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Holding Absence
Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.
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Holding Absence: "We wanted to have fun, so let's make a robot"
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BODEGA follow one golden rule: "What would my favourite band do?"
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Movements are happier now (well, sort of)
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Public Opinion have places to be
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The Menzingers have made an album for the future
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Waterparks: "I think everybody is their own biggest jinx"
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Taylor Momsen has never sounded more confident than on The Pretty Reckless' 'Dear God'
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August Burns Red: Built to last
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Super Sometimes are putting everything on the line for pop-punk
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Basement embrace "the wheels falling off" on their new album 'WIRED'
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BODEGA
On ‘All Inside Aquarium’, BODEGA indulge a teenage guitar obsession and reconsider how much instruction a song requires. Ben Hozie explains how the New York band arrived at their fourth album.
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