#The Suncharms

[theresas-sound-world-blog]

A companion YouTube playlist for my recent review of ‘Daylight is Here’ by English Indiepop band, The Suncharms. It’s a playlist of tunes by bands & artists I mentioned in my review and includes the original scrolling text review of The Suncharms’ tune.

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[findasongblog]

Find A Song about a lost love 

The Suncharms - 3:45

Opening track off our forthcoming album ' Things lost'  the song is called 3.45. A song about a lost love who disappears across the ocean or  an imagined love who appears on the cover of a obscure 7"" single from decades before. 

[bandcampsnoop]

7/28/23.

I was flipping through my stacks and noticed that I've collected quite a few Rat Columns releases over the years. I've always enjoyed David West's work in Rat Columns (and other bands - especially Rank/Xerox)

Listening to "Thrift Store" from The Planes (Brooklyn, New York) upcoming LP "Dark Matter Recycling Co." really recalled the kind of indie pop peddled by Rat Columns. There's also a bit of The Suncharms, Constant Smiles and The Spires.

According to Austin Town Hall, this is a joint release between Totally Real Records (US) and Safe Suburban Homes (UK).

[olenvasynyt]

“For giving her your name in place of my son's life,” she said, her voice as sweet as sun-warmed apples. She must have been in the crowd that day. She pointed at the bucket with a long, slender hand. “My debt is paid.”

I've been making moodboards for my Lucien backstory fanfic and I love this LoA one so much I couldn't wait to post it!

[daggerzine]

MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023! (lists in no particular order....well, sort of)

MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023  

Anna Hillburg- Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios)

RVG- Brain Worms (fire) 

The Tubs- Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind) 

Seablite- Lemon Lights (Mt St Mtn)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)

Lewsberg- Out and About (12XU)

Melenas- Ahora (Trouble in Mind)

Blues Lawyer- All in Good Time (Dark Entries) 

Colored Lights- S/T (Bobo Integral)

Doe St- Stepping Stones (Legless) 

Guardian Singles- Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble in Mind) 

Corvair - Bound To Be (WIAIWYA)

The Garment District- Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts of the World (HHBTM)

Royal Ottawa- Carcosa (self released)

Tough Age- Waiting here (Bobo Integral)

Soft Science- Lines (Shelflife)

The Midnight Sailors- S/T (self released)

Robert Forster- The Candle and the Flame (Tapete) 

Civic – Taken By Force (ATO) 

Sumos- Surfacing (Meritorio) 

WAIT….HERE’S 20 MORE!

Connie Lovatt- Coconut Mirror (Enchante’)

En Attendant Ana- Principia (Trouble in Mind) 

Withered Hand- How to Love (Reveal) 

The High Water Marks- Your Next Wolf (Minty Fresh)

The Feelies- Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar-None)

Connections- Cool Change (Trouble in Mind) 

The Ex Bats- Song Machine  (Goner)

The Photocopies- Top of the Pops (Ultra Modern)

Amanda Brown- Eight Guitars (Lillipilli) 

Arthur Alexander- …Steppin’ Out!  (Big Stir Records)

Eyelids- A Colossal Waste of Lights ((Jealous Butcher) 

Panic Pocket- Mad Half Hour (Skep Wax)

Yo La Tengo- This Stupid World (Matador)

Swansea Sound- Twentieth Century (Skep Wax)

Kevin Robertson- Magic Spells Abound (Futureman)  

Super 8- Hoopla (The Beautiful Music) 

The Radio Fields- Dos and Dont’s (Subjangle)

Joe McAlinden- Where The Clouds Go Swimming (self -released)

The Black Watch- Future Strangers (ATOM) 

Rob I Miller- Companion Piece (Vacant Stare)

….AND HERE’S 10 MORE

The Lost Days- In the Store (Speakeasy Studios) 

Life Strike- Peak Dystopia (Bobo Integral)

Belle & Sebastian- Late Developers (Matador)

Lauds- Imitation Life (Fort Lowell) 

The Hepburns- Only the Hours (Lavender Sweep) 

Lomma- Torrey Pines (self released)

C.O.F.F.I.N.- Australia Stops (Goner)

Special Friend- Wait Until the Flames Come Rushing In (Skep Wax)

Burning Ferns- World of the Wars (Country Mile)

Wojtek the Bear- Second Place on Purpose (Last Night From Glasgow)

