Joyce Manor + Martha

Joyce Manor 
http://joyce-manor.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dmtGIwSs8

Acclaimed Californian band Joyce Manor - Barry Johnson (vocals and guitar), Chase Knobbe (guitar), Jeff Enzor (drums), and Matt Ebert (bass) - have announced the release of their anticipated new album entitled Cody which arrives in stores this October 7th, care of Epitaph. It is the follow-up to the band’s 2014’s critically-lauded record Never Hungover Again.

Martha 
marthadiy.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTsDlehYWcI

Hailing from Pity Me, Durham, Martha play energetic, impassioned power pop with intricate vocal interplay and lush four-part harmonies. The band is comprised of J. Cairns (guitar), Daniel Ellis (guitar), Naomi Griffin (bass), and Nathan Stephens Griffin (drums). All four members sing and write the songs. Their debut album “Courting Strong”, produced by MJ from Hookworms, came out in 2014 and was included in NPR’s top 50 albums of that year, winning them the epithet “One of Britain’s best rock bands”. Following a Glastonbury appearance at the personal invitation of Billy Bragg, they went on to play a number of festivals including End Of The Road. Their second album “Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart” was released via Fortuna POP! and Dirtnap Records in July last year, to critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, Noisey, AV Club and Rough Trade, and went on to win the 2016