Mount Palomar releases new single ‘Pass the Parcel’ featuring Makeshift Art Bar on Nice Swan Electronic
Having previously teamed up with Sprints’ Karla Chubb for the excellent ‘L’Aliment’, Belfast native, Mount Palomar is back with another bold collaboration, ‘Pass the Parcel’ sees the pioneering NI artist teaming up with up-and-coming NI act Makeshift Art Bar to create a track thatdraws on the early electro sounds of Detroit with subtle, abstract Irish post punk elements. “The […]
Westside Cowboy announce debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’ (pre-order here), arriving August 8th via Nice Swan Recordings / Heist or Hit
`“Come for the urgent, wistful guitars, and stay for the heart-wrenching harmonies” Stereogum “The four-piece trade as much in affecting, multi-layer harmonies as they do serious slacker-rock shredding” DIY “One of the new acts heralding a gloriously ramshackle new era of ’90s-styled slacker rock” NME JUNE 17 – Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy announce debut […]
Fuzz Lightyear have released their political punk single ‘Berlin, 1885’
Leeds punk band Fuzz Lightyear releases politically charged single addressing societal apathy, marking their first 2025 track via Nice Swan Records. The track marks the band’s first release of 2025, following their recent performance on the BBC 6 Music stage at The Great Escape Festival. “Most of our songs are about personal internal worlds, but […]
Fresh from winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition, Westside Cowboy tackle “acceptance” on harmonic new single ‘
Westside Cowboy have released a new single, Shells. The dynamic indie track was produced by Lewis Whiting of 2024 Mercury Prize-winners English Teacher. The band said: “Shells is broadly about acceptance. Whether it is the acknowledgment of what you have, or the acknowledgment that change is inevitable. The song is loosely based on a film, in which the character […]
MOUNT PALOMAR TEAMS UP WITH SPRINTS’ KARLA CHUBB ON POST-PUNK ELECTRONIC HYBRID ‘L’ALIMENT’ ON NICE SWAN ELECTRONIC
The single follows the huge success of ‘Drag’ featuring Naomi Banks, which has found consistent admirers at 6Music, BBCR1 and BBC Introducing Hot on the heels of ‘Drag’ – a musical piece featuring Naomi Banks, focusing on sexuality exploration and the power dynamics within an intimate relationship between men – Northern Irish electronic artist, filmmaker, […]
Chalk release ‘Conditions III’ EP, out today (February 21st) via Nice Swan Records
“Pairing post-punk’s staccato vocal delivery with the raw vitality of electronic music” DIY Magazine “A sheer bombardment of energy” NME “The offspring of the British post-punk revolution continue to thrill and innovate” Rolling Stone UK Belfast post-punk/electronic specialists Chalk release brand new EP ‘Conditions III, out today (February 21st) via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, […]
Chalk release brooding new single ‘Afraid’ out today (January 15th)
Belfast post-punk/electronic specialists Chalk share brooding new effort ‘Afraid’ (watch here), out today (January 15th – on DSPs 5pm following its BBC 6 Music Huw Stephens premiere), marking the second slice of material from the band’s ‘Conditions III’ EP, set for release February 21st via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, Sprints, Opus Kink). With a […]
Fuzz Lightyear Unleashes Their Latest Single “Visual Effect” on Nice Swan Records
Following their electrifying debut single, My Body, Fuzz Lightyear returns with their latest offering, Visual Effect—a track that embodies the band’s mission to be the loudest, fastest, and most visceral force in the Leeds underground scene. Visual Effect was the hard and fast result of us trying to write a straight-ahead slammer, chucking in pummelling drums, a bassline […]
Mount Palomar Releases New Single ‘Drag ft. Naomi Banks’’ Out Now on Nice Swan Electronic
‘Drag’ is the new single from Northern Irish multidisciplinary artist Mount Palomar, the creative moniker of Neil Kerr; electronic artist, film maker, printmaker and photographer. A polymath in the truest sense of the word, Kerr’s creative output is, put very simply, his entire creative focus in life, inspired by the loss of his brother and […]
Jagged Baptist Club release ‘Physical Surveillance’ LP out today via Nice Swan Records
‘Physical Surveillance’ (order here) today on Nice Swan Records! The debut album from L.A.’s Jagged Baptist Club is a bundle of energy and attitude. The band describe themselves as like Blur and Public Image Ltd trying to cover The Rapture and Happy Mondays while Division Of Laura Lee and The Vines throw tomatoes at them. Physical Surveillance is about letting old habits, old realties and old selves die. It’s about […]