Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020 – Part II

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Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020 #2 The second instalment of our Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020! And look we’ve even put them in a Spotify playlist for you, how convenient. Doves – The Universal Want After an 11 year hiatus the release of Doves ‘The Universal Want’ was just […]

Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020 – Part I

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Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020 #1 We’ve put together a summary of Nice Swan Records Top 20 Albums of 2020. Enjoy the first 10 of our 20 choices. And look we’ve even put them in a Spotify playlist for you, how convenient. Sault – Black ls The mysterious collective reacted to the […]

Malady share ‘London I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Dub’ Remix

Photo credit: Anna Lowry Malady was birthed as a result of Percy Junior Cobbinah (vocals/guitar) and Charlie Clark (guitar/synth) getting to know one another from turning up at the same gigs; Cobbinah and Ertan Cimen (drums) frequented all the same uni house parties; while Clark met bassist Khaleem Mitchell-Patterson at college. Fusing musical elements from […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sprints shares brand new track ‘Drones’

Sprints shares brand new track ‘Drones’ The new single from upcoming debut EP, ‘Manifesto’ out October 9th 2020    Today marks the news of Dublin four-piece SPRINTS’ debut EP and the release of its first single. ‘Drones’ is the post-punk band’s best single to date as they’ve refined the more industrial elements of their sound […]