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From Thursday 31 March 2016

Rosedale – ‘Rosedale’

Rosedale, formed solely of singer Mike Liorti, has gained some serious success since his debut album ‘Real’ was released in 2012. Fast forward 4 years, through some impressive touring dedication and sharing a bill with the likes of New Found Glory, new self-titled release ‘Rosedale’ could easily win him

Flowers – ‘Everybody’s Dying To Meet You’

One could argue that the whole dream pop/shoegaze thing has been done to death lately. It almost seems all too easy for a band to crank up the distortion and make the most of their twin reverb amps. It’s a fair assumption to make, but you have to ask

Tuesday 29 March 2016

World Be Free – ‘The Anti-Circle’

Although it doesn’t happen to everyone, it’s often easy to become jaded with hardcore. The longer you have been listening to it, the more you notice cookie-cutter bands that are basically style over substance, and you start to feel that the message has been lost along the way. While

O’Brother – ‘Endless Light’

It’s been 3 years since O’Brother released their excellent album, ‘Dissolution’. It was a sprawling, expansive journey, which won them critical acclaim. Naturally, there have been high expectations for its follow-up. That brings us to their new album, ‘Endless Light’. Self-described by the band as “Apocalyptic space-pop”, the opening

Thursday 24 March 2016

From Ashes To New – ‘Day One’

‘Day One’ is the début album by From Ashes To New and it should represent the ideal chance for them to really make an impact and build upon the couple of EPs already under their belt. However it’s not as cohesive or confident as it needs to be, and

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Rome Hero Foxes – ‘For When You’re Falling Backwards’

If you start with a base of ‘On Letting Go’ era Circa Survive, add a generous helping of soulful bass and crank up the urgency just a notch, you get somewhere close to the rich, sophisticated sound of Rome Hero Foxes. ‘For When You’re Falling Backwards’ is

Monday 21 March 2016

Black Peaks – ‘Statues’

There’s a delicious irony to pressing play on Black Peaks’ debut full-length, ‘Statues’, immediately following the proofreading of a dozen album reviews, the majority of which question originality. Judging by these alone, inventiveness is music’s Holy Grail, to be found only by navigating a subterranean tomb of mediocrity. With

Sunday 20 March 2016

Secrets – ‘Everything That Got Us Here’

‘Everything That Got Us Here’ is the third full-length from post-hardcore act Secrets and features their third change in the vocalist department. Wade Walters is the latest screamer to join the band (also handling bass duties), replacing two non-clean singers before him, and coinciding with his arrival,

Friday 18 March 2016

The Falcon – ‘Gather Up the Chaps’

In 2005, Toby Jeg offered to start a label to put out an EP from renowned bozo Brendan Kelly’s new side project. That label was Red Scare and the aforementioned EP was the Falcon’s ‘God Don’t Make No Trash, or Up Your Ass With Broken Glass’. It was five

Reckless Love – ‘InVader’

Of all the sub-genres within the heavy metal world, hair metal seemed like the least likely to make a genuine comeback. Everything about the genre – from the sleek, polished production, to the spandex and hairspray, to the not-quite-ironic sexism inherent in the lyrics – is so 80s that