New Music – Cardinals | HONESTY | Daisy and The Deadheads

Cardinals – Roseland

Cardinals offer up their first release for So Young Records with Roseland, an accomplished track with a raw sophistication and hints of folk tradition that make a refreshing change from mainstream indie. Likely contenders for the year end ‘ones to watch’ lists.

Vocalist Euan Manning says, “Roseland is the name of a ballroom in NYC, I took it from a Portishead poster I had hanging on my wall growing up. I think I was trying to write a folk song about Cork city and a story that took place there. It touches on some new aspects of our music, so it felt right to have it as our next release”.

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HONESTY – NIGHTWORLD

Hailing from Leeds, HONESTY‘s new track NIGHTWORLD mixes electronica with pulsating garage beats, producing a futuristic urban soundscape that would slot nicely into a Fritz Lang soundtrack. Vocals are from George Mitchell, formerly of Eagulls, so obviously worth a listen – release via Partisan Records.

HONESTY say, “This song is about how anyone can be affected by vices no matter their background. We’re all begging for the changes we need, but all we are offered, and the only route out is money”.

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Daisy and The Deadheads – I Hate the Sea

Out now via Strong Island Recordings, Daisy and The Deadheads‘ new single I Hate the Sea is a heady mix of perfectly crafted melodic vocals with a hint of (in their own words) wonky folk pop. This will get stuck in your head for sure, and I suspect you’ll find it’s very welcome there.

Daisy Tortuga says, “The song is a break up song. I actually wrote the original version in about 10 minutes on an acoustic guitar, before the band was together. My music often references the sea. I grew up by the sea in Deal, Kent. The image of the sea on the single cover is the same beach mentioned in the song. We collaborated on the cover artwork as a band. Like a kids’ craft club. I found that image from a disposable camera I must have had when I was younger”.