melodic Superchunk with the jangly Teenage Fanclub style guitars and vocal harmonising on the choruses. Even more surprising is that they carry it off pretty well with the likes of Endless Summer  and City of the Dead  having a nice summery feel to them similar to the vibe of Cornershop's excellent England Is A Garden  album a couple of years back while This Ni...