APPOINTMENTS
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Hannah Peel has been announced as the new President of The F-List For Music, the support network for female and non-binary musicians in the UK. “I am extremely passionate about the work that The F-list carries out and how essential it is for our UK music industry”, she says. “It is not an easy industry to navigate and there is no secret formula to ‘success’, however, knowing that there is a talented and dedicated community, not only collating our talents and skills, but helping make connections and shouting about our assets to the world is vitally important”.
RELEASES
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Paloma Faith has released ‘Bad Woman’, the second single from new album ‘The Glorification Of Sadness’, which is out on 16 Feb. “This song stands out as a personal favourite from the album”, she says. “It delves into the myriad societal challenges women confront, illustrating the exhausting struggle to meet expectations. The pressure to conform or risk being labelled 'incompetent' or a 'Bad Woman' can be overwhelming”.
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Kali Uchis and Karol G have released new collaboration ‘Labios Mordidos’.
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Feeder have released a new double A-side single, featuring the songs ‘The Knock’ and ‘Soldiers Of Love’. With new album ‘Black/Red’ out on 5 Apr, the band have also announced UK tour dates in March.
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English Teacher have shared new single ‘Mastermind Specialism’. “Decision paralysis is an ache that has murmured in me through sitting on smaller fences, through to questioning my theology, my sexuality, my career and so on”, says frontwoman Lily Fontaine. “My life has been consistent in its inconsistency. Twelve different houses across the country and mixed race, I’ve always been a bit in-between and I think that’s where this song, and a lot of the songs we’re due to release, come from".
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Blackout Problems have released new single ‘GLOFS’, featuring Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari. “I was honoured to have been asked to jump on this song by my friends Blackout Problems”, says Reynolds. “It’s such an excellently sculpted track and I can’t wait to perform it with them on our tour together in Europe next year!” The band’s new album ‘Riot’ is out on 23 Feb.
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Elliphant has released new single ‘Trench’. The song, she says, “is about feeling exposed and condemned in society. I’ve always experienced the public space as very problematic and bordering on fake and my reaction to that has often been anger even though I'm really just scared. I sometimes feel like a hunted animal ready to get killed”. Her new album ‘Troll’ is out next year.
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USA Nails have released new single ‘On Computer Screen’. The song, says the band’s Steve Hodson, is about the TV show ‘Catfish’, “a concept that fascinated me. Both the catfished and catfisher would put themselves on global television, both parties displaying their vulnerability to the world for entertainment purposes”.
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Blue Lab Beats have shared new single ‘Never Doubt’. “This was quite a lesson for us and we learnt when life offers you a challenge, sometimes embrace that it might be really difficult and just from trying you could potentially achieve a better result than what you first came with”, say the duo. “This is very much why we gave this song the title ‘Never Doubt’”.
GIGS & TOURS
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Squeeze have announced 50th anniversary tour dates in October and November next year. They’ll finish the run at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 11 Nov. Tickets go on general sale on 1 Dec.