A band’s progression musically is normally a quite predictable avenue. They start fairly strong on the first and perhaps second albums, then things have a tendency to meander as they begin to experiment and alter their sound. Bring Me the Horizon on the other hand have only gotten stronger. With a weak debut effort which…
Bad Blood is the long awaited debut album by Bastille. Recorded in a box-sized studio and held away from the public for months and months it has finally been perfected and it has emerged for us all to enjoy. Lead singer Dan Smith explains what he intended to create with the album: “I wanted to off-set…
Friday Is Forever EP is the new (would you have guessed it) EP from Florida based powerpop band We The Kings. And honestly I don’t understand why they released it. The EP features five tracks, lead single ‘Friday Is Forever’, old fan favourite ‘Check Yes Juliet’ and three previously unreleased acoustic tracks. The band has…
The long awaited To Kill A King debut album is finally upon us in the form of Cannibals with Cutlery. It opens with the beautiful ballad-esque ‘I Work Nights And You Work Days’; we are introduced to the album by Ralph Pelleymounter’s brilliant baritone vocals, enough to give you goosebumps. This song in particular has a distinct…
Pedestrian Verse is the fourth album from Scottish shoe-gaze band Frightened Rabbit. With some of its single’s making it all the way to BBC Radio 1’s playlists, it seems like this is their big break; but have they sacrificed their artistic vision for some mainstream success? Thankfully, the answer is a no. Frightened Rabbit (Frabbit)…
I came into reviewing this album at what one might consider either an advantage or disadvantage. This ambiguous vantage lies in the fact that I was not present on this earth when the predecessor to this LP came out. This LP isn’t just a follow up to an album that was released 22 years ago,…
For anyone who is a Foals fan, whether you liked them ‘before they were cool’ or if you found out about them because they sold out (RAH) in 20 minutes, ‘Holy Fire’ – their third album – has been something to look forward to. For anyone who isn’t, change that. Previewed with singles ‘Inhaler’ and…
With Devlin, the question for me is what came first: his infiltration of the mainstream, or him visibly distancing himself from his roots in underground grime? The very fact that A Moving Picture is considered to be his second LP kind of says it all, ignoring at least two hefty mixtapes that came before 2010’s…
“My main qualms with Anthems though is the intense average-ness of the entire affair.” Christopher Mifsud reviews Frank Carter’s new band Pure Love’s debut album Anthems.
Believe Acoustic is (would you have guessed it?) the acoustic version of teen heart-throb Justin Bieber’s chart topping album Believe. It features 8 ‘fan favourite’s’ with 3 new songs. I’ve never really seen the point of acoustic albums; they just seem like an opportunity for the artist to squeeze every penny out of their records.…
The Bronx return with their fourth self-titled album and Sam Welch tells us what he thinks.
Andy Davies reviews the first major recording effort of Southampton Uni’s home grown, indie/math rockers Triassic, with their EP A Thousand Leagues Down
With a denser and more polished sound, do the LA quartet expand their sonic palette laterally or horizontally?
For Biffy Clyro’s seventh studio album, the title Opposites is not an entirely appropriate one. While the first half: The Sand at the Core of Our Bones looks inward and the second half: The Land at the End of Our Toes looks forward, both halves cannot be viewed as separate entities, but rather they rely on…