Sam Taylor

Sep 6, 2023 | upsetmagazine.com | Sam Taylor

When you load up Spotify, a great big chunk of the time you can’t think what to play, right? You default back to your old favourites, those albums and songs you played on repeat when you first discovered you could make them yours. This isn’t about guilty pleasures; it’s about those songs you’ll still be listening to when you’re old and in your rocking chair. So, enter Teenage Kicks – a playlist series that sees bands running through the music they listened to in their formative years.

Sep 6, 2023 | upsetmagazine.com | Sam Taylor

Best Ex has teamed up with Luxtides for her new single, ‘Die For You’. It’s a track from her debut album, ‘With A Smile’. The record is set for release on 6th October via Iodine Recordings (US) & Alcopop! Records (UK). “We’ve been writing together for years,” Best Ex explains, “and I’ve been absolutely dying to sing a song with her. We’ve both started in the music industry around the same time in a similar scene.

Sep 5, 2023 | upsetmagazine.com | Sam Taylor

Dream Nails have dropped their new single ‘Ballpit’. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘Doom Loop’, set for release on 13th October via Marshall Records. “This song is about having fun for the sake of it,” drummer Lucy Katz explains. “It’s about the pursuit of hedonism as a radical act. Sometimes the dread and hopelessness caused by the succubus of late-capitalism, patriarchy, white supremacy, and environmental devastation feels overwhelming.

Sep 5, 2023 | upsetmagazine.com | Sam Taylor

In the mood for some politically-charged noise-punk? Introduce yourself to ENOLA GAY. Belfast-based foursome Enola Gay are gearing up to release their ‘Casement’ EP. The follow-up to debut EP ‘Gransha’, it continues their foray into politically-charged noise-punk that seems them tackle everything from hypocritical politicians to the cost of living crisis, shining a light on the difficulties they see around them every day. Joe McVeigh (guitar) and Luke Beirne (drums) tells us more.

Sep 4, 2023 | upsetmagazine.com | Sam Taylor

Coach Party have dropped a brand new track, ‘Be That Girl’. Described as “their heaviest” to date, the song is taken from the band’s debut album ‘KILLJOY’, set to arrive on 8th September via Chess Club Records. Drummer Guy Page says of the track: “We were touring a lot last year, so a big chunk of the writing for KILLJOY happened in hotel rooms, such as ‘Be That Girl’ of which the bulk was formed in a morning in Spain before heading out to play BBK Festival.