I’ve listened to this at least 6 times in a row as it’s so good It’s new British Birds single Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas out on @skepwax.bsky.social today Punk, pop, politics with wry humour, the catchiest ooos around AND an album coming in October! popoptica.com/2026/07/29/b...

British Birds - Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas (Skep Wax) - popoptica

British Birds share a rousing expression of exasperation at our passivity in the face of lame authority with single Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas, the first taken from their forthcoming albu...

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This is really nice and chill dreampop with a nostalgic tinge for childhood lyrically Margaret by Absolutely Yours is out now on Sunday Records with album to follow popoptica.com/2026/07/29/a...

Absolutely Yours - Margaret (Sunday Records) - popoptica

The first single from forthcoming album Desire Path to be shared by dreampop outfit Absolutely Yours is the ethereal and softly jangling Margaret

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This was a nice day out - from the heavy and cathartic rock of Riding The Low, to the art-rock indie disco of @maximopark.bsky.social and onward to the jangling synth-pop optimism of The Lightning Seeds at Live at Melbourne Hall Review up on Popoptica popoptica.com/2026/07/26/l...

The Lightning Seeds, Maximo Park, Riding The Low - Live at Melbourne Hall - 25 July 2026 - popoptica

A first year for Live at Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire and 3 days of live music with the Saturday of the weekend welcoming indie stalwarts Lightning Seeds and Maximo Park with long-time upstarts Riding...

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As heavy and intricate as you’d expect from @atotaso.bsky.social on new single Masks, promising the album to follow in September will continue to nudge at their post-hardcore boundaries to move their sound forward Up on Popoptica now popoptica.com/2026/07/28/a...

a-tota-so - Masks (self-released) - popoptica

Fusing grunge, mathrock and post hardcore a-tota-so are heading toward the release of new album I Told You So with release of single Masks

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Big thanks to @sarahlay.bsky.social at Popoptica for this great piece of writing about my Emergency Start video and the ideas behind the track!

Sarah Lay@sarahlay.bsky.social · 2w ago

A call to art activism and stunning visual treatment for electropop Emergency Start from @katfive.bsky.social Inspired by Brian Eno’s Hard Art Collective you need to give this a watch and then get out there and create popoptica.com/2026/07/25/k...

A call to art activism and stunning visual treatment for electropop Emergency Start from @katfive.bsky.social Inspired by Brian Eno’s Hard Art Collective you need to give this a watch and then get out there and create popoptica.com/2026/07/25/k...

Kat Five - Emergency Start (self-released) - popoptica

Following on from the release of single Emergency Start back in May genre-bending artist and 'indie prophet' Kat Five has released a new visual accompaniment to the track

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Riot Grrrl rush, punk AF body positivity bop, and catchy enough to curtail an itsy-bitsy-clad-binge-watch - it’s TWAT Union with TV BIKINY Super fun video up on the site and track out now on @ilovealcopop.bsky.social popoptica.com/2026/07/25/t...

Twat Union - TV BIKINY (Alcopop! Records) - popoptica

Following on from the release of EP Don't Blame The Peach earlier this year The Theatre Workers and Television Union (TWAT UNION), or The Twats if we're being informal have shared punk AF body positiv...

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Summery, shimmery indiepop with a bittersweet heart ❤️‍🔥 Narcissist from Amelia & The Housewives is so catchy you’ll be singing along before the first listen is done and that’s before you clock the Sandie Shaw echo Discover ‘Brighton’s best kept secret’ popoptica.com/2026/07/24/a...

Amelia & The Housewives - Narcissist (INH Records) - popoptica

Billed as 'Brighton's best kept secret' Amelia & The Housewives release single Narcissist and announce their self-titled debut will be released by INH Records later in 2026

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You know a collab between Eva (The Cords) and Archie (Stone Anthem) is going to be good but solidify the idea by listening to the first single from their Foglights project The Rain Felt Kind is out on @skepwax.bsky.social & @slumberlandrecords.com now - EP next month popoptica.com/2026/07/23/f...

Foglights - The Rain Felt Kind (Skep Wax / Slumberland) - popoptica

Channelling restless energy into washed-out guitars, hypnotic melodies, and offer a lyricism that cuts straight through the noise Foglights is the new collaboration from The Cords' Eva Cord and Stone ...

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I am if nothing else consistently inconsistent with my music writing. Came back to it today with a share of the latest from indiepop supergroup Railcard - wonderfully jangly single Two Steps At A Time is out on @skepwax.bsky.social & @slumberlandrecords.com now! popoptica.com/2026/07/22/r...

Railcard - Two Steps At A Time (Skep Wax / Slumberland) - popoptica

Indiepop supergroup Railcard - featuring members of Dolly Mixture, Heavenly and Trash Can Sinatras - has shared single Two Steps At A Time ahead of a debut album of the same name due out in September

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Out this Friday - Tiger Island debut Let’s Go Out On stunning splatter vinyl, CD and digital this has a power-pop head and a rock n roll heart. For fans of Hot Snakes and Murder City Devils Playing this Saturday in Leeds too! tigerisland.bandcamp.com/album/lets-g...

