This week's #ThursDeath is Glasgow's ABYSMAL DECAY. These guys put out this 2 song demo earlier this year and it has a great cavernous grimy kind of sound to it. Some cool dynamics with the slow to the very fast tempos too, solid OSDM feel. And even a slimy, crusty solo or two from whatever crypt or cave they created this in.

https://abysmaldecay.bandcamp.com/album/abysmal-decay-demo-2025

#metal #DeathMetal #OSDM #Glasgow #UK #GlasgowBands #UKBands #GlasgowMetal #UKMetal @wendigo @HailsandAles @rtw @Kitty @umrk @lola

This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is one I can't stop listening to these last few days. I usually like to wait until a record is out and I've heard all of it, but these three preview tracks are so damn good, I wanted to share.

Glasgow's CLOTH is twins Rachael & Paul Swinton and their songs are incredibly great. Minimal, melodies galore. A new find for me this year (they have another cool LP from 2023).

LP 'Pink Silence' is out fully in less than a month, on April 25.

https://cloth-music.bandcamp.com/album/pink-silence

#IndieRock #AltPop #electronica #Glasgow #GlasgowBands #Scotland #ScottishBands #2025Albums #2025Records

To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

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Strawberry Switchblade on the cover of Patches, 24 March 1984.

Patches was a UK weekly magazine aimed at teenage girls, featuring music, fashion, advice and romance photo-stories.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #80sindiepop #gothpop #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #patchesmagazine #teenmagazine #polkadot #polkadots

Strawberry Switchblade by candlelight.

Back page poster from UK music mag Record Mirror, 1985.

(📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #indie #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic

Strawberry Switchblade talking about their aesthetic & how Glasgow boredom encourages creativity. Interviewed by Paul Coia, March 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7J03YPSlQ

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Strawberry Switchblade centrespread poster from No 1 magazine, 1985.

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Strawberry Switchblade photo shoot for the album cover, 1984. The one that was selected & colourised is top & centre.

(📸©️ Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)

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