Trench is an apt name for an album that has seemingly endless depth; it covers as many genres as it is possible to cover in 14 tracks. Trench is vast; acting not as one album, […]
4 Unmissable Albums From The Summer Break
Wilf Amis, Backwards/Forwards With his debut two-track EP, Wilf Amis creates a striking world within his selection and manipulation of sounds. During the first track, ‘Backwards’, electronic waves, a soothing, deep bass and seemingly endless repetitive […]
Father John Misty develops his musical persona in ‘God’s Favorite Customer’
Father John Misty’s fourth LP, God’s Favorite Customer, lives up to the hype created by the success of his previous album. Pure Comedy was released only last year and was regarded as one of the […]
Rival Consoles Challenges the Conventions of Electronica with New Album ‘Persona’
Battling against criticism of electronic music as a soulless and mechanic non-craft, Ryan Lee West returns under the alias of Rival Consoles with his latest release, Persona, to further demonstrate the delicate human touch that is ubiquitous […]
DMA’s release gritty sophomore album Hills End
The new release from the DMA’s will not leave fans disappointed who enjoyed debut album Hills End. Lead singles ‘Dawning’ and ‘In The Air’ can stand proudly alongside anything on Hills End, with the former […]
George Ezra delivers the perfect sophomore album with Staying At Tamara’s
After the wild success of his debut album Wanted on Voyage, George Ezra only had himself to live up to with his second and much-anticipated release Staying at Tamara’s. After ‘Don’t Matter Now’ was lapped […]
GoGo Penguin hit shoot for the moon with new album A Humdrum Star
With each new release, the music of GoGo Penguin seems to climb to new heights in both scope and execution. Following their recent UK tour in which the Manchester-based trio played their own take on […]
Rejjie Snow Finally Wows Us with Debut ‘Dear Annie’
Rejjie Snow is not your quintessential rapper. Hailing from Dublin, an area hardly synonymous with hip-hop, and already one of Ireland’s most successful exports, Snow is an anomaly who is both refreshing and intriguing. Dear […]
Franz Ferdinand Try and Recapture The Magic With “Always Ascending”
In its good moments, Always Ascending is funky, well-polished, and engaging. However, on their fifth effort, Franz Ferdinand cannot escape sounding like a hollowed-out version of the band they used to be. The title track […]
Nils Frahm Returns from “Unendurable Hiatus” with New Album ‘All Melody’
Nils Frahm has finally returned from his unendurable hiatus with a new album, All Melody. Having rescinded from the stage in favour of an extended and, no doubt intense, period inside his laboratory, one can […]
Wild Beasts Wave Goodbye with ‘Last Night All My Dreams Came True’
Wild Beasts are coming to an end, and I’m going to miss them terribly. Announcing their split in September last year, they’ve most kindly given us some parting treats: a final album and a bunch […]
Awolnation clash genres with ‘Here Come The Runts’
Half solid indie and half fuzzy electro weirdness, Here Come The Runts is an album that hasn’t quite decided what it wants to be. With that said, listening as it veers drunkenly from one genre […]