On ‘The Second I’m Asleep’, The Boxer Rebellion again resist any temptation to stray far from their emotionally resonant brand of grown-up indie rock and dream pop.
The second track on The Boxer Rebellion’s seventh album The Second I’m Asleep is titled Last Of A Dying Breed, and it’s …
For decades songs that unrepentantly wanted to touch our feelings were looked down upon as unsophisticated and naïve. The Twilight Sad have returned to that place, because they felt there was nowhere else to go.
In a divided world where our first instinct is to show a hard shell, The …
Amongst the layers on The Orielles’ new album ‘Only You Left’ there are unexpected rewards that feel like secrets.
Those who say modern musicians are unable to philosophise reckon without the likes of Henry Wade, guitarist of The Orielles.
Speaking about necessary growth, Wade has preached: ‘You’ve got to …
The Sophs’ willingness to embrace derivation for the creative reality it is makes for some wonderfully out there moments.
The music world’s legendarium is full of unlikely tales, from bands getting signed when playing what would’ve been their last gig, to writing their most famous number in five minutes flat.…
Throughout the album, Harry Styles attempts to hide from his celebrity persona in the music, as well as the real world.
As an artist, Harry Styles is an enigma.
After One Direction announced an indefinite hiatus, Styles subverted his boyband image to take the industry by storm with his multiple …
What makes Demob Happy’s new album is what happens when the British sensibility breaks through; the cynicism, the wit, the instinct to reach for Floyd or Bowie or Oasis.
Power Games opens Demob Happy‘s new album The Grown-Ups Are Talking like a bouncer.
With arms crossed, not budging, not …
If both the premise and set up sound complicated , what emerges from Buck Meek’s new album is for the most part a simple record which lyrically explores love, relationships and other matters of trust.
We live in a world of cyclical hysteria, but even by modern standards the commentary …
There’s a school of thought that says the deep cold emitted by soundscapes of this kind leave it hard to make connections with, but there’s an undeniable pulse to TVAM’s new album which seeks reciprocity and action.
It now seems certain that as a species we’re doomed to repeat the …
‘Gained / Lost’ is a curio’s curio of a record, one that The Wave Pictures have made very much to suit themselves.
There’s definitely something to be said for staying the course.
If you operate in a music industry that seems to believe total reinvention every other record is the …
‘Fort Perch Rock’ is a giant leap forward for The Dream Machine, because the quintet have fully embraced the touchstones of psychedelia and garage rock.
We’re nice here so we won’t do spoilers for Angel Heart, the infamous 1987 voodoo horror movie starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro.
Without …
The new Gorillaz album is Damon Albarn’s most detailed and high concept to-date.
As we know by now, 25 years in, Gorillaz albums are usually defined by a theme, be that a dystopian concept, pop immediacy or the unmistakable melancholy of Damon Albarn.
The Mountain attempts to hold all three …
‘Prizefighter’ is the culmination of everything that has led Mumford And Sons to where they are now, the process of moving through pain and coming out the other side.
Co-produced by Aaron Dessner, a revered producer and founding member of rock band The National, Prizefighter epitomises Mumford And Sons at …
Whilst ‘In Your Ocean’ centres itself around obsessive love, the brightest ribbons that twist in the breeze on Iron And Wine’s new album are those aided by the Grammy-nominated trio I’m With Her.
You have to admit; Sam Beam’s got a point.
Better known for more than twenty years as …
Apparat’s two finest moments on ‘A Hum Of Maybe’ are uncoincidentally where the vista opens up to collaborators.
Everyone knows the freaks.
It’s a facet of human nature that usually with time, a little practice and familiarity we either get used to or get better at something.
But the freaks? …
Although ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a pivot from Charli xcx’s previous work, it clearly displays her signature aesthetic and originality.
Charli xcx showcases the range of her artistry with the release of Wuthering Heights, the soundtrack to Emerald Fennell’s new film adaption of Emily Bronte’s classic novel.
As an artist …
The sequencing on ‘Dead Dads Club’ feels purposeful and deliberate; they want you off-balance.
Dead Dads Club can’t sit still. Truthfully, it feels like that might be the whole point.
Their self-titled album refuses to pick a lane; it opens with the Grandaddy-indebted lo-fi haze of It’s Only Just Begun, …