Described as fusing soft, introspective lyricism with effervescent, ear-worm riffage, South-West London four-piece Slaney Bay have carved out a distinctive space in the alt-indie landscape. New single 'That's Cool' reinforces their creativity and observant lyricism, back in 2023 they created considerable interest, the latest single should stir up plenty more. The band are Cait Whitley (vocals), Joel Martin (bass), Will Nicola-Thompson (guitar) and Jonny Burraway (drums).
Some more background - Hotly tipped by Dork (Hype List 2023) and Under The Radar (23 for 2023), Slaney Bay made an early impression with their debut EP A Life Worth Living (November 2022), earning early support from Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1 and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Their third EP, The Long Way Home, received further backing from BBC Radio 6 Music, playlisting on Radio X, and multiple placements on Made in Chelsea. Since then, the band have drawn praise from Dork, Under The Radar, Billboard, The Independent, The Line of Best Fit and Rough Trade.
Live, Slaney Bay have supported the likes of Coach Party, Bleach Lab, Sinéad O’Brien and The Clockworks, alongside selling out a 250-capacity headline show at Colours in London. The band have also played multiple EU festivals including Left of the Dial (Rotterdam) and They’re Gonna Be Big (Paris) to full capacity rooms. Slaney Bay were also long-listed by industry panels for both Glastonbury Festival and the Isle of Wight Festival in 2025.
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Perhaps you are familiar with Chicago-based musician Josh Chicoine via his 2000's band The M's, who released three albums on Polyvinyl and performed at SXSW, Lollapalooza, ACL, and Pitchfork, or his more recent groups Sabers and Cloudbirds. His most recent project, Cult Canyon, features a revolving cast of friends and collaborators including Alison Chesney (aka Helen Money), Susan Voelz and Max Crawford (both of Poi Dog Pondering fame).
Cult Canyon's debut LP (following 2024's Golden Line EP) Smoke Tricks was released digitally (and on limited edition vinyl via Rattleback Records) on Friday, March 13 & Beehive Candy are more than happy to play catch up and share this superb release.
Josh Chicoine tells us - Cult Canyon came out of a deep need to create and to stay creative. I love making things and exercising the creative spirit, sharing it with people, and collaborating with other artists. It’s a thrilling little thing to make a little song and offer it to other people so they can alter it with their talent and passion. We need little things too. Music making is world-building, and a relief from an actual world that increasingly is practically begging us to be outraged every day. Art and music binds us, challenges, informs, and astounds. What better calling?
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Contrasting eerie, tension-building dissonance with moments of cascading, iridescent bliss, ‘Elements of Air’ is the stunning new single from San Francisco’s Octavian Winters: one of the most exciting new bands on the North American dark post-punk scene.
Produced by William Faith, and released on the band’s own Stratis Capta Records just ahead of Western US tour dates with Germany’s Pink Turns Blue, ‘Elements of Air’ showcases the band’s trademark blend of propulsive Californian deathrock, gritty post-punk, and serpentine goth rock, alongside the more haunting, expansive textures of ethereal darkwave. Frontwoman and lyricist Ria Aursjoen says: “…‘Elements of Air’ is about how we see the world, our chosen frame of reference, and how much power that holds over us — including the power to destroy things we value. The direct inspiration was someone I knew who chose to view the world through a lens of hate, and how that ultimately cost the friendship.”
Guitarist Stephan Bryan Salit adds: “…‘Elements’ really exhibits my love for tension and release. Dissonance and harmonic resolve. This one is pure alchemy…” Octavian Winters was born into the ghostly isolation of San Francisco, 2022. Their sound mirrors the surrealism of that time, weaving threads of the visceral and ethereal together into shimmering instrumental layers, with vocals that alternately soar and dive.
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