
Darren Hayman is the former singer and main brain behind indie rock group Hefner. He’s a solo artist now, and the music he makes has a more stripped-down folky quality, but with the same feeling and the same themes. Darren’s songs are melodic, tender, and the lyrics are almost invariably acerbically witty. They have a…

As the title of the album, itself something of a contradiction, might imply, this is a fusion of two areas that you may not expect Metronomy to follow after the indie-disco sounds of Nights Out in 2008. The English Riviera breaks out into something more expansive, and overall successfully merges the ‘80s inspired dance with…

The problem with making a second album is your first album. Should an artist keep the same style or revolutionise completely? Often either choice results in a backlash of mediocre review responses. However, we find ourselves sat on the verge of the summer, about to roll joyously down the hill into festival season; the timing…