Album Review: Holy Esque – At Hope’s Ravine
At Hope’s Ravine Released 26th February 2016 Words: Gary Feeney Holy Esque have been a feature on the Glasgow scene for a few years now, but over the last 12 months they’ve stepped up a gear with some sizeable live shows and are now – four years after their debut single – on the verge … Continue reading
Album Review: Jack Garratt – Phase
Phase Released February 19th 2016 Words: Lauren Grigor In the world of digital music consumption, it’s not unusual for artists to release a few EPs before their album. For Jack Garratt, one of my favourite One-Man-Bands and producers, the luxury of putting his best tracks on his album had already been decided; I’ve already over … Continue reading
Album Review: The Wave Pictures – A Season In Hull
A Season In Hull Released 12th February 2016 Words: Julia Grantham The Wave Pictures are a unique band; hear them once and they get under your skin and are henceforth instantly recognisable. They have a wonderfully original talent for story telling and their lyrics are brimming with wit, cynicism, humour and passion. Every song tells … Continue reading
Album Review: Wild Nothing – Life Of Pause
Life Of Pause Released 19th February 2016 Words: Sion Ford Under the guise of Wild Nothing, Jake Tatum has earned himself a reputation as an innovator of sorts. Known for bringing a distinctively different sound to his songwriting, the production of Wild Nothing’s releases are of a quality that most people aspire to, and this … Continue reading
Album Review: Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation
Who Sold My Generation Released 29th January 2016 Words: Sion Ford Perhaps they’re not one of the most prominent bands of the garage rock scene, but Night Beats are definitely a band that should be on people’s radars, especially with the release of their third album, Who Stole My Generation. Keeping themselves in that slightly … Continue reading
Album Review: King Charles – Gamble For A Rose
A Gamble For A Rose Released January 22nd 2016 Words: Greg Arthur I remember what feels like many moons ago, hearing King Charles late night on Xfm. Before it became Radio X, before Mumford & Sons were properly touted as folk-arena-heroes from Ireland via Putney, and not long after I learnt to drive, which was … Continue reading
Album Review: Tuff Love – Resort
Resort Released January 29th 2016 Words: Sion Ford Releasing an album as the sum total of three previous, albeit exclusive, EPs is certainly unconventional, but that’s exactly what Tuff Love are planning on doing come the 29th of January when they release their debut full length album, Resort. Compiled of fifteen tracks from three EPs … Continue reading
Album Review: Seafret – Tell Me It’s Real
Tell Me It’s Real Released January 29th 2016 Words: Nick Jacques Seafret are a duo made up of Harry Draper (Acoustic guitar) and Jack Sedman (Vocals) from the pleasant seaside town of Bridlington, Yorkshire. They have been writing and composing their own music since 2010 and were signed in 2012 to B-Unique records, also home … Continue reading
Album Review: Beans On Toast – Rolling Up The Hill
Rolling Up The Hill Released 1st December 2015 Words: Nick Jacques This here is the latest Beans On Toast album, aptly named Rolling Up The Hill. This is his 7th album and surprise! Surprise! He’s releasing it yet again on his birthday which is on 1st December. His latest offering gives the impression of an … Continue reading
Album Review: Hatcham Social – The Birthday Of The World
The Birthday Of The World Released 11th October 2015 Words: Greg Arthur Much like Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift in the style of Bruce Springsteen, Hatcham Social’s newest effort – The Birthday of The World– is Hatcham Social covering Nick Drake in the style of The Horrors (post Strange House). It’s not to say this … Continue reading
Album Review: Victories At Sea – Everything Forever
Everything Forever Released 30th October 2015 Words: Siôn Ford Everything Forever is the full length debut from Birmingham trio Victories At Sea, a group that have won fans among the mainstream music outlets such as everybody’s favourite magazine to hate, NME, and Xfm. Whether or not that carries any importance is a different question altogether, … Continue reading
Album Review: Half Moon Run – Sun Leads Me On
Sun Leads Me On Released 23rd October 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Usually it would be fair to expect an album to have an opening trio of songs which would provide the skeleton for the current style of the band and create their own musical signature. After the opening three tracks of Sun Leads Me On, … Continue reading
Album Review: Holy Holy – When The Storms Would Come
When The Storms Would Come Released 30th October 2015 Words: Sion Ford Given that Holy Holy are only comprised of two natives of differing coasts of Australia, you could be forgiven for thinking that this is a group made up of a number of musicians who have been at this for a long time together. … Continue reading
Album Review: Lusts – Illuminations
Illuminations Released 23rd October 2015 Words: Gary Feeney Normally when I read or write about a new band, I find it useful to start off with a little bit of background information on them or a wee bit of interesting trivia. With Lusts, however, such information seems in short supply, beyond the fact that the … Continue reading
Album Review: Metric – Pagans In Vegas
Pagans In Vegas Released September 18th 2015 Words: Jimmy Gallagher This is the first of two records compiled from material provided by both singer Emily Haines and guitarist/synths James Shaw. Metric believe there to be enough output from their respective writing sessions to be able to achieve this aim successfully without compromising the end product. … Continue reading
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