Throughout ‘A Wave That Will Never Break’ each WU LYF member has brought a refined musicality that elevates the material beyond their early rawness.
In the early 2010s, WU LYF were the band to watch.
The Mancunians earned lavish praise for their live performances, and respect and attention for their …
With attractive lilt and the singer’s teeth rotting vocals, Scritti Politti made love – not collectivism – sound like the tenderest trap for body and mind.
There is a certain degree of hubris required to title your debut album Songs To Remember, but a glance around the music inkies …
Whilst introspection is never on the agenda, at times the effect of Angine de Poitrine’s new album is exhilaratingly different.
Look, it’s 2026 buddy; everyone’s wearing a mask.
A few years ago it was because there was a plague going round our neighbourhoods, now it’s just that well, nobody trusts …
The mere presence of The Jim Jones All Stars’ new album suggests that there’s plenty of mic stand grabbing life left in rock n roll yet.
So, where to attach them to? The answer of course is the nipples, always the nipples.
Wait, just what the hell are we talking …
‘The Way I Am’ is a blend of Luke Combs’ musical duality; anthemic crowd pleasers alongside emotive, tearjerkers that ensures there’s something for everyone.
When Luke Combs released Fathers And Sons in 2024, he wasn’t looking to top the charts.
Combining poignant reflections of memories with his father with his …
While The Pale White’s predecessor was melancholic and less groove oriented, ‘Inanimate Objects Of The 21st Century’ is warier, a determinedly front foot record for a decidedly back foot era.
Think about it: what if you went away for a while, came back to the spot where you knew you …
‘The Entertainment’ showcases The Clockworks as a band no longer content with surface-level observations, instead interrogating both themselves and the world around them.
Having plied their trade for several years before the release of their debut album in 2023, The Clockworks’ second album The Entertainment marks a shift for …
After recognition from the likes of Billie Eilish, David Byrne and Kevin Parker, ‘Ö’ arrives with Fcukers’ inbox of RSVPs a mile long.
The thing is, you always know that somewhere in the world there’s a party going on.
It might be 10am in London, but it’s still 2am in …
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 …