‘A riot of hormones, cut-to-the-chase lyrics, bolshie girl-boy vocals and jingle-jangle propulsion, this debut from the Sheffield trio distils all the best and most loveable aspects of indie guitar music and avoids many pitfalls.’ 4/5 The Sunday Times

Following the March release of debut album The Noyelle Beat, Sheffield trio Standard Fare are set to release the lauded album track Philadelphia as the next single.

A tale of a Transatlantic love affair stymied by distance and budget, Philadelphia is a marvel of kitchen sink lyric-writing that, like the best of indie-pop, refuses to let wider issues get in the way of a bit of hormone-fuelled self indulgence. Here’s our favourite lyric: “Global warming is getting me down/It’s making the sea between us wider and deeper.” On the B-side is a brand new track, the really rather ace Don’t Tell. Both are the perfect crash-course in the band’s tune-fuelled, scrappy and utterly loveable sound.

Just like the second book, the second album can, on occasions, be a bit of a trial. Musical history is littered with disappointing follow ups. The Soundcarriers, like wise musicians before them, have taken a more prosaic approach, and have simply taken their time.

Here we have another blast of summer flecked sound. Last year's Harmonium (awarded 4 stars in Mojo and Uncut) found a lush and spiked musical template; music so inspired and languid one's thoughts were drawn to Broadcast and Stereolab and like minded cosmic travellers. Exactly where The Soundcarriers were really 'coming from' was long in debate: Nottingham? The West Coast? Saturn? The sound moves between all three locales. It doesn't really matter where you land, the atmosphere is always perfect.

For fans of Windmill’s outstanding 2009 album Epcot Starfields, here’s a bumper pack of digital extras: the Ellen Save Our Energy EP. Taking a new edit of one of the album’s standout moments as its lead track, the EP includes three remixes of Epcot Starfields album tracks, a 15-minute podcast in which Windmill answers questions from fans and the videos for Ellen Save Our Energy and former single Big Boom.

The soaring, euphoric Ellen Save Our Energy takes its name from a ride at Florida’s EPCOT centre called Ellen’s Energy Adventure. “I loved the name of the ride and wanted to build an anthem about our collective hopes and imperfections,” says Windmill.

The Broken Hearts EP is the latest release from Manchester’s sonic boom boys The Longcut, following last October’s acclaimed Open Hearts album. Headed by the album’s title track, the cunningly titled, seven-track EP is a collection of Longcut tracks remixed by friends and contemporaries, each shining a spotlight on a facet of the three-piece band’s intense, layered sound.

Says singer Stuart Ogilvie: “I love that each of the remixes is very contemporary and also edgy, without resorting to gimmicks, or trying to distance themselves or the original song too far from the listener. What I mean to say is, they all kick ass.”

In summer 2009, we were finally given a chance to catch up with the finest proto-punk band south of the equator when the first two albums by Melbourne quartet Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Primary Colours) were released in one unbeatable double-disc set. With hints of Wire, The Pixies, Violent Femmes and The Fall, Brit critics fawned over the foursome’s unreconstructed garage rock, with The Guardian even awarding a rare five star review.

But, just as we’re getting up to speed with them, the band are set to unleash their third album, Rush To Relax. And it’s a very good thing. Like those first two albums, Rush To Relax was recorded in a matter of hours in the band’s humble practice room. And as such, it perfectly captures their primal spirit, naivety and love of improvisation.

Rush To Relax is available NOW from the melodic shop.