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From 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

Hang The Bastard – Sex In The Seventh Circle

West London’s Hang The Bastard have been a band since 2007, though they’ve not been the most prolific songwriters, having only released one full length album so far in their career, they’re back with their long-awaited followup, ‘Sex In The Seventh Circle’. Having had two previous vocalists, HTB

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Owen – ‘Other People’s Songs’

Mike Kinsella is a name synonymous with emo-rock, having been involved in seminal acts such as Cap’n Jazz and American Football and Owen is his long-standing solo project. The Illinois based thirty-something has spent the best part of the last two decades crafting some of the most intelligent

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Pianos Become The Teeth – ‘Keep You’

The Pianos Become The Teeth that brought us 2010’s ‘Old Pride’, or the following year’s ‘The Lack Long After’ is all but dead. ‘Keep You’ never sees Kyle Durfey’s vocal ferocity move above a cracked and shattered croon – far removed from the visceral screams that led the

No Bragging Rights – The Concrete Flower

Californian melodic hardcore outfit, No Bragging Rights have released their 5th album, ‘Concrete Flower’. It makes for a record filled to the brim with energy and excellently tactile musicianship. The album goes beyond just being one endless barrage of heaviness, but captures other qualities that make it so