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Today, the Madrid-based indie duo Hinds — a.k.a Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote – share another absolutely massive single, “Superstar”, accompanied by another self-directed music video. Rolling Stone recently called it a “soon-to-be Hinds classic”, as the song simmers delicately before it explodes into an empowering, if rageful, rallying cry: “Good job / Now you’re a local superstar / That only hangs with superstars / Carrying the weight of all that fame! / Carrying humanity’s joy and pain.” It’s the latest taste of their utterly triumphant and highly anticipated new album VIVA HINDS, out on September 6th.

“‘Superstar’ talks about the disappointment and the pain you feel when someone you love deeply, disappears with no explanation” say Hinds. “You feel worthless, you start thinking you never really knew that person and you question your shared past, and if what you remember really happened. It’s hard to let people go but writing this song helped. People need closure, and this song is ours.”

Hinds are back in the UK this September, playing a sold-out London headline show at Lafayette on the 13th, before returning in early 2025 for a full UK and European tour, now including a new show at London’s historic Electric Ballroom on the 26th of February. All dates and tickets are on their website now.

Today, Charly Bliss share “Waiting For You“, the lively and dynamic new single from FOREVER, the band’s highly anticipated new album out August 16.

Eva Hendricks calls it “A love song for my bandmates. While I was separated from Sam, Spencer, & Dan during the pandemic, I remember watching videos of us playing shows and thinking “How could I have taken this for granted?” I couldn’t see how beautiful everything really was and how lucky we were. It was agonizing to be apart for that long but helpful, because I don’t think I’ll ever let myself forget that again.”

The song comes with a video directed by frequent collaborator Henry Kaplan, of which Hendricks says “the room is full of personal little Charly Bliss Easter eggs. Sam’s daughter’s first school photo, a t-shirt I made with my best friend Amanda at the mall when we were 8 years old, birthday cards, letters, and notes. It had to be personal to match how sentimental the lyrics are, and Henry and the whole team worked so hard to make that possible.”

Charly Bliss are taking their energetic live show on the road in support of FOREVER on a headline tour on North America in the fall, and they are also confirmed to appear at Pitchfork Festival London 2024, playing The Garage on Wednesday 6th November. Tickets are available now via the band’s website.

Today, beloved Spanish indie rockers Hinds, a.k.a Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote, have shared “En Forma”, the latest single from their forthcoming album VIVA HINDS. It’s their first track to be sung entirely in Spanish and with their rapid-fire delivery, the duo mirror the head-spinning anxiety of the onset of a panic attack.

On the new single, Carlotta shares “My boyfriend broke up with me and I turned 30 years old in the same week. This was the first song I could write after months of feeling absolutely devastated, immobile and pathetic. I just wanted to get better but I just couldn’t, I couldn’t cope with this eternal race of being happier and better and cleaner and healthier.” Ana adds, “When I talk with my girlfriends, in the same afternoon we can chat about wars, philosophy, love and clothes. I tried to reflect on this song the chaos and huge spectrum of what it’s like to be a young woman these days. How overwhelming it can be to juggle the news, politics, our bodies, relationships and laundry.”

Today, Charly Bliss have shared “Calling You Out”, the addictive new single from their recently announced forthcoming album, FOREVER, out August 16. The song comes with a video directed by Adam Kolodny and inspired by the Beastie Boys “Shake Your Rump” music video from 1989 and Wong Kar-wai’s 1995 film Fallen Angels.

“Falling in love with someone wonderful, I didn’t know how to not fall into the same bullshit that was part of all my previous relationships – namely jealousy. I wasted a lot of time at the beginning trying to poke holes, to see if it was all for real. I think I was trying to protect myself, I’ll find the catch before the catch finds me! But there was no catch,” Eva Hendricks explains.

Last month the band announced FOREVER with a video for lead single “Nineteen”. Jack Antonoff took to social media and praised the song, calling it “outstanding”, while NPR said it’s “worthy of a placement on The O.C. back in the early 2000s” and Rolling Stone called it a “ballad of the highest order, complete with a saxophone solo and the complex nostalgia that can still strike years after a broken heart.”

Additionally, Charly Bliss have announced a headline US tour this fall. Tickets and dates are on the band’s website.

Glasgow’s Walt Disco have today released their brand new single and video “Come Undone”, the fourth track to emerge from their forthcoming second album The Warping, out June 14th. Co-written with labelmate Jessica Winter, the standout single is accompanied by a striking, highly stylised video inspired by German expressionist cinema and directed by their frequent collaborators Kasparas Vidunas and Eric J. Liddle.

““Come Undone” is our lonely party song, it’s about the yearning for company, physical touch, and sexuality that is often universally felt by a person who is single.” explains singer Jocelyn Si; “These desires can be briefly satisfied by dates and short flings and, at those times, I’d find I would open up more to these strangers than to friends that I’d known and loved for years. “Nobody sees me the way you perceive me is easy” is quite a ridiculous thing to say about someone you have just met.”

Walt Disco are also to headline the launch event for Charles Jeffrey’s ‘The Lore Of Loverboy’ exhibition at Somerset House on June 19th, building on the band’s longstanding collaborative relationship with the leading Scottish designer. Further, having supported OMD across Europe and the UK this spring, Walt Disco will join them again for a full North American tour in the autumn, alongside summer festivals including Mighty Hoopla and their own November headline UK and European tour. All dates on their website.