Nice Swan Picks – 30th November 2020

We have updated our Nice Swan Picks playlist over on Spotify featuring tracks from Mandrake Handshake, Malady, Sprints, Courting, PVA, Yard Act, The Rills, Julia Bardo and many more!     Mandrake Handshake Mandrake Handshake’s have caused quite a stir on arrival this summer, the indie-stonery outfit have already drawn a slew of acclaim from […]

Bored At My Grandmas House – Artist of the Week

bored at my grandmas house

  One to watch for 2021. Bored At My Grandmas House (aka Amber Strawbridge) latest track ‘Showers’ was released on Clue Records on the 11th of November. Launching a sound which slots perfectly into the dream pop ethereal current fronted by the likes of Arlo Parks and Clairo in the past years. An uplifting track, […]

Mandrake Handshake launch ‘Gonkulator’ & announce signing to Nice Swan Records on 20th November

Mandrake Handshake

The final release of 2020 for us will be wrapped up with the brilliant Mandrake Handshake via our Introduces Series. Their single ‘Gonkulator’ lands this Friday. Numbered NSWNi006. Primed for release on November 20th, the hypnotic group mark the latest addition to Nice Swan’s monthly ‘Nice Swan Introduces…’ series (in partnership with RIP Records), having already discovered and […]

Working Mens Club – Artist of the Week

Working Mens Club

Off the back of their self titled debut album released in October 2020. Working Mens Club are creating quite a name for themselves. The band have received praise from NME, The Guardian and Louder Than War. To name just a few. Signed to the legendary Heavenly Recordings, Working Mens Club combine the grit of punk […]

Sprints share brand new track ‘Manifesto’

Sprints

Sprints’ return with the second single lifted from the highly anticipated debut EP of the same, that is set for release next year. ‘Manifesto’ is the post-punk band’s best single to date as they’ve refined the more industrial elements of their sound and head into a more tense yet exhilarating chapter. ‘Manifesto’ is the latest […]

Yard Act – Artist of the Week

Yard Act

Yard Act are a band changing the landscape of emerging British punk. With just three releases under their belt the Leeds based quartet have already amassed industry acclaim from the likes of Radio X’s John Kennedy and BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq. Not to mention features on Radio X’s ‘New Bangers’ playlist and Spotify’s Hot […]

COURTING SHARE BRAND NEW TRACK ‘POPSHOP!’ OUT NOW ON NICESWAN RECORDS

Courting

Courting share brand new track ‘Popshop!’ out now on Nice Swan Records Liverpool four-piece Courting are set to follow up breakthrough singles ‘Football’, ‘David Byrne’s Badside’ and ‘Not Yr Man’ with a new EP via renowned indie label Nice Swan Records. ‘Popshop!’, a short, fast paced song, with lyrics offering wry bemusement about the commodification […]