Death By Shotgun @ The Wave Maiden

Bournemouth emo-punks Death By Shotgun kick off a short Spring tour with a stop-off at Southsea craft ale haven The Wave Maiden on Friday 12th April, a nice warm-up for their appearance at Brighton's Washed Out Festival the following day.

The band's latest release Good Times / Sad Times, the vinyl edition of which not only boasts eco-friendly credentials (making every pressing unique) but also features the band's debut EP on the flip-side, is available from Bandcamp via Beth Shalom Records.

Supports for The Wave Maiden gig are TBA, advance tickets are £4 (plus booking fee), available from WeGotTickets, entry £5 OTD.

Jerry Williams - 'Gameshow'

"Lights out, have gone out, I’m worn out from sat here watching gameshows by myself"

Singer-songwriter Jerry Williams has gained a deserved reputation for producing foot-tappingly catchy tunes, slick combinations of singalong lyrics and memorable choruses that take an easy residence in the brain. New release Gameshow however is a stark remove from Jerry's norm, an achingly haunting tune of loss and goodbye inspired by the loss of a family friend.

Near whispered vocals lilt delicately over slow a mournful piano, an approach that lets the weight of the lyrics take hold. It's a beautifully sad song, full of bittersweet loveliness, that may very well leave you misty-eyed after listening.

Gameshow has been released as a streaming EP which includes recent release David At The Bar, as well as live favourites Left & Right and Grab Life, and is available now via the usual online suspects.

Horseflies - 'Fist'

Sometimes, after a bad day at life's coalface, all a body wants to do is sit at the back of the bus, earbuds securely seated, and listen to something loud and/or shouty enough to abate the demons resident on each shoulder. If this is you right now might I suggest you quieten the devils by cranking up the latest release from Horseflies.

Fist is the first track lifted from the Portsmouth alt-rockers imminent new EP, Lucidity, and a frenetically joyous assault on the ear it is too. Chunky riffs and chords combine to produce an energy packed rollercoaster of a tune; if the opening bars are a call to the mosh-pit the body of the song provides a soundtrack to a flailing mass of bodies, the piano coda allowing for the briefest of warm-downs. It's an intense three minutes of guitar and bass and drums and, yes, the other people on the bus aren't going to like it.