Rating - 4/5 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/palps_uk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/palpsuk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLzMKG4NFos&list=OLAK5uy_lWThDW7tHquGevZgpi_HNXVutcRvmIfAg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/7248Z2Sr9sUdjATivW4qPS Essex four-piece, Palps, drop their debut EP Letters to You (That I’ll Never Send); a post-hardcore influenced affair with some pop-punk elements thrown in to garner wider interest from the scene at large. The result is a familiar exploration of... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Children Of The State – Big Sur
Release Date - 10/4/20 Rating - 4/5 Doncaster and Bolsover boys, Children of the State release their latest single ‘Big Sur’, a mellow blend of surf rock and doo-wop delivered in a brit-pop package. It’s a landscape of clean, shimmering guitars, twangy walking bass, and soft melodies. The track was produced by Ian Skelly, drummer... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Pour Me – Living To Learn.
Rating - 3/5 Bandcamp - https://pourme.bandcamp.com/album/living-to-learn Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p_o_u_r_m_e/?hl=en Jamie Reid is a solo artist from Aberdeen releasing music under the name Pöur Me; this EP is a two-track precursor to an upcoming release titled ‘Living to Learn’; a folk/punk crossover effort by one man and his guitar. The opening track, ‘The Hopelessness of Living’... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Brian Fallon – Local Honey
Released - 27th March 2020 Rating - 5/5 Local Honey is the third solo album from Brian Fallon, the lead singer of the Gaslight Anthem. For those unfamiliar with Brian’s vocal sound, it's a jarring mixture of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Jarring because one second you think you’re listening to Dylan, the next Springsteen.... Continue Reading →
Led Zeppelin |||- Vikings, Druids and Golden Gods.
What happens when the power goes out? When there’s no electricity to the instruments but the creativity still sparks? If you write an album acoustically you don’t take that material and try and amp it up. You let its soul ride out whole and pure. Risky business for most bands but when you are Led... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Osca – New Summer
Rating - 3/5 “New Summer, new lover, got my new shades on” Osca seem to be bringing what the whole country is craving right now. They’ve captured that feeling that comes when Spring shows it's first glimmering shoots of hope and the Summer that promises to follow. Yes the song mentions being in July and... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – The Dears – The Worst In Us.
Released - 13th March 2020 Rating - 3/5 The Dears have been a band since 1995, and during that time have had numerous lineup changes and consisted of 20 different members. The two core members are husband and wife Murray Lightburn (vocals and guitar) and Natalia Yanchak (keyboard and vocals) Describing themselves as “The original... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces Everyone
Rating - 5/5 A good album will make you sit up straight and pay attention. Perhaps it resonates with you lyrically, maybe it reminds you of something from your past, or it could just give you shivers with its pure musicality. Brave Faces, Everyone peels back the lid on the human condition and shoves you... Continue Reading →
Nu Metal – Marmite In The Form Of Music
“Alright now wasn’t that fun, let’s try something else” Nu metal, the much lampooned, derided, underrated and mocked medium that developed and formulated through the late 80’s and 90’s, hit its stride in the year 2000. Sure, there were predecessors that led the way and influenced those that were to follow. Rick Rubin pioneered the... Continue Reading →
Real Talk – Venues
Germany is the home of the largest fanbase for heavy music. So starting a new band means there is a tough crowd to impress. Venues have done exactly. With a period of having no vocalist the band have seen some tough times recently have but a newfound frontwoman Venues are sure to take 2020 by... Continue Reading →