I ALSO REALLY LIKED ALBUMS BY:  Diners, Moving Targets, Bill Orcutt, Skull Practitioners, the Suncharms, Divine Horsemen, The Flashcubes, Hurry, Teenage Fanclub, Lydia Loveless, The Make Three, Shana Cleveland, The Ekphrastics, Ryan Allen, Fruit Bats, Nicole Yun, Dippers, Lost Film, Tony Jay, Cindy, Class, The Clientele, Lemon Twigs, Sweeping Promises, The National Honor Society, The Whiffs, Infinite River, Silver Biplanes, Jason Isbell, The Cuticles, Mudhoney, Alex Lahey, Crocodiles, Peter Hall, Cherry Fez, The Angles, Scott Gagner, Mainland Break, Christian Kjellvander, Sick Thoughts, Grand Drifter, The Motifs, The Sunshine Convention, The 1981, Roy Moller, Youth Valley, Soft Covers, Deadlights, The Smashing Times, The Spires, Helen Love, Motorbike, Silverstiles, Water Damage, Uni Boys, The Royal Arctic Institute, Gina Birch, Gee Tee, etc.

MY  10 FAVORITE REISSUES OF 2023 

The Chills- Brave Words (Fire)

The Replacements- Tim (Sire)

The Ocean Blue- Davy Jones Locker (Korda)

Wild Carnation- Tricycle (Delmore) 

Neutral Milk Hotel- The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge)

Das Damen- 1986- Keeps Me Wild (Dromedary)

Heavenly -Le Jardin de Heavenly (Skep Wax) 

The Verlaines- Bird Dog (Schoolkids Records) 

The Toms- S/T (Feel It) 

Celibate Rifles  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bang!)

MY 15 FAVORITE EPS OF 2023 

Lightheaded- Good Good Grief (Slumberland)

Minor Threat-  Out of Step outtakes (Dischord)

The Cucumbers- Old Shoes (self released)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- Unloveable Losers (digital) 

The Vapour Trails- On a Beautiful Day (Futureman)

Blues Lawyer- Sight Gags on the Radio (Dark Entries)

Deary- S/T (Sonic Cathedral)

The Wends- Better Will (WWNBB) 

Te Vista- S/T  (Cripes) 

Red Sleeping Beauty- From Sarah With Love (Matinee)

Letting Up Despite Great Faults- Crumble (S/T) 

The Prize- Wrong Side Of Town   (Anti Fade) 

Touch Girl Apple Blossom- S/T (self released)

Galore- Blush (Paisley Shirt) 

Lost Tapes- Crossing Towns (Shelflife)

MY 5 FAVORITE COLLECTIONS OF 2023 

The Particles- 1980’s Bubblegum (Chapter Music)

Primal Scream- Reverberations (Travelling in Time) (Acid Jazz/XTRM/Young Tiki)

The Shapiros- Gone by Fall: the Collected Works of (World of Echo) 

Dot Dash- 16 Again (Country Mile)

Comet Gain- The Misfit Jukebox (Tapete) 

Eric "Eggman" Eggleson's favorite records of 2023!

A Colossal Waste Of Light - Eyelids

Aeterna - Vinyl Williams

Away From The Castle – Video Age

Babydoll – Rat Columns

Bananasugarfire – Golden Apples

Careless By The Coast - Marvin Powell

Cartwheel - Hotline TNT

Colored Lights

Compact Trauma – Ulrika Spacek

Continue As A Guest – The New Pornographers

Disenchanter - Alaska Reid

EP IV – Yumi Zouma

Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts Of The World – The Garment District

Henry St. - The Tallest Man On Earth

Hindsight is 50/50 – Ghost Woman

I Held The Shape While I Could – Bodywash

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens

Left Hand - Becca Mancari

Life and Life Only - The Heavy Heavy

Love as Projection – Frankie  Rose

May Cause Dizzy Ness - The Musical Chairs

My Entire Life – SUSTO

Pearlies – Emma Anderson

Perennial - Woods

Pictures – Dean Owens

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

Prize - Rozi Plain

Radio Red – Laura Groves

So Soon Now – Trillion

Strange Loops and Outer Psyche – Andy Bell

Suntub – ML Buch

The Greater Wings - Julie Byrne

The Natural Lines

The Queen Is Not Dead – Spiritual Front

the record – boygenius

The Sunshine Convention

The Twits - bar Italia

This Candle Is For You - Spearmint

Waiting Here – Tough Age

We Live In Strange Times – Ian M Bailey

When Horses Would Run - Being Dead

[star-is-a-cat]

this is a weird one but can you draw a crow wearing dogda'ys necklace? [a necklace with a suncharm on it]

[no pressure if not ❤️]

Hello! Thanks for the request!

