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Pacer – ‘Mechanical’

‘Mechanical’ is a relentless listen. Not ferocious nor overbearing, it never wavers from its intense gruff punk. Led by frontman Mark Pavey’s throaty vocals, from the opening bars of ‘Mariner’ the record offers thirty minutes of fast, nostalgic melody. By doing so, the unashamed homage to melodic punk

Thursday 13 November 2014

Wicked Snakes – ‘Sleep Dance’

Wicked Snakes, a four-piece rock band hailing from Staffordshire, crashed onto the scene last year: the abandonment of previous projects led to this young bunch getting together to create their own slick brand of psychedelic doom rock music. And it seems to have paid off – last year,

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Have Mercy – ‘A Place Of Our Own’

Now part of the impressive roster at Hopeless Records, ‘A Place Of Our Own’ sees Have Mercy take another step forward as they refine the sound that they impressed with on their début ‘The Earth Pushed Back’. The lyrical honesty is still at the forefront, emphasised immediately by

Friday 07 November 2014

Jesus Fucking Christ – Homophobia Is Like Totally Gay

Jesus Fucking Christ (Remi Semshaug Langseth) has dropped his debut release ‘Homophobia Is Like Totally Gay’, and for a one man project, it truly is something monstrous. It’s like an insane middle ground between electronic, punk and rap. There’s this cohesion of different genres that produces a monumental noise,

Tuesday 04 November 2014

Wank For Peace – Fail Forward

I’ll admit, ‘Fail Forward’ was mistakenly put on shuffle on its first play. That it managed to hold together as an album even with a random order of tracks shows just how easy Wank For Peace’s latest LP is to get into. After thirteen tracks, ‘Fail Forward’ doesn’t feel

Thursday 30 October 2014

The Xcerts – ‘There Is Only You’

‘There Is Only You’, the third full-length by Aberdeen via Exeter based melodic rockers The Xcerts, sees the band firmly find their feet. Although it may not be immediately evident that these feet were lost on first listens to both their ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Xerxes – ‘Collision Blonde’

A common thing that most bands who form with the intention of creating aggressive music is to come out all guns blazing in their infancy. Everyone wants to play the loudest, the fastest, and the hardest by way of channelling their demons within. Xerxes debut album ‘Our Home

Monday 27 October 2014

The Bots – ‘Pink Palms’

There’s a fair amount of buzz currently surrounding sibling duo The Bots, with a growing number of websites, magazines, and radio stations all lining up to declare them ‘the next big thing’. Their post-punk inspired take on garage rock and cross genre appeal has seen them support bands

Friday 24 October 2014

Mallory Knox – Asymmetry

Mallory Knox have been threatening to blow up since their inception. Since the ‘Pilot’ EP and their debut album ‘Signals’ they’ve always been a buzz band. Now comes the difficult second album and, to be honest, they’ve completely smashed it. Starting with lead single ‘Ghost In The Mirror’, the

Thursday 23 October 2014

I Am Giant – ‘Science & Survival’

I Am Giant’s second album comes barging out of the starting block with the grinding riffs of ‘Echo from the Gallows’, a stellar track whose combination of spiralling, atmospheric guitar work and heavy, monstrously catchy chorus effortlessly commands attention. Vocalist Ed Martin has a powerful and distinctive voice and the juxtaposition