Single Review – All We Are – I Wear You
I Wear You Released 3rd November 2014 Words: Julia Grantham The members that make up this trio that is All We Are, come from Ireland, Norway and Brazil and this song is as rich in sound as it is diverse in the nationalities of its songwriters. It is cool, breezy and poignant, yet catchy and … Continue reading
Single Review: Carl Barat & The Jackals – Glory Days
Glory Days Released 26th September 2014 Words by Sean Regan For the benefit of everybody who doesn’t read the British Tabloids, Carl Barât is one half of the song writing partnership that made up The Libertines, a band that achieved some mainstream success during the early noughties. Unfortunately, following the release of their debut album, … Continue reading
Single Review: Jackil – Istanbul
Istanbul Reelased 29th September 2014 Jackil’s single Istanbul brings an unashamedly 1980s vibe that I am just in love with. There is everything you could possibly want in an electronic pop song in this track; vocals that catch your attention – especially with that amazing high range, giving it a very MJ feel. The bass … Continue reading
Single Review: The Heatbreaks – Absolved
Absolved Released on May 25th 2014 In my mind this is almost a different band to the one I saw play in Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in 2012 but they still have the underlying passion and flare that I heard back then only now they have an even bigger dash of vintage pop and a crazy … Continue reading
Single Review: Racing Glaciers – First Light
First Light Released Summer 2014 Racing Glaciers have produced yet another perfect piece of intelligent indie pop with First Light. I love the very tender moment where there is very little sound and how it perfectly reflects the lyrics “you’re biting your tongue, you’re biding your time” and then the emotion fuelled attack that it … Continue reading
Single Review: Alex Hulme – Climb
Climb Released 3rd March 2014 Alex Hulme is Liverpool’s answer to, well by the sounds of it someone American, but he’s not American. This is a huge gripe of mine about UK acts who insist on singing as though they are from across the pond. Once you, well OK once I, get over this I’m … Continue reading
Single Review: Hatcham Social – Lion With A Lazer Gun
Lion With A Lazer Gun Released 16th December 2013 Anyone who has been to see Hatcham Social play in the last year or so will have seen them end their live sets with this previously unreleased track and know just how frustrated I have been having to wait so long for its release. Lion With … Continue reading
Single Review: F.U.R.S – Just Kids
Just Kids Released 19th august 2013 The sound on F.U.R.S single Just Kids is packed tight and yet still has enough room to breathe an air of lightness and have moments of pure simple breeziness. It’s like a hectic summers day, driving around roof down, parking up, running through a forest and then splashing around … Continue reading
Track Review: Lion Bark – Two Prongs
Two Prongs A band who takes the time to make sure I pay attention to their music because they want me to write about them deserves a full review even if I can’t find out anything about them other than there are five lads and they live in Brighton. I also know that it was … Continue reading
Track Review: The Joys Of Sleeping – Dude York Pt2
The Joys Of Sleeping In May of last year I was sent a track to listen to by a band I’d never heard of called The Joys Of Sleeping – something I wholeheartedly agree with, so joyful, when you can sleep anyway. Well it turns out that I loved the track they’d sent me and … Continue reading
Single Review: Lungs – Faraway
Faraway Released July 29th 2013 If you know the background behind this band then you might already be expecting something Guillemotsesque as Guillemots guitarist MC Lord Magrao is at the head of this new band Lungs. You see that’s the thing about band members popping off here there and everywhere, they can never quite leave … Continue reading
Single Review: Chapel Club – Good Together
Good Together Released March 4th 2013 I am in no doubt whatsoever that this new direction from Chapel Club will cause uproar with some of Chapel Club’s pre-existing fans because this is pretty far from anything they have done before. You know what I say to this? Good! Fans who can’t support a band’s choice … Continue reading
Single Review: Beth Orton – Magpie
Magpie Released 1st October 2012 Beth Orton has been a singer songwriter that has popped in and out of my music conciousness for a very long time. She has always stood on solid musical footing and Magpie sees her back on my radar and back on my list of “loved” singer song writers that I’m … Continue reading
Single Review: Sub Foucs Featuring Alpines – Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave Released 29th October 2012 So two of Popped’s favourites in electronic dance music have gone and got their game on together and what a result. Whilst many of you will know of Sub Focus, local (to us) electronic duo Alpines are probably less familiar to the masses. Not for much longer. This track … Continue reading
Single Review: Paper Aeroplanes – Multiple Love
Multiple Love Released May 7th 2012 Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that can make you the happiest. Sometimes it’s the simplest of things that are the most beautiful. I give you exhibit A: Paper Aeroplanes new single Multiple Love. One piano, one vocal. When it comes to simple music there’s not much less … Continue reading
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