Freshly Squeezed: A New Music Podcast
Embrace, McGrath and Pihka Is My Name x IanGX all with new music!
Published: 1 June 2026 at 05:00 Europe/London
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Ready for a musical journey! All three of this weeks featured acts have very different musical styles but all have one thing in common, they're bloody awesome.
Switch on, lock in, this is some of the good stuff...
Embrace: It can be a challenge to make new music that both pushes a band creatively whilst also satisfying a die hard fanbase but Embrace have smashed it. New single 'Up Your Feelings' and accompanying LP 'Avalanche' has the subtle hallmarks of the bands 30 years of heritage mixed with a freshness of a band who want to mix it up!
McGrath: Stunning songwriting with a traditional Irish heart its almost impossible to think that 'Rotha', given how accomplished it is, is the debut song from this young talent. It's got us suitably excited about what is to come.
Pihka Is My Name x IanGX: Pinka's scandi disco pop layers brilliantly with the rock-inspired vocals of IanGX (Katalina Kicks / Amongst Liars) to create something somewhere between Talking Heads, Marilyn Manson and 30 Seconds To Mars. Ridiculously infectious and a tune to whet the appetite for further collaborations!
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'Freshly Squeezed: A New Music Podcast' is written, researched, and hosted by Jim Salveson. Sound design and series production from Ant McGinley. This weeks episode was put together in Manchester. The show's theme tune, 'Blue Blazer' is from Manchester's Spin Klass.
