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Chain Of Flowers – ‘Chain Of Flowers”

How often do you hear or see bands citing influences such as The Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus, and Sisters of Mercy? A lot. How many of these bands actually succeed in capturing the same feeling, and dark vibe as any of those mentioned? Not many at all. Of course

Heat Dust – ‘Heat Dust’

Over the last few years, it has been clear that many bands are looking to the past for inspiration. Of course, no band really wants to make regressive music, but some musical sub-genres are feeling more cyclical than ever before. Scene revivals are cropping up all the time, and

Monday 09 November 2015

The Twilight Sad – ‘Oran Mor Session’

Autumn’s the perfect time of year for this type of music. Bleak but beautiful, The Twilight Sad’s latest release is just what you need for a rainy day that suits your rainy mood. The original version of ‘Nobody Wants To Be Here & Nobody Wants To Leave’ is a far

Sunday 08 November 2015

Continents – ‘Reprisal’

The thing that makes Hardcore one of the most unique and entertaining genres of music is the rejection of rules and conventions. It has a passion and drive to it that means it’s not necessary to play all the right notes at the right times, as long as the

Friday 06 November 2015

Indian Handcrafts – ‘Creeps’

There was once a time when you would approach the notion of a two-piece band with a degree of trepidation. The idea of two musicians being able to create a rounded sound seemed a bizarre thought, and when removed from any studio trickery, how could they possibly not sound

Thursday 05 November 2015

Counting Days – ‘Liberated Sounds’

Counting Days are relative newcomers, having only formed in 2014, but are something of an underground ‘supergroup’, containing alumni of TRC, Last Witness and Architects, among others. For their debut full-length they’ve dialled up the ‘heavy’, with a much more metallic sound than the hardcore that most of

Foxing – ‘Dealer’

‘Dealer’ is instantly a completely different beast to Foxing’s 2013 debut, ‘The Albatross’. Already established as pioneers, the latest effort leaves any lasting conventions by the wayside. Instead, we’re treated to understated soundscapes formed by pianos, horn sections, guitars and densely packed emotion. Foxing now share little in common with

Wednesday 04 November 2015

The Flatliners – ‘Division of Spoils’

From hardcore punk to post-punk, pop-punk and more, for all its various sub-genres, sometimes it’s good to take a step back, and get to basics: good old fashioned punk rock. While they may have only been around since 2002, Canada’s The Flatliners sound like a punk rock

Tuesday 03 November 2015

Good Tiger – ‘A Head Full of Moonlight’

Based on the personnel involved in ‘A Head Full of Moonlight’, Good Tiger qualify for the title of supergroup. The band consists of members from acts such as Tesseract, Sky Eats Airplane, The Safety Fire, Architects and The Faceless, and features Periphery’s Nolly Getgood on production duties.

Press to Meco – ‘Good Intent’

“I start to feel a fundamental flaw to this whole plan”, sings Luke Caley. His distinctive voice, equal parts lairy geezer and sugary pop superstar, soaring over a distorted, jagged riff and followed by a three-part vocal harmony which evokes nothing so much as The Bangles’ 80s