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From Thursday 11 March 2021

Pet Needs – ‘Fractured Party Music’

Opening an album by screaming “drinking real ale don’t make you a connoisseur” sets a reliable tone for Colchester four-piece Pet Needs’ debut LP. It takes mere seconds for the rumbling ball of chaotic energy that is ‘Fractured Party Music’ to explode in your face, and it’s

Pupil Slicer – ‘Mirrors’

It would be hard to find a more visceral name for a band than Pupil Slicer – just combining those words elicits shock, horror and revulsion. It’s quite the first impression. But then Pupil Slicer are quite the band. They sound exactly how you want them

Tuesday 09 March 2021

Dead Poet Society – ‘-!-‘

Los Angeles four-piece Dead Poet Society formed when Jack Underkofler (guitar/vocals), Jack Collins (guitar), Will Goodroad (drums) and Dylan Brenner (bass) were studying music at college in Boston. With two EPs and a smattering of singles released between 2013 and now, it appears on paper that this

Saturday 06 March 2021

A Day To Remember – ‘You’re Welcome’

It’s been five long years since their last record, but now pop-punk metal crossover kings A Day To Remember are back with their brand new album ‘You’re Welcome’. A band that shot to prominence way back in 2007 with their pioneering genre hybrid, quickly becoming an alt-culture household

Thursday 04 March 2021

Dreamshade – ‘A Pale Blue Dot’

After a completely unpredictable and inconceivable year, Swiss metallers Dreamshade are back with their first full-length album in five years, ‘A Pale Blue Dot’. Recorded and produced during lockdown and largely inspired by the famous Carl Sagan book of the same name, the record sees them pick up

Tuesday 02 March 2021

Tigers Jaw – ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’

When more than half the band unexpectedly quit back in 2013, it would have been so easy for the remaining members of Tigers Jaw to call it a day right there and then. Thank the emo gods that they didn’t, because the work that guitarist/vocalist Ben Walsh and vocalist/keyboardist

Monday 01 March 2021

The Hyena Kill – ‘A Disconnect’

The last time we heard from Manchester’s The Hyena Kill was on 2018’s ‘Spun’ EP. It saw vocalist/guitarist Steven Dobb and drummer Lorna Blundell make a statement of intent, cementing them as a band worth keeping an eye on. Now, after almost a decade since their formation, Sam

Friday 26 February 2021

Architects – ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’

A little over two years since the release of ‘Holy Hell’, Architects have returned with a very different record. Where their last release saw them tackle their grief and pain head on whilst also utilising ideas left behind by their late band member and brother Tom Searle, their

Thursday 25 February 2021

Carpool Tunnel – ‘Bloom’

Call up your friends, load up the convertible and throw away the map, because Carpool Tunnel are transporting us to sun-soaked California along the winding Mulholland Highway. Feel the wind in your hair as you look out over cliffs, snaking your way down to the pristine beaches

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Sydney Sprague – ‘maybe i will see you at the end of the world’

Based out of Phoenix, Arizona, singer-songwriter and self-confessed bedroom daydreamer Sydney Sprague kicked off her musical journey late last year with a run of singles from debut LP ‘maybe i will see you at the end of the world’. Lead single and album opener ‘i refuse to