RAILCARD:
Railcard formed in early 2025 when Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture) and Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, The Penrose Web & more…) began writing songs together. Along with Peter Momtchiloff (Heavenly, Would-be-goods) on bass and Allison Thomson (Oldfield Youth Club, Heist, Trashcan Sinatras) on trumpet, the band released a trio of eponymous EPs in early 2026, and in September there follows another album Two Steps At A Time, on Skep wax and Slumberland Records, plus a run of UK gigs.
Railcard’s individual indie/pop DNA is easy to trace in the music – Love and Button’s songs mix up ingredients from their earlier projects, and Momtchiloff’s own songs bear his hallmark style. There are shared lead vocals, jangling guitars, sweet strings, organ and cool trumpet lines, plus a drive and punch from the rhythm section that steers into Motown, bubblegum pop/garage and more.
“This is perhaps what Stereolab would sound like if, accompanied by a TV show orchestra, they had to cover a “K-Tel’s Greatest Unknown Hits of the 1960s and 1970s” compilation.”- Pause-Record-Play
“The foursome shimmy seamlessly between hyper-melodic vintage King’s Road psychedelia…..featherlight lushness…..pop-exotica…..sublimely rubber-grooved glitterball-kosmisch……….and ‘70s kitsch curiosity.” – Freq
SWANSEA SOUND:
Reuniting Hue Williams and Amelia Fletcher, the original singers of cult 1990s UK indie band The Pooh Sticks, Swansea Sound have become a popular fixture on the UK indie scene. They have released two acclaimed albums, are frequently played on the BBC and have recorded a live BBC6Music session.
Described as ‘an indiepop miracle’ by All Music, SWANSEA SOUND, combine a witty, sardonic, very contemporary lyrical attack with timeless guitar-pop songwriting.
