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Filmed and recorded inside the historic ‘Great Thatch Barn’ at Falmer Court, a breathtaking 13th-century Tithe Barn, the session blends performance and visual art. Engineered and captured in an intensive five-hour window, the project serves as a blueprint for ELIKSA’s future creative output: a series of releases simulating spaces within the material world.

“As the weather in October is unpredictable: I was scouting for indoor/outdoor locations, hunting for dilapidated barns, and a friend of mine (thankfully!) recommended Falmer Court – with the most amazing medieval barn! We were very kindly accommodated and It was really special to play in such a beautiful, historic building. Afterwards, we all shared in a delightful picnic I had prepared; beside an anglo-saxon pond.”

The live session features performances by ELIKSA, Noah Fox, Tim Spencer, Monty Taft and Mina-Mae Alexander. It was directed by ELIKSA and Owen Mills, and mixed and mastered by ELIKSA’s bassist, Noah Fox.

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Lyrically and conceptually, the single places the listener right in the heart of the album’s central narrative. ‘Waiting Game’ explores the feeling of being suspended in a purgatory between life and death, simply waiting for the next thing to come. This ties directly into the conceptual arc of ‘Gathering Dust’, which follows a character left comatose after being hit by a car on the way to a house party. Each track on the record examines a different facet of this suspended existence, and ‘Waiting Game’ perfectly captures the strange, undeniable pull of this “coma-land.”
Across the full span of ‘Gathering Dust’, frontman Miles Goodall utilises the ensemble’s orchestral breadth to transform heavy themes into a vivid, widescreen dreamscape. Soft Top’s textures move gently between indie rock, chamber pop, and soft rock, ensuring the record remains buoyant and never sinks into melodrama.
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Soft Top is:
Austin Pritchard (Tinman) – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Bobby Smyth – Clarinet/Synth/Saxophone/Backing Vocals
Charlie Bogg (Hutch, Sad Dads) – Bass/Backing Vocals
Miles Goodall – Keys/Lead Vocals
Oakley Flavell – Cello
Owen Bullock (Hutch, Sad Dads) – Drums
Formed in March 2023 as the songwriting project of Miles Goodall, Soft Top blends classic soft-rock warmth with a distinctly modern indie intimacy. The project draws influence from the narrative detail of Andy Shauf, the melodic sensitivity of Matt Maltese and the lush arrangements of Steely Dan.
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Following backing from the likes of Stereogum, BBC 6Music (Guy Garvey New Music Fix), The Line of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Far Out, God Is in The TV, CLUNK and Hard of Hearing – ‘Soft Song For A Worried Mind’ carries on Maximilian’s’ penchant for blushing, miniature folk-rock epics.

Segueing seamlessly from a gentle acoustic-guitar chug into full-bloom, cello-bowing baroque pop, its mix of immaculate arrangements and earnest lyricism almost feels like the product of some benevolent arcane ritual, recorded, as it was, during the weekend of the Super Beaver Moon last November.

Speaking more about ‘Soft Song…’, Maximilian says: “Vocalising compassion. The will to comfort. A love letter from afar. Cosying under the blanket of the present moment, fending off dark clouds of the future.”
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Serving as a natural counterpart to their debut ‘Jacob’s Ladder’, ‘Cradle’ sees Worm School deepening the sound that’s already earnt them early trust from shoegaze figureheads. The track was recorded with Ben Easton of Deary alongside Dom Freeman, before being mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive, a process that helped the band fully realise the song’s emotional weight and textural depth.

