New music for 2016

Through every month, I am always stumbling upon new artists and talent and I feel like December's finds have become some of my favourites yet; as waves of exciting new sounds seemed to have been springing up left, right and centre last month almost as if wanting to subtly get themselves fresh in people's minds and become dark horses for 2016's new indie-rock music scene. So, I present to you five new finds to kick off your 2016 in the right way.

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Sunflower Bean - Wall Watcher 
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This addictive, fast paced track drags you in immediately with it's ominous sounding punchy eruption of guitar solos accompanied by intriguing falsetto-like vocals from lead vocalist Julia Cumming. Brooklyn based new comers Sunflower Bean have been on the rise due to leaving their stamp on 2015 to say the least after supporting the likes of Tame Impala, Fat White Family and Diiv to name a few.
The band have a tour coming up soon in February so head over to their Facebook page here for more info if you're interested.

Vinyl Staircase - Halcyon
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The 17 year old four piece from Surrey consisting of two brothers and two best friends have delivered a feel-good, spaced out, indie-rock tune that does in fact live up to its name with a rather undisturbed feel to it. The band already have the support of other similar bands on the rise such as Swim Deep and Wolf Alice.
They have a few shows lined up with The Vryll Society this month, head over to their face book page here for details.

Palm Honey - Bewitched
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New Reading four piece Palm Honey's Bewitched is a hypnotic take to psychedelic music, keeping you enticed throughout the six minute long track as if letting you trip your way through a spiritual vortex whilst being met with warping sounds mixed with occasional bursts of groovy guitar solos breaking you out of your trance.
The band are due to begin a tour this weekend kicking off in Southampton. Check out the band's Facebook page here for details.

photo credit to credit to Haize on Soundcloud

Haize - Solar
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Promising Reading newbies Haize came to my attention after I discovered them when they supported Sundara Karma on their tour (whom are also from Reading.) Solar is a mellow, feel good track that's enough to make you want to sit back with your eyes closed and dance at the same time with streaks of a euphoric feeling running though it.
I'm looking forward to hearing more material from these guys this year as Solar has set them off on a hopeful start to say the least.

photo credit to White Room on Facebook

White Room - You'll See 
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There's a laid back and nonchalantly cool yet intense feel to this post Arctic Monkey's meets The Black Keys tune. This is the kind of song that appears unpredictable, entailing all aspects of rock music from psychedelia to punk rock to indie rock, adding a whole new edge to the new music of 2016 scene.
This four piece from Brighton have already played shows with Paul Weller of The Jam and have the likes of Miles Kane behind them, it would seem it can only get better for the band in 2016.

Written by Rosie Mulhern