Here you are!

Something cool that happened was my photos app recognized this as being an image of a crow!

[krakenkakes]

where’s the suncharm bracelet from?

She's matching with the maverick! They have a similar Mooncharm bracelet (Blue and Purple) In the same pattern! We have plans with it so youll see soon enough!

[parkerbombshell]

Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show #368

Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show  Mondays 12 noon EST , 5pm BST , 9am PDT COBWEBS AND STRANGE #368 - Boy George - Funtime (Cheapness And Beauty, 1995) - Stereolab - Captain Easychord (Sound-Dust, 2001) - Pixies - Chicken (The Night the Zombies Came, 2024)* - Messer Chups - Intox-Tika (Night Stripper EP, 2023) - SUPER 8 - Tell It Like It Is (Retro Metro, 2024)* trip8.bandcamp.com - Bananarama - Cheers Then (Deep Sea Skiving, 1983) - The March Violets - Bite The Hand (Crocodile Promises, 2024)* marchvioletsband.bandcamp.com - Elastica - Mad Dog (The Menace, 2000) - Monsune - Outta My Mind (Tradition, 2019) - Dayglow - Can I Call You Tonight? (Fuzzybrain, 2018) - Stargazer Lilies - We Are The Dreamers (We Are The Dreamers, 2013) - The Crushing Violets - Hollywood (Filaments Of Creation, 2024)* thecrushingviolets.bandcamp.com - Kraftwerk - Neon Lights (2017) (3-D: The Catalogue, 2017) - BMX Bandits - E102 (The Rise & Fall Of BMX Bandits, 2009) - J-Kwon - Tipsy (Club Mix) (Hood Hop, 2004) - Truth Hurts - Addictive (Truthfully Speaking, 2002) - Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time (How Could It Be, 1985) - Carin Leon - It Was Always You (Siempre Fuiste Tú) (Boca Chueca, Vol. 1, 2024)* - The Raveonettes - Leader Of The Pack (The Raveonettes Sing…, 2024)* - The Limiñanas - Primitivism (Un Autre Monde Dans Notre Monde, 2024)* - Cocteau Twins - Ivo (Treasure, 1984) - Robin Guthrie - Without A Word (Atlas EP, 2024)* robinguthrie.bandcamp.com - The Raft - Far Away From Here (Look At The Patterns, 2024)* shorediverecords.bandcamp.com - The Suncharms - Saddest Sound (Beautiful Noise, 2024)* sundayrecords.bandcamp.com - sparkle*jets u.k. - Princess Needy (Box of Letters, 2024)* bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com - Sassyhiya - Kristen Stewart (Take You Somewhere, 2024)* sassyhiya.bandcamp.com - Mannequin Pussy - Nothing Like (I Got Heaven, 2024)* mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com - Perry Blake - Nobody’s Child (Death Of A Society Girl, 2024)* moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com - American Spring - Sweet Mountain (Spring, 1972) - Michael Kiwanuka - Floating Parade (single, 2024)* - YUQI - Red Rover (YUQ1, 2024)* - æspa - Salty & Sweet (MY WORLD: The 3rd Mini Album, 2024)* - Billie Joe Armstrong - Black Haired Girl (Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jessie Malin, 2024)* - Jesse Malin - Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio (On Your Sleeve, 2008) - The Linda Lindas - I'm So Happy To Be Little (Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, 2024)* - The Speed Of Sound - Underground (A Cornucopia: Victory, 2024)* thespeedofsound.bandcamp.com - Susan James - Aquamarine (Time Is Now, 2024)* susanjames.bandcamp.com - Shop Assistants - Ace Of Spades (John Peel session 11/11/86) (Will Anything Happen: Deluxe Edition, 2024)* - David Christian - (I’m A) Shop Assistant (Oh Wow! Here Comes The Now!, 2024)* comet-gain.bandcamp.com - John Howard - Diamond Meadows (Songs For Mr Feld EP, 2024)* - David Bowie - Lady Stardust (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, 1972) - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Key To Love (Blues Breakers, 1966) - The Four Tops - Reach Out I’ll Be There ((Reach Out, 1967) - Living With Lions - Second Narrows (Island, 2018) - Evelyn Thomas - High Energy (High Energy, 1984) - Moby Grape - Can’t Be So Bad (Wow, 1968) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Long Dark Night (Wild God, 2024)* Read the full article

[pastdaily]

The Suncharms In Session For John Peel - 1992

[redsoapbox]

Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas Smashes Through The £1,850 Mark on Bandcamp Friday!

