Along with neighbours Swim Deep, Birmingham's Peace are doing all the right things at the moment. And of course, it wasn't long before somebody at a major label took note. So while showing off last months b-side (to their "Follow Baby" single), the band have also announced that they have signed to Columbia records.
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Morrissey returns with a new album next month, hear the latest track "The Bullfighter Dies"



After releasing teaser spoken word clips over the entire course of June, Morrissey's 10th studio album - 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business' - is quickly approaching, and, if anything, you can't say that the run up hasn't been somewhat entertaining.
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As research goes, Midlands band Peace seem a fairly new outfit, with the sole track "Bblood" being only thing that is yet to surface online. One track it may be, but sometimes that's all it takes.
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Following the success of the debut Anticipated feature, here's a run down of the our most anticipated LP releases this summer.

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Summer isn't exactly the ripest season when it comes to new releases, but this year may have a few surprises up it's sleeve. Once again, for anyone new to this, these aren't necessarily releases we think or know are going to be top-drawer albums, they just have a strong possibility of ticking your boxes, especially if you're familiar with the kind of music we feature on the site. If you aren't then don't worry as we're not going to presume any of you are 100% familiar with these acts and we'll write the rundown to reflect that. In no particular order, here goes:
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After signing to Columbia earlier in the year, it's been pretty much full stream ahead for Birmingham buzz boys Peace. With their debut Delicious EP out of the way, it's time for new single "Wraith" to be put out there.
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Yesterday, London's Echo Lake show off their brand new single - "Even The Blind" - from the bands forthcoming album 'Wild Peace' .
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As we head away from the summer that we never saw (do we ever?) August has shown us exactly what we have to look forward to. The month was jam packed with brilliant new music from equally brilliant new bands, including the likes of, Sea Pinks, Sun Stains, Astronauts, Etc. and Daughn Gibson. On top of this there were more treats from Wild Nothing, Work Drugs and Peace, quality.

Catch up on all of our previous mixtapes here, listen and download August's below.
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Birmingham's Peace have been gearing up to their debut EP release - Delicious - ever since mighty Columbia Records captured their signature. From it, we can now hear lead track "California Daze".
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Southern Shores have a new video for "Take Me Anywhere" today, it was edited by the one and only, Jamie Harley and was created for Susan Lu / Bend Sport Couture along with Southern Shores.
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Fruity Birmingham newcomers Juice unveil their 90's influenced debut, "Sugar".

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If your going to lose points for search-ability, name your band something generic, like Juice, and then name your track something which could be associated with your band name, like "Sugar" - other than that, Juice's debut is sweet.
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Kurt Vile has dropped new track "Feel My Pain" from his upcoming 12" EP, It's a big world out there (and I am scared), which will be a part of Deluxe Daze (Post Haze) - the deluxe issue of his smash hit LP, Wakin On A Pretty Daze.
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POND return with "Colouring The Streets" to feature on surf film Spirit Of Akasha's soundtrack


If the intro to "Colouring The Streets" doesn't get you pumped then I really don't know what will. "Colouring The Streets" is set to feature on Spirit of Akasha's soundtrack to celebrate 40 years of Morning of Earth - a surf film from the seventies.
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Hugo is back and it's about goddamm time! As if the new track from Paradise wasn't uplifting enough, Chad Valley's "Real Time" lifts the bar even higher.
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(Photo courtesy of Hannah May Coxon)

'Certified New is a month by month mixtape of the best new music'
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Award season is coming to a close for another, well, almost. That's right, there's one more event for your calendar and that's this Sunday (24/02) for the second ever BBC 6 Music Blog Awards.
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Guards are set to release their new Resolution of One EP on Kitsuné next week.
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London's Sun Machine and their space honey jams, seem to be the thing to fill the void left now Peace are a rap group...

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Sun Machine's latest track "Wild Heart" takes a step in a slightly different direction to previous track, "Have You Seen It, It's Alive".
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On the new album, singer Harry McVeigh told the BBC:
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