Skytone: the Ottawa band have been recommended here in the past. They have had their music released on the fine The Beautiful Music label. A few days ago they released a new album called “Adrift” that has 11 songs. I am not sure if it is going to be released in physical format but all of the album us up now on Bandcamp and it sounds really nice. Jangly synth pop they call it.

Fuvk: Z Tapes is releasing “Goodnight Moon” by this Austin, Texas, solo project. It is a cassette tape limited to 100 copies and will include 6 songs. The EP will be out on December 31 and comes with a very nice artwork made by Jules Boucher.

Slaney Bay: As the two previous bands, Slaney Bay has also been recommended in the past. The London band is a new favourite of mine. They have a great sound. Proper indiepop with top guitars. Their latest came out a week or so ago, a digital EP titled “A Life Worth Living”. This EP has 5 terrific songs that I highly recommend.

Hadda Be:  another London band, and this time around one I had never heard before! “Mercurial” is the band’s latest single and sounds ace. They previously released an album called “Another Life” which I need to check out. The remind me a bit to Desperate Journalist. And that’s a good thing of course.

The Chrysanthemums: a new album by the classic band formed by Yukio Yung and Alan Jenkins! After two decades the pop duo have released “Decoy for a Dognapper!” How cool! The album is being released as a double CD on Egg Plant Records and includes 23 songs. A must have for every indiepop lover!

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I keep discovering amazing new songs. Maybe they are not that new to you. Stoneeyedkiller had shared it about a year ago on his Youtube channel. But for me it is new. I just discovered and I thought it was wonderful.

“Daylight”, the one song I have heard so far from Cyan, is gorgeous. It is lo-fi and it has that sound of 80s British indiepop I love. The female vocals, the naivet´é, the DIY vibe. Reminds me of my beloved Nine Steps to Ugly. But who were Cyan? Will I be able to find any more information about them?

I google with little hope. The name Cyan is of course taken from the colour of the same name. For those who might not be aware of this colour, it is the colour between green and blue. The name Cyan comes from the Greek word kynos which means dark blue enamel.

I guess I am lucky as I find the track “Daylight” on Soundcloud. Someone called Steve Redford has uploaded this song 9 years ago. I want to think he was in the band. The only detail he has shared about this track is that it was recorded on an old Amstrad 4-track in June of 1991.

Steve has also uploaded other songs by another band. It seems a previous band called The Avenue from 1990. He has uploaded three songs and the sound is quite different to Cyan. There is an image uploaded for The Avenue tracks but it is hard to make out the text. But I am pretty confident that in the address it says that the band hailed from Nottingham. I wouldn’t be surprised that Cyan hailed from Nottingham. So many superb bands came from there in the early 90s.

I try to track down Steve. But I don’t seem to find any great info about him or the band Cyan. I want to think that there were more songs recorded and I’d love to hear them. Anyone remembers them? Maybe saw them live?

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Listen
Cyan – Daylight