At the beginning of 2024, singer songwriter Ger Eaton shared a bold single, ‘Season Changes’, a lengthy recording that shared a pastoral sound, and blended influences from folk, prog and psychedelia to create something that sounded like the missing link between Nick Drake, Linda Perhacs and a mellow Scott Walker. He had the talent to meld those influences into something more of his own. Although the number probably couldn’t be called an “instant hit”, it had plenty of charm, with its sprawling nature aiming to appeal to the more adventurous ear. It had a grandness without self indulgence, so it was no wonder that he chose it as the lead and title cut from his full length release, which wouldn’t appear until over eighteen months later.
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KEELEY confirms new album release for 2026; pre-orders now open
Those keeping a close ear on the indie/shoegaze scene over the past year will almost certainly have encountered KEELEY. The eponymously named band fronted by Keeley Moss have played a truckload of live dates, and shared stages with Echobelly and Terrorvision. On a great collection of recorded works, Moss and her band have created a musical legacy surrounding the murder of tourist Inga Maria Hauser, giving their work a more emotive and often cerebral quality than your average shoegaze act.
Listen: Laptop receive a ‘Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis’ on new cover tune
During the last quarter of 2025, alternative band Laptop released a couple of really interesting singles. Taking the energies of OK-Go, a huge influence from new wave and the quirky, melodic charm of Beck, their best work has managed to catch the ear of many a music fan immersed in cult sounds.
Bad Mary revisit ‘Last Christmas’ with new cover tune
Ever since its original release in 1984, Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ has been beloved many. Only reaching #2 on the UK singles chart the first time around, it became the second most celebrated track to fall just shy of the top spot. Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, arguably, takes the crown there, losing out to a terrible novelty record – ‘Shaddap You Face’ by The Joe Dolce Music Theatre; at least Wham! had the dignity of knowing they were beaten to the top by a charity record, and one that George Michael was also on!
Listen: Black Dog Moon share album focus track ‘Holy War’
Rising Irish rock band Black Dog Moon have recently released their second album ‘Hell and Back’. Built around an old school sound, the record’s harder edged tracks ‘Neon Queen’ and ‘Heavy Shot of Love’ show how well the musicians can work a thunderous melodic metal riff or two, but it’s when channelling more melodic influences that the album really comes alive. The album’s clear standout ‘Black Hearts and Diamonds’ shares a classic 70s blues rock feel and comes absolutely loaded with confident lead guitar work that appears to draw its biggest influence from Gary Moore’s “slow” reworking of Thin Lizzy’s classic ‘Don’t Believe A Word’, while the buoyant melodic rock of ‘1985’ sounds like Meat Loaf fronting a party rock band with rootsy undertones.