Nor should they. Hailing from the leafy climes of Headingley, Leeds, and alarmingly not-something-you-just-dreamt, ovo/container hybrid Vat-Egg and his human band mates Ste, Neil, Arriel and Ged knock out a tightly packed sandwich of not exclusively food related pop songs. But yeah, ok, most of them at least mention food. Food is important.
‘Don’t Slag Off Neil Burrell’ follows in the infectious footsteps of 2020’s ‘You Don’t Understand Marmite’ and ‘Sheriff of Nottingham.’ A typically droll hymn to tolerance and the giving of flapjack, the song comes with B-side ‘Alone in Music’, which tells the story of an underground community making music no one in the world above ever hears. But they like it down there.
Sweden's Catharina Jaunviksna, aka Badlands, creates gently glowing '80s-inspired pop - think of it as new wave in pastel rather than neon. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2021
The South London avant-garde pop artist brings together soul, grime, and electronica influences on his latest project. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 19, 2021
Subsonic Eye combines math rock, dream pop, and guitar sounds borrowed from post-rock for songs that whirl and flurry, but never quite settle. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 15, 2023
Indie pop is actually punk and exhibit A is the Particles, whose music gets a welcome reissue on Australian indie powerhouse Chapter Music. Bandcamp New & Notable May 4, 2023