Wishful Thinking has released their debut record. Its called "After Hours" and it has made a true statement. This Jersey trio has made a move that sees them stand amongst some of the best-known names in the genre and will easily attract any fan of the pop-punk and dream pop genres. They spoke to faultline... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – The Ghosts of Helags – Parallel
Rating - 4/5 website: http://www.theghostofhelags.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/theghostofhelagsTwitter: @theghostofhelagsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theghostofhelagsofficial/ As a little reminder, The Ghost of Helags are singer-songwriter and producer duo Teresa Woischiski and John Alexander Ericson. Hailing from Sweden and now located in Berlin. We looked at their previous single Chemistry which was inspired by a night time drive and was full of eerie... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Mawpit – Natures Curse
Rating - 4/5 Bandcamp - https://mawpit.bandcamp.com/releases Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mawpitband/?hl=en Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/2RD7z9F2Px2N47I8jOJYpS?highlight=spotify:track:36134CQG6Gz15e0LpZdAOC F.F.O : Wolf Alice, Royal Blood, Garbage, Turbo Wolf Modern rock from Cardiff is a simplistic way to state the identification of Mawpit. The Welsh trio are a tight unit. They quite clearly have music embedded in their daily desires and it shows... Continue Reading →
Reviewed: The Losing Score – The Modern Art Of Hitting Snooze
Released: 26th June 2020 Rating: 4/5 The Modern Art Of Hitting Snooze is The Losing Score’s first release since their debut EP, Still Waiting For Things To Get Better, at the back end of 2018. It’s been a long wait, but the Shrewsbury emo trio are back, and this punchy procrastination number is just what... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Beans on Toast – Chessington World of Adventures
Rating - 5/5 The latest single by British folk veteran Beans on Toast is an acidic critique of the government’s handling, or rather lack of handling, of the Coronavirus outbreak. Like all good protest songs, ‘Chessington World of Adventures’ does an excellent job at capturing the mood of disillusionment, disgust and often disbelief of the... Continue Reading →
Graham McCusker Releases Piece For Charity
Graham McCusker has unearthed a previously unreleased piece of music written for hit BBC drama, His Dark Materials. The Scottish composer’s pieces were admired by the cast and crew of the show, and he was tasked with composing and directing over 200 cast members to perform some of these. The piece McCusker is releasing now,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Isolates – Hollow
Rating - 4/5 Inverness outfit Isolates have already proven they are capable of writing a brilliant song or two with debut single Frost, and followup, Forces. But Hollow, their debut album, shows this was no fluke, and they have plenty more to offer. Hollow consists of seven tracks, including Frost and Forces, and clearly takes... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Pigs x 7 – Viscerals
Rating - 4.5/5 Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (hereafter referred to as Pigsx7 simply for our mutual convenience) release Viscerals; their latest album that delivers a healthy dose of doom, punk, and metal in a dark, imposing package. The influence of doom metal progenitors Black Sabbath is abundant, peeking through the dense and... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Bethlehem Casuals – The Tragedy of Street Dog
Rating - 4/5 There won’t be many albums that tell the story of a dog that goes in search of where all the music of Manchester has disappeared to. This is one. Presumably the only one. Street Dog, the eponymous hero, goes off to find that Manchester’s music is being held in the Dirty Old... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Morrisey – I am Not a Dog on a Chain
Rating - 3/5 Always divisive, yet unquestionably talented and progenitor of some of the most iconic music that helped to shape the contemporary British scene; Morrisey returns with his thirteenth solo effort ‘I Am Not on a Dog on a Chain’. Granted, this magical, musical heyday of which I speak was of course established by... Continue Reading →