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2 days ago | whynow.co.uk | Harvey Solomon-Brady

The Clause are about to hit the road for their biggest British tour yet, just in time for the release of their highly anticipated debut album, Victim of a Casual Thing. The album’s set to drop on 17th October, with the band kicking off their headline tour shortly after, bringing their unique mix of ’60s nostalgia, ’80s grooves, and ’90s attitude to fans across Britain this winter. Pre-sale tickets for the tour go live on Wednesday, 14th May, with the general sale starting on Friday, 16th May.

6 days ago | whynow.co.uk | Teddy Coward

Nestled between the main Pyramid Stage, Woodsies and Silver Hayes, Glastonbury’s San Remo will be serving up an array of electronic offerings this year, with some impressive names due to give some no-doubt impressive sets. DJs including dance music maven John Talabot, the percussive Paula Tape, and pop-producer George Daniel (fresh from playing drums for The 1975’s headline set) are among those announced.

1 week ago | whynow.co.uk | Harvey Solomon-Brady

Blondshell has unveiled one last single before the release of her second album If You Asked For A Picture, out tomorrow (2nd May) via Partisan Records. The new track, ‘Event of a Fire’, is a slow-building, cinemative piece inspired by a late-night hotel evacuation during tour – one that evolves from delicate guitar arpeggios to a full-throttle, distortion-laden finale.

2 weeks ago | whynow.co.uk | Harvey Solomon-Brady

Amsterdam trio Pip Blom have announced their new EP Grip, due 6th June, alongside a string of intimate ‘Club Grip’ shows across the UK and the Netherlands. The announcement lands with new single ‘Ring’, the first track from the EP. Building on the synth-led shift of their last album Bobbie, Grip sees the band doubling down on dancefloor textures while keeping their distinctive melodic instincts intact. “We slowly started to incorporate more dance elements into our songs,” said Pip.

2 weeks ago | whynow.co.uk | Harvey Solomon-Brady

Alison Goldfrapp has announced her second solo album, Flux, due 15th August via her newly launched independent label, A.G. Records. The news arrives alongside lead single ‘Find Xanadu’, a high-gloss slice of electro-pop co-produced with Stefan Storm (The Sound of Arrows) and Richard X. Bright, synthetic and euphoric, the track spins a vision of escapism and self-reinvention, aligning with Goldfrapp’s continued fascination with synthetic worlds and sci-fi aesthetics.