“Ben and Dom were absolutely incredible! We had several unsuccessful recording attempts and were feeling like maybe we couldn’t do it. Ben and Dom just ‘got’ us straight away and made us feel at home. Such pros! And Simon Scott put the cherry on the cake with his amazing mastering skills. It was unreal that he not only heard our music, but also liked and helped create it.” – (Dan, Worm School)

Worm School wears their influences on their sleeve. The track first started coming together after a bad attempt to copy an American Football riff, which moved so far from the original it became a new creation; transformed again when introduced to the rest of the band. ‘Cradle’ was a labour of love which took time to form into the song you hear now. Playing the track live was initially a challenge, says Dan of Worm School, “Every time we played it, we biffed it real bad. I distinctly remember the first time we hit that right and we all looked around at each other as if to say, ‘Fuck yeah! Well done guys! Don’t blow it now, the song is nearly over!’”
Lyrically, ‘Cradle’ drifts into themes of reincarnation and regrowth, using the image of tree roots in combination with their stratospheric sound to create a complete sonic narrative.

“We were thinking about reincarnation and whether that could mean seeing people you thought you’d lost again. The name of the track came from the line ‘At the willow tree, the roots grow out and they cradle me.’ Something to do with being eaten by a tree, but you’re fine with it!”
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‘Your Aching Words’ serves as an opening chapter, a conceptual work exploring life, death and the liminal space in between. The track follows a central character who is left comatose after being hit by a car on the way to a house party. ‘Your Aching Words’ is rooted firmly in the real world, setting the scene in the moments before, and unknowingly during, the accident itself.

“‘Your Aching Words’ is speaking of a lovers’ conflict. It goes into the fallout from seeing them with someone else and the pain that causes. The track ends with a soliloquy-esque fourth wall breaking confession to the lost love.”

Formed in March 2023, SoftTop began as the alias and latest brainchild of songwriter Miles Goodall. SoftTop pairs honest story-like lyrics with generous decorations from a seven piece band (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Clarinet, Cello, and Flute). SoftTop’s music aims to pull at your heart strings, even if only very gently.
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Austin Pritchard – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Bobby Smyth – Clarinet/Synth/Saxophone/Backing Vocals
Charlie Bogg – Bass/Backing Vocals
Miles Goodall – Keys/Lead Vocals
Oakley Flavell – Cello
Owen Bullock – Drums

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Based in Milan, Vikowski craft a minimal sound wrapped in a gloomy, nostalgic aura, blending new wave and post-punk with clear references to Joy Division and The Cure.

‘Transparency’ is a track from their album ‘Consistency’, released on January 30, 2026 via Icy Cold Records.

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Credits: 
Video by Rena Johnson

Lyrics:
Maudy La Lune
Waitress at the Hotel Unreal
My pot plant on the windowsill
I don’t mind what she puts on my bill

Maudy La Lune
Takes me to the top of the hill
I’m so in love it’s making me ill
So in love, it’s making me ill
So in love, it’s making me ill

Maudy La Lune
All I have and all I can lose (all I can lose)
If she left me now I’d be through
All I’d have is holes in my shoesAll I’d have is holes in my shoes

Maudy La Lune
She is my favourite tune
If you saw her you’d love her too
(She’s my favourite tune)
She is my favourite tune
(She’s my favourite tune)
She is my favourite tune
She is my favourite, she is my favourite tune

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Bill Fay – Maudy La Lune (Lyric Video)
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Combining expansive guitar with ascending bass and hushed vocals, the track slowly builds from ambient beginnings into stratospheric shoegaze. Like an ascent into the clouds above, ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ takes the listener on a journey of self reflection; allowing them to immerse themselves in sonic meditation. On the inspiration behind the name for the single, Worm School say:

‘The name ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ came from Liv’s Cornish roots. It’s named after an infamous flight of stairs in Falmouth. The slow delay on the main guitar line felt like a kind of stairway into something beyond. The whole song came together quickly, and pretty soon became a favourite to play live. We think the name ties together the different parts of the Worm School sound – soft and fragile but also epic and atmospheric.’

On the lyrics of Jacob’s Ladder, Worm School say:

‘The idea was that the words are being whispered to you by a mindfulness app, with a kind of predatory sympathy. Like most of our songs, the lyrics evolved gradually after mumbling some random phrases into the mic and feeling our way through it. The song originally had two verses – the second verse’s lyrics were written the day before we went into the recording studio – but we edited it down after agreeing that the world might not be ready for nine minutes’ worth of Worm School heaven, just yet..’

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