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Shut Up & Listen Due Out August 30 Alongside Exclusive Cassette, All Proceeds to The Long Table
Jul 17, 2024
By Marina Malin
UK’s dream-pop duo Wings of Desire (aka James Taylor and Chloe Little) have shared a new single, “Forgive & Forget,” ahead of their forthcoming EP, Shut Up & Listen. Shut Up & Listen is due out August 30 and will be released with exclusive cassettes. More
Plus Katy Kirby, Grandaddy, Future Islands, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 01, 2023
By Mark Redfern (and Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks, as we didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Although the majority of the songs were culled from this week’s releases. More
Life Is Infinite Due Out December 8 via WMD Records
Nov 22, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British duo Wings of Desire (Chloe Little and James Taylor) are releasing a new singles collection, Life Is Infinite, on December 8 via WMD Records. Now they have shared two new songs from it, “Angels” and “Better Late Than Never,” the former via a music video. More
Plus Future Islands, Charly Bliss, Girl Ray, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 27, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scott Dransfield, all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More
Life Is Infinite Due Out December 8 via WMD Records
Oct 25, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British duo Wings of Desire (Chloe Little and James Taylor) are releasing a new singles collection, Life Is Infinite, on December 8 via WMD Records. Now they have shared two new songs from it, “Chance of a Lifetime” and “I Will Try My Best,” the former via a music video. More
Plus bar Italia, The National, Wings of Desire, CHAI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 22, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires all helped me decide what should make the list and we settled on a Top 13. More
Life Is Infinite Due Out December 8 via WMD Records; Listen to “A Gun in Every Home” and “001 [Tame the War, Feed the Fire]” Now
Sep 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British duo Wings of Desire (Chloe Little and James Taylor) have announced a new singles collection, Life Is Infinite, and shared two new songs from it—“A Gun in Every Home” and “001 [Tame the War, Feed the Fire]”—as well as a live video for the former song. More
Plus Kevin Drew, Wings of Desire, Modern Nature, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks (Also a Bonus Mix of the Best Songs of the Last Month)
Aug 18, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2023. Songs of the Week was on hiatus for the last month because Wendy and I were on a much needed vacation to England and Iceland. I received several reader emails worried we had killed Songs of the Week, but have no worries, it’s back. As well as a regular Songs of the Week, we have put together an additional Spotify playlist featuring all the songs we also liked while Songs of the Week was taking a break. More
Touring the UK with Bleach Lab This Fall
Aug 18, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British duo Wings of Desire (Chloe Little and James Taylor) have shared two new songs, “Made of Love” and “Be Here Now.” The latter is not an Oasis cover. More
Issue 71 Also Features Interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, and More
Apr 05, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 71, which features Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout on the two covers. Issue 71 also features interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, Stella Donnelly, Florist, Hot Chip, black midi, Jockstrap, Horsegirl, Blondshell, Sleaford Mods, Beth Orton, and others. More
Plus Wings of Desire, Alex Lahey, The WAEVE, H. Hawkline, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 03, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of strong contenders this week, the Top 7 is especially solid. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More
Jan 30, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British duo Wings of Desire (Chloe Little and James Taylor) have shared a new song, “Runnin’,” via a music video. The single is out now via WMD. More
Plus The Go! Team, Badlands, Alice Boman, The War on Drugs, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 30, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week Florida was devastated by Hurricane Ian and here at Under the Radar headquarters we are currently getting rain connected to storm, with heavy rainfall expected this weekend. One of our writers is in Tampa, Florida, but luckily the power stayed on yesterday while he was doing an interview for our next print issue. Speaking of which, we are very much focused on the next two print issues right now, so we were a bit indecisive about this week’s Songs of the Week. So we settled on a Top 12 and there are lots of honorable mentions this week. More
Sep 30, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wings of Desire (ex-INHEAVEN members Chloe Little and James Taylor) have shared a video for their new single “Choose a Life.” The single was recently featured on the FIFA 2023 soundtrack. More
Watch the new video for “OUTTAMIND”
Aug 13, 2021
By Caleb Campbell
Today Wings of Desire, the new outfit from ex-INHEAVEN members Chloe Little and James Taylor, release their sophomore EP, Amun-Ra. Coming only months after their first release, End of An Age, the band draws from influences both literary and musical, everything from Noam Chomsky to Bowie’s Berlin-era. The result is a thoughtful work that looks inward into existential questions of meaning and memory, all filtered through startlingly expansive soundscapes. More
Interviews
Dec 08, 2023
By Caleb Campbell
For the rising British indie outfit Wings of Desire, creation is a process of rebirth and reinvention. The band itself was born from the wreckage of another, with bandmates James Taylor and Chloe Little first beginning their creative partnership with their time in the band INHEAVEN. More
Under the Radar selects its top tips for the New Year
Dec 28, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Under the Radar’s writers select 23 acts they’re most excited about in 2023. More
Reviews
Dec 07, 2023
By Caleb Campbell
Wings of Desire are a new UK duo from former members of alt rock group INHEAVEN, which finds them trading their previous project’s moodier soundscapes for cathartic anthems. At their best, bandmates James Taylor and Chloe Little tap into something elemental, writing narratives for life’s beauty and tragedy. More