I want to start this update by thanking everybody who has purchased HYAMIC so far. There was a fantastic response on Bandcamp Friday and the total number of sales, as of noon today, is as follows - 

Volume I 130 copies sold

Volume II 125 copies sold

The amount raised so far is heading rapidly toward the £2,000 mark. That is a response well beyond any that I could have hoped for when selling a Christmas album in the first week of November!

I also want to thank those shows/stations already playing songs from the album, particularly Sunshine Music iRadio for all they are doing to promote both albums, I also want to thank the writers who have already begun reviewing the album and the podcasts which are discussing the album too. I have half a dozen interviews lined up which should help spread the word even further. In the coming weeks you will hear songs from HYAMIC on BBC6 Music, Radio Wales, Radio X and Radio Brum as well as a network of specialist Indie shows in the UK, Europe and North America. I also want to give a special mention to https://christmasunderground.com/ I discovered so many great Xmas songs here, that it is impossible to imagine HYAMIC existing at all without my having discovered this site!

Sunshine Music iRadio has committed to playing all songs on each album over the next two months and are dedicating whole shows to playing just music from the album. That started this week and continues until the end of December. The station is also interviewing contributing artists as part of their long-running 15 questions podcast. The Suncharms kicked that off yesterday. 

https://www.sunshinemusiciradio.com/15-questions/episode/28dd6bb5/15-questions-with-chris-ridley-from-the-suncharms

If you haven’t downloaded the album yet, here’s the link:

https://v4velindre.bandcamp.com/ 

[polaroidblog]

Distant lights

I primi due EP trent’anni fa, l’album d’esordio nel 2021: i Suncharms hanno un ritmo di lavoro tranquillo che mi piace...

[findasongblog]

Find A Song that is a magical daydream about if you believe in something, it will exist

The Suncharms - December Girl

Featured on VA: Comfort and Joy - A Shiny Happy Christmas Compilation           

[thisisnorthwest]

We're very happy to announce that FAR OUT, a project we've been secrectly working on for the past year, is out today! We were invited by the amazing Fadeawayradiate Records to contribute with a new and orginal song to a comp of super talented independent artists. You can pre-order yours here: https://fadeawayradiate.bandcamp.com/album/f-a-r-out 🌹

[musicmakesyousmart]

The Suncharms - Sparkle

Self-released

1990

[daggerzine]

The Suncharms- Things Lost (Sunday Records)

This Sheffield, UK band released a few EPs at the dawn of the 90’s. Then they were dormant for a few decades but came roaring back in 2015 and have been active ever since. Led by vocalist Marcus Palmer and guitarists Matt Neale and John Malone (the rhythm section is rounded out by Richard Farnell on bass and Chris Ridley on drums) the band has come back in a big way.

This record, the follow-up to their 2021 record was actually released back in October of 2023 but I missed the boat on it so hey, why not write about it in early 2024.

The band’s sound, though primarily labeled as shoegaze, is hard to pin down. Sure, there are elements of shoegaze in there, but the bands also drop in plenty of indie pop jangle and some C86 exuberance, too.

“3:45” opens the record with some rough and tumble guitars (reminding me a bit of the Pastels) but that leads into the janglier “S Rites” and then into the impossibly lovely title track. “Daylight Is Here” has a moodier Teenage Fanclub grind and “Torrential Rain,” despite its title, has a real warm psych groove to it.

Britpop. shoegaze....whatever it is they do, The Suncharms definitely put their own, unique stamp on it, that's for sure.

www.thesuncharms.bandcamp.com

www.sundayrecords.bandcamp.com

[indielightuk]

Single Review: The Suncharms – Monster Club

The Suncharms are an indie/shoegaze band from Sheffield made up of Marcus Palmer on Vocals, Matt Neale on Guitar, John Malone on Guitar, Richard Farnell on Bass and Chris Ridley on Drums. This isn’t my first time reviewing them either, and you can check that out here. Today I’ll be reviewing their single ‘Monster Club’.

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