Samaris - Black Lights

Samaris - Black LightsWritten and recorded over a year across Berlin, Reykjavik and Ireland, Black Lights is the Icelandic trio's most fully realised and accessible record yet sung for the first time entirely in English and headed up by gorgeous lead off single 'Wanted 2 Say'. Black Lights is a reflection on both the expanded horizons afforded by a year of experiences on the road following the release of 2014's Silkidrangar, a period of change and not a little emotional

Delilah blends glitchy electronics with crisp rhythms

Evocative and intense

The Heart Throbs split shortly after

: Love Sex Intelligence

Banned From The Roxy (Origins Of Dissent Remix)

the biting witticism of these tracks pair wonderfully with the playful tone of Sartain's slick-back dark doo-wop

Lots Of Cars

On That Day (Toe Rag)

Liam Howe and Chris Corner met as teenagers in the 80s

Sucks (Interlude) (Simon Number Nine Remix)

17 Contaminational Power

and on slow days I turned to early West Coast hip-hop and Portishead because of how physically charged and compelling these records feel despite their low BPM