There’s going to be new, original music from downcast soon, but in the meantime, the Bristolian emo crew have put their own stamp on a familiar piece of pop to get their fans in the mood.
They’ve just shared an absolutely storming cover of the Backstreet Boys hit ‘Just Wanted You To Know’, which was originally a UK top ten hit for the US boy band in 2005.
When you’re working within a tight four minute “single” format, can you afford a slow build up via a gradual fade-in? Irish band Myriad Things seem to think so, and their current track ‘Sanctuary’ has already clocked up forty seconds before anything really kicks in.
After forming in 2022, it didn’t take Paradise Sins to attract the attention of the media outlets who still champion an “old school” brand of hard rock. By 2024, they’d received high praise for their debut EP, and the future continued to look pretty bright.
In June 2025, one man band Tooth Gore released their excellent ‘For Losers, By Losers’ album, an almost filler free collection that drew influence from melodic punk, surf rock, power pop and even post rock to create a riff driven collection that really captured the spirit of the DIY artist’s earlier singles.
A pumping bass that has a post punk edge, a weird clicking sound and a mumbling vocal: three things you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear together, and three things that pretty much give no clue as to where teethin’s current single ‘Throwin Shapes’ is headed. It could be a punky banger; it could be a slab of post rock fury; it could be an abrasive piece of alternative dance…