Letters of Acceptance: Frets

Guitar pop band Letters of Acceptance never rushed things. Founded in 2015 in Lexington, KY they tested the waters with a slew of EPs before making the jump to releasing their first full-length Shadow Problems in 2024. Their blend of glam-rock and power pop did not unnoticed, making a wave in the underground scene where college rock aficionados brush shoulders with fans of melodic psychedelic post-punk. Can they live up to the expectations with their new album Frets? Short answer: yes. More elaborate answer: also yes.

Melody and vocal harmonising are the key parts of their approach to music, but they love taking sharp lefts, performs occasional 180s, revive the ancient art of the off-kilter middle-eight, and generally mixing it up like there is no tomorrow. Smart songwriting never gets in the way of the accessibilitiy however.

Deleyaman: show @ Festival Chants d'Elles in Lyons-la-Forêt

French-American dark wave band Deleyaman will perform @ Salle des fêtes in Lyons-la-Forêt on November 20 as part of the Festival Chants d'Elles. Work on a new album continues.

» deleyaman.com

HCTF review of The Sudbury Inn

Johnny Dowd: 2027 tour in the UK & The Netherlands

Johnny Dowd will be on tour in the UK & The Netherlands to promote the release of his Pictures From Life's Other Side album on vinyl. A Kickstarter campaign for that release in currently underway. It will be a 2LP with the full album, plus newly recorded acoustic versions on Side 4. The aim is to raise €10.000 (€3905 pledged so far, with 19 days to go).

Steven Wilson: Songs from the Village" mixtape

Steven Wilson has a shared a mixtape of sorts, named Songs from the Village, which can now be streamed via the Requiem for a Village website:

The Parish Council is proud to present "Songs from the Village" for your listening pleasure. Those who have heard it speak of Boards of Canada and Demdike Stare, of the haunted ragas of the Third Ear Band, and of children's programmes and public information films of the 1970s.

You can hear these sounds below, around and around, infinitely. Everyone visiting hears the same moment at the same time. You may talk amongst yourselves while it plays.

The Requiem for a Village album will be released on November 6th.

» stevenwilsonhq.com
» requiemforavillage.com

British Birds: "Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas" video

English quartet British Birds have made a video for Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas, a track from their Murmurate, Oscillate album : "A loveable mix of psychedelic garage rock, XTC-flavoured New Wave and the Kinks in their late '60s early '70s vaudeville leanings."