Safely away from the dank early 2000s tenements of London’s East End and closer to home than the Thai setting of ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’, The Libertines fourth album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ sees the four dapper carousers holed up inside their Albion Rooms hotel and recording studio in Margate, an outpost cornerContinue reading “The Libertines – All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade”
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em koko – Take me as I am
‘Take Me As I Am’ doesn’t exist in the standard 3D tangible world that the rest of us mortals live and breathe in. You may be listening to it in the here and now, making cogent sense of heavily distorted lyrics about acceptance and safety, but the bass-driven, dreamy melody, hypnotic synths, mesmerising drum poundsContinue reading “em koko – Take me as I am”
Dead Freights – The Fury Tape
To head up their latest cluster of macabre blues rock classics, The Fury Tape, Dead Freights have turned the ‘Shot Girl Summer’ phenomenon of post-COVID sun tans and beach parties inside out with vocalist and guitarist Charlie James dedicating their inverted tribute to: “Sex, dead queens and rotten meat”. On this glam-infused stomp, haunted harmonies,Continue reading “Dead Freights – The Fury Tape”
Fate Of The Sun – UFO
For a little bit, Fate Of The Sun went quiet on us. We thought he was away in his bunker, concocting his latest batch of dystopian fuzz-hop. Turns out he was getting summoned up in an intergalactic traction beam and, thankfully for us music fans, he got chucked back down over by the Wentloog hinterlandsContinue reading “Fate Of The Sun – UFO”
Lisa Moorish – Sylvia
For some undefined reason the world of club bangers and the literary scene don’t, as a rule, collide. Yes, artists like Kai Tempest have put incredible spoken word works to top-quality electronic music but dance floor fillers that use all-time great authors as their muse are thin on the ground. London music scene goliath LisaContinue reading “Lisa Moorish – Sylvia”
WRKHOUSE – Snow
Within a month of putting out debut single ‘Getaway’, North Wales suave-pop maestros WRKHOUSE have come back with another slab of sophisticated vibes. The quartet’s fiercely cool second release ‘Snow’ finds the group working their electronic magic yet again, mashing indie rock with R’n’B stylings, along Tame Impala lines. Synth flashes and throbbing bass createContinue reading “WRKHOUSE – Snow”
Duke Keats – Heavy Heartbreak
The last time we heard Coventry performer Duke Keats was on last year’s sprawling jazz-funk live recorded odyssey, ‘Dirty Glamour’. His latest single ‘Heavy Heartbreak’ is a large-scale departure from 2023’s EP, finding the artist distilling his many varied and wide-ranging influences into an astonishingly ace dreamy radio-made bop. An upbeat summery synth and bassContinue reading “Duke Keats – Heavy Heartbreak”
Real Farmer – Compare What’s There
We’ll admit our ignorance and state that before writing this review we admit to being ill informed of the Dutch music scene and couldn’t even place Groningen, Real Farmer’s home town, on the map. But since completing our homework our audio world has been brightened up due to Personal Trainer, The Klittens, Frontsector, Youth Deprivation,Continue reading “Real Farmer – Compare What’s There”
Death Of The High Street – Mental Wealth
The new one from Death Of The High Street sees the Midlands lads in sheer, seething, all-out rock mode with heavy punk riffs and an honest exposition of the wild intricacies involved in addressing your mental health. Beginning proceedings in the therapist’s office, a story unfolds of youthful bad decisions, unravelling sanity, toxic comparison andContinue reading “Death Of The High Street – Mental Wealth”
The Mysterines – Stray
Merseyside grunge-rockers The Mysterines are fresh off of touring with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and prepping for album number two, ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’. To pave the way for a paranoid and brooding future, the four piece have come back with ‘Stray’, a creeping serenade to the dark shadowy recesses of the human psyche. LiaContinue reading “The Mysterines – Stray”
Edge of Arcady 