Let’s Go Out by Tiger Island is under a week away now. Midlife noisy indie rock at its finest 👌 And the splatter vinyl looking gorgeous too! Grab your copy from our Bandcamp (also on CD and digital, of course)

🚨NEW SIGNING 🚨 We loved having Tiger Island on our Among The Wildflowers compilation so much we’ve locked in for their debut album! Fusing rock ‘n roll spirit with fuzzy synthed-up power pop - we love them and think you will too. More news on the way - check them out on the compilation NOW!

The first run of the first issue of Popoptica in print sold out in 3 days. Having restocked yesterday half the second run has already gone too! Featuring print-only writing about: Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, AEOABITAP, YAKKIE and more! recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...

I’ve made a music magazine, would you like to buy it? Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more! recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...

First copies sold come with a free copy of our recent compilation Among The Wildflowers on CD too!

Sarah Lay@sarahlay.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’ve made a music magazine, would you like to buy it? Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more! recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...

I’ve made a music magazine, would you like to buy it? Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more! recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...

"pure indiepop sunshine for the long dark of January" 🌞 popoptica.com/2026/01/15/special-friend-breakfast/ Thank you @sarahlay.bsky.social! You can pre-order Special Friend's 3rd album at hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/clipping and via @skepwax.bsky.social & @howlinbanana.bsky.social.

Special Friend - Breakfast (Skep Wax / Howlin'Banana / Hidden Bay) - popoptica

French / American duo Special Friend announce their forthcoming third album, Clipping, with the release of indiepop single Breakfast

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Of course we’re having a bit of a sale - money off vinyl and CDs including our compilation Among The Wildflowers as well as Reckless Yes adorned items such as a quality tea towel! Over on Bandcamp: recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch

Braved the storm last night to head to The Grove in Nottingham. Vom Vorton great, Bean Weevil amazingly joyous, and I got to play a light up tambourine while faves @pinkopaque.co.uk covered Sugababes Overload. Pretty perfect gig really 💖

Reflections on yesterday’s brill #lgcnorth: - things are harder than ever but there is hope - everything is about people, not technology - finally a safe space to be cautious rather than evangelical about AI - collaboration as one public sector is key More: www.sarahlay.com/2025/11/week...

In Leeds today for LocalGovCamp North - first in a while for me & first as LocalGovDigital Chair! #lgcnorth

In Leeds today for LocalGovCamp North - first in a while for me & first as LocalGovDigital Chair! #lgcnorth

We are dead proud of this amazing review of Bringing Back The Humans by @sarahlay.bsky.social 🫶🤖 Check it out eh? 👇 popoptica.com/2025/10/14/p...

Pink Opaque - Bringing Back The Humans (self-released) - popoptica

Sheffield futurepop duo Pink Opaque release second single Bringing Back The Humans - an anthem against AI and celebrating the quirkiness of people

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Me & Pete share our thoughts about each artist in our new compilation (spoiler: we think they are all great). Thanks to the ace @joyzineuk.bsky.social for the piece Among The Wildflowers is out now on vinyl, CD & digital!

Joyzine@joyzineuk.bsky.social · 10mo ago

TRACK BY TRACK: RECKLESS YES RECORDS - AMONG THE WILDFLOWERS After a 2-year hiatus co-founders of Reckless Yes records Pete Darrington & Sarah Lay guide us through their compilation 'Among The Wildflowers', packed with tracks by Feral Five, Knitting Circle, & many more. @recklessyes.bsky.social

Out tomorrow, but stream today! Thanks to @echoesanddust.bsky.social & @echoesanddan.bsky.social for hosting an exclusive stream of the @recklessyes.bsky.social compilation Among The Wildflowers Ten incredible artists, a whole range of genres. Vinyl & CD over on Bandcamp! #newmusicmonday

EchoesAndDust@echoesanddust.com · 10mo ago

Exclusive Stream: Reckless Yes compilation Among The Wildflowers Long time E&D faves, record label Reckless Yes mark their return after a 2 year hiatus with this compilation. Give the full album an exclusive listen here on Echoes and Dust. Get this in your ears! echoesanddust.com/2025/10/excl...

Time to bring my record label @recklessyes.bsky.social back with this ace (if I do say so) compilation It’s a privilege to celebrate the DIY music scene with these artists 💖 Pre-orders open now 👇🏻 out 7 October 2025

Reckless Yes@recklessyes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’re back and we’ve got something lovely for you! 🌺 Among The Wildflowers is a compilation of the best of the DIY scene and is out on vinyl, CD & digital on 7 October 2025 Pre-orders open: recklessyes.bandcamp.com/album/ry150-...

Latest #WeekNote: - pivoting content strategy to meet customers where they are, even though that’s not on your website anymore - surviving the corporate immune system as an innovator - finding happiness every day as the years go by fast www.sarahlay.com/2025/08/week... #LocalGovDigital

In my latest #weeknote: - culture is what we tolerate - transformation, content strategy, and experiences that aren’t digital by default - unexpected learning alongside formal study (and a well done to my eldest on his A Level results) www.sarahlay.com/2025/08/week... #localgovdigital

Feels like it’s time to get back into the record game… Look at some of our past releases, ain’t they beauts 😍

Reckless Yes@recklessyes.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A few of our beautiful past releases for #NationalVinylRecordDay 😍 Not sure which of our bands are already here to tag them!