After the simply glorious A State of Being Human (2021) and A 4 Letter Word albums dragged us back into the world of Gazza, curtain haircuts, OJ Simpson, and double denim, courtesy of all music that ever jangled in the 90s, The Shop Window continue to explore the era courtesy of this double Daysdream album, which is undoubtedly their most elaborate and accomplished release yet. Moving simultaneously between all that we love about their first two releases and a concerted move towards originality, the double album sees side 1 (Days) jangle like never before (or always before, as the case may be ..read more

After the sheer beauty and subsequent critical acclaim afforded their love, death, dreams, and the sleep between album of December 2022, Alice Kat and Liam Marsh (aka Fine) are already back with this superb Colour Worn EP that simply oozes their trademark crushed emotionality. The release starts with As I Come Back, which is surely the most pertinent ode to social anxiety that anyone who has ever suffered with such an issue might ever hear as the hushed tones of Alice Kat slide through the cracks of stunning jangly slowcore to opine: I can’t stay long I need to get out This place is too busy ..read more

Talking alcohol-induced essentials with mates at the pub a few ‘beer Fridays’ ago, and beyond the more tenuous question of what colors badgers and skunks would be if they were not black and white, the more obvious subject of “if you fell out of a plane without a parachute, which piece of music would be most likely to cushion you to the ground’ surfaced…oh that old subject I hear you retort. Bobsled Team and especially this, their second All The Colours Bloom album confirm their status as our most obvious saviors with tracks such as the opening Blue Love, lead single Analita, and See You Soon ..read more

Those of you who have been sturdy enough to follow Janglepophubs’ amateurish chunterings and disastrous grammar will know that I have been gushing praise upon the new Chaotic Pop Records and especially their ‘finds’ of acts such as Anti, Anselmus, The Cuddly Strum, and The Rosebuds Riot. Label founder Eko Sutrisno (also founder of the Shiny Happy Records cassette label) also gifted Indonesia’s Race to the jangle-pop community with the Candles/Begone single of October 2023, which I gushed about to such an extent that I think he felt compelled to ask if our Subjangle label would like to collabor ..read more

I am a 50-something jangle-pop, indie-pop, twee pop nerd, and of course I have a “getting ready to go out to meet my mates on the one night a week (Friday is beer day) that our wives let us all out to sit around a pub table drinking an amount of lcohol that our aging bodies always regret in the morning as we talk, what can only be described as ‘absolute nonsense’ playlist…well who doesn’t? The abovementioned playlist is one of joyous tracks containing enough energy to ensure that I walk out the door rather than take the easier option of snuggling up with the wife and kids for the night. This F ..read more

Two years after the debut Swedish Punk album presented itself as a poster child for an “all killer, no filler” saying that gives me the ick as much as ‘bangers’, Danish foursome Kindsight are back with a No Shame No Fame follow-up that once again forces me to search for more erudite terms to replace the above terms as this album simply does not have a track that ever even begins to sidle away from brilliance. Sliding between two primary, inter-linked nuances tracks best represented by Tomorrow, Killing Eye, the simply sublime standout of Terracotta Team Song, and Top 10 Things You Need in the ..read more

Heiko Schneider (aka theCatherines) have always been intensely popular with labels such as Fadeawayradiate Records / Paisley Shirt Records and their various compilations, primarily due to his propensity towards brilliance when reinterpreting the sounds  tracks and genres of yesteryear. As such, this ‘odds and sods’ compilation was never likely to be the hit-and-miss affair that similar releases from often great artists can sometimes be. In contrast, theCatherines treat us to an album that could go toe-to-toe with some of his brilliant previous releases and come out of the fight relatively ..read more

What a wonderful surprise it was when the fruits of my labour in pressing The Umbrella Puzzles Bandcamp follow button (I knew the absolute tenacity of my protestant work ethic would pay off one day!) resulted in the receipt of an e-mail declaring that Ryan Marquez (The Umbrella Puzzles, Sodajerk, Golden Teardrops, Apple Orchard) and Teresa Daniele (Paint Your Wagon Red, Two If By Sea, Seashells) had released a career retrospective Words To Remember Me By compilation of their superb The Haircuts project. With the exception of the previously unreleased My Favorite Shadow track, this output was o ..read more

Those of you who have followed our Subjangle label for a decent length of time will know of our admiration for the beautiful jangle-pop of the Night Heron and, latterly, 3.A.M. Again (after a vastly inferior act got all ‘copyrighty’) solo recording projects of Gloucester, MA,-based Michael Telles, who has collaborated with us of on four of the of the most beautiful and original jangle-pop released since the lockdown days of 2020 (…true even if a tad biased). Now forgive me if I get a little sentimental about this release as a) it is his last one with Subjangle as he has now signed for Jodie Lo ..read more

Since the early 2010’s resurrection of 1990s jangle-pop legends The Proctors, which was heralded by the glorious Everlasting Light album (Shelflife Records 2013) and then latterly the Summer Lane album of 2020 (Jigsaw Records), the West Midlands-based ‘kings of the arpeggio’ have drip-fed their fans with just enough compilations and singles to keep us lusting for something more substantial. Finally, after a four-year wait, this Signs of Life single, which was originally released in 2013 as the non-album b-side to the Cellophane 7″ (Shelflife and Kingfisher Bluez) is the carefully selected fir ..read more