They wowed us at Wokingham Festival, now you can hear them for yourselves.
Indigo Child’s debut single is a great tune and it’s just one of 10 stonking tracks for your aural pleasure.
The RaW Sounds Today playlist is on a mission to champion and showcase great music from acts that have a connection to Reading and Wokingham (that’s the RaW in our Sounds Today name).
It’s an eclectic mix of stuff that will help you discover something new. All you have to do is find it on Spotify.
To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and enjoy the music.
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Indigo Child – Lies
Here’s the debut single from Reading-based duo Indigo Child, who opened the Wokingham Music Club Stage at Wokingham Festival in August with their energetic live set.
Lies was recorded at Generation Studio with producer, Dean Nelson, and it’s a good start for the duo with its melodic indie sound.
We understand that Lou and Matt, who make up the duo, are dedicating some time to writing and rehearsing more new material so we’ll look forward to hearing the results of that – https://www.facebook.com/indigochildoffical
Blancmange – Reduced Voltage
This is from the new album Private View by synth pop icons, Blancmange, who had big 80s hits such as Living on the Ceiling.
Neil Arthur from the band said he ‘wanted a track driven by a singular minimal beat occasionally shot through with lyrical phrases’.
He’s achieved that with this single and its cool groove interspersed with guitar and electronic sounds. The band visit Reading’s Sub89, or visited depending on when you see this, on Thursday, October 20, as part of an extensive UK tour – http://www.blancmange.co.uk/
Third Lung – No Names
This is the latest single from the forthcoming debut album, Gameplay from local faves Third Lung. Don’t miss the band’s album launch show at Reading’s Sub 89 on Thursday, November 10 – http://thirdlungband.com
Lonely Robot – Digital God Machine
Created by the multi talented John Mitchell in his own Outhouse Studio, Lonely Robot is now on its fifth album, A Model Lif’, from which this single is taken. Watch out for the writer of this article in the video – https://johnmitchellhq.com
Louis and the Shakes – TRAILBLAZR
This band from London played a great set at Third Lung’s Loddfest event in Reading last month and we hear they may be playing a Wokingham gig later this year – https://www.louisandtheshakes.com
Courting – Jumper
This band from Liverpool played at Reading’s Facebar on October 13, as part of their UK tour and have just released their debut album, the excellent Guitar Music, from which this single is taken – https://courtingband.com
Dakorra – Elevate Me
Here’s some guitar riffs over a pulsing electro beat combined with Kate Herridge’s powerful vocals. You can see Dakorra live on Friday, October 28, supporting LoneLady, at South Street Arts Centre – https://www.facebook.com/dakorraband
Lilac – Losing Myself (In You)
Lilac are a Reading-based three piece band comprising of Beth on vocals and guitar, Lewis on keyboards, guitar and backing vocals and Olly on Drums. They describe their sound as floral indie which is a great description – https://lilacband.co.uk
Rila’s Edge – Someone New
This is the latest single, released in July, by this Wokingham based band who recently packed out The Redan for their hometown show. One of our fave releases of the last few months – https://www.rilasedge.com/
Dandy Man – Flat Earth Society
Here’s Reading based alt-indie/folk rockers, Dandy Man, with their new single which was recorded at Pyramid Studios in Hurst and is from their forthcoming debut album, Something I Have To Say – https://dandymanmusic.com/
