Album Review: Ulrika Spacek – Modern English
Modern English Decoration Released 2nd June 2017 Words: Nick Jacques This is the 2nd album from the Reading foursome Ulrika Spacek called Modern English Decoration. They like a lot of bands, have over time evolved before settling into a shape and colour they’re comfortable with. It’s with Modern English Decoration that we can definitely see … Continue reading
Album Review: The Amazons – The Amazons
The Amazons Released May 26th 2017 Words: Gary Lambert From Midnight tonight The Amazons self-titled debut album will be available to listen to, but we’ve had a sneak peek. And after being fans of the band since the start, it was so exciting to get a copy of it to review. But with that excitement … Continue reading
Album Review: Clean Cut Kid – Felt
Felt Released 5th May 2017 Words: Elena Katrina Now I have, for the most part, removed myself from any responsibility of writing about bands that I am friends with but I’m the boss so I can make and break my own rules and quite frankly, I’m so in love with this that I want the … Continue reading
Album Review: The Big Moon – Love In The 4th Dimension
Love In The 4th Dimension Released April 7th 2017 Words: Lewis Rogers After being one of Britain’s biggest buzz bands since 2014, London’s The Big Moon have finally unveiled their long awaited debut album Love In The 4th Dimension. Being a fan of their singles and EP and having seen one of their excellent live … Continue reading
Album Review: Alex Vargas – Cohere
Cohere Released 31st March 2017 Words: Leander Hobbs Alex Vargas lays himself bare today (31st March) with the release of Cohere, the new album and by far the greatest body of work by the Danish-born musician to date. Cohere is a remarkable album, difficult to categorize with its big-band production complete with jazz-styled orchestra and … Continue reading
Album Review: Frances – Things I’ve Never Said
Things I’ve Never Said Released 17th March 2017 Words: Elena Katrina Well it would be remiss of me to not cover the debut album by Frances having reviewed almost all of her singles since day dot and having seen her live progression from solo artist in all of the sense of the word, to working … Continue reading
Album Review: Amber Run – For A Moment, I Was Lost
For A Moment, I Was Lost Released February 10th 2017 Words: Elena Katrina The impending doom some bands must feel when they begin working on their notoriously “difficult second album”. You have had a lifetime’s worth of experiences and practise to hone yourselves to the best of what you want to be for your debut … Continue reading
Album Review: Sundara Karma – Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect
Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect Released 6th January 2017 Words: Gary Lambert The sixth of January is usually the sign for the tree and decorations to come down and for you to prepare for a month of hard times as the excess of Yuletide catches up with us all. However, 2017 has got … Continue reading
Album Review: JAWS – Simplicity
Simplicity Released November 4th 2016 Words: Georgia Mae Blackman As I’ve sat and waited for this highly anticipated album I can tell you that JAWS definitely know how to make a comeback. It’s needless to say that they have improved a lot, they’ve had a lot time to find themselves in the making of Simplicity … Continue reading
Album Review: Palace – So Long Forever
So Long Forever Released 4th November 2016 Words: Elena Katrina Palace are probably best known for their more laid back rock blues than they are for their album opener Break The Silence. The track not only does exactly as the title suggests but does it passionately, at times frantically and above all beautifully. It says … Continue reading
Album Review: Feeder – All Bright Electric
All Bright Electric Released: 7th October 2016 Words: Nick Jacques When I think of Feeder, it instantly takes me back to my GCSE days when I listened to Polythene on heavy rotation on my Walkman. Tracks like Tangerine and High were an important part of my teenage years. They were one of my favourite bands … Continue reading
Album Review: The Parrots – Los Niños Sin Miedo
Los Niños Sin Miedo Released: 26th August 2016 Words: Gary Lambert There are certain record labels that not necessarily guarantee your enjoyment of their releases as they span a variety of genre, but always guarantee a level of quality. One such is Heavenly Recordings. A record label run by music lovers that provides music for … Continue reading
Album Review: Teen Canteen – Say It All With Kiss
Say It All With a Kiss Released 9th September 2016 Words: Gary Feeney Having only heard a few of TeenCanteen’s songs before being sent their debut album, I was intrigued by some of the quotes on the press release which accompanied it. From the singles I had heard, phrases like “post-punk” and “sparkling synths” seemed … Continue reading
Album Review: Jamie T – Trick
Trick Released 2nd September 2016 Words: Lewis Rogers After taking a five year hiatus from music, Wimbledon’s Jamie T made a triumphant return to the scene with his excellent 2014 album Carry On The Grudge. Thankfully Jamie hasn’t made us wait half a decade for a new album again and is back with Trick, his … Continue reading
Album Review: Baby Strange – Want It, Need It
Want It Need It Released 2nd September 2016 Words: Gary Feeney When I first wrote about Baby Strange for Popped early last year, I made the grandiose (but entirely justified) claim that their live shows were probably the closest thing you’ll see these days to the likes of the Libertines and the Strokes in their … Continue reading
