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Puppy – ‘Vol. II’

Whereas previous output could at times feel slightly disjointed in its approach, ‘Vol.ll’: a more cohesive group of songs, melds the traditionally head-butting styles of heavy metal and low-fi indie to a level far greater than ever seen before. The bands obvious love of a fat-off riff (or two) is

Cassels – ‘You, Us And They’

Moments of ‘You, Us And They’, the new EP by Chipping Norton duo Cassels, stop you in your tracks. The lyrical honesty is refreshingly blunt, be it the scathing attack on their step-dad on opener ‘Cool Box’ or the equally searing approach to inequality on the record’s title track.

Wednesday 03 August 2016

Grieving – ‘Demonstrations’

The four members of Cambridge outfit Grieving clearly have a love of turn of the century emo. Comparisons to the likes of Jawbreaker, Braid and Mineral have been present since the band began to unveil each of the EP’s five tracks ahead of its full release. Yet ‘Demonstrations’ is

Tuesday 02 August 2016

Syren City – ‘Paradise In The Dirt’

‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is not only the latest release by the South-West five-piece, but also the start of a new chapter for the band. Musically Syren City are continuing in the same direction they’ve been heading in since forming in 2011, but ‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is

Monday 01 August 2016

Faux – ‘Inhale’

It’s been a pretty cool few weeks for home-grown music. You only need to look at a review of 2000 Trees or Truck Festival to see that, while 2016 is shaping up to be a fairly terrible year otherwise, relatively unknown British bands are coming to the forefront

Friday 22 July 2016

Patriot Rebel – ‘Cynics Playground’

You may expect a band with the name Patriot Rebel to hail from one of the southern states of the USA and to have grown up on a steady diet of classic American rock and metal. And although they come from Nottingham rather than Nashville, they emphatically

Monday 18 July 2016

Masked Intruder – ‘Love and Other Crimes’

Just when you thought it was safe to fall in love again, those heartwarming bandits in Masked Intruder are at it again. ‘Love and Other Crimes’ is their latest attempt to steal your heart (and your wallet) with their particular brand of infectious pop-punk ballads. Once regarded by some

Chapter and Verse – ‘The Wolves Back Home’

They may be rather fresh-faced, but London’s Chapter and Verse are determined to hit the scene with a snarling ferocity that’s mostly seen in veterans. They’re out to prove that they’re serious contenders with something to say in the alt-rock world, and they do just that with the glossy-edged

Pretty Little Enemy – ‘Bitch, Please!’

‘Bitch, Please!’, the debut EP from Minehead alt-metallers Pretty Little Enemy, is an interesting case of a rarely-exercised nostalgia: that for indie-label British nu-metal. From the band’s rock-night-at-your-local-community-hall aesthetic to the one-finger chugga-chugga downtuned riffs, everything about PLE suggests a band who had themselves cryogenically frozen mid-song in 2002, and were recently

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Emp!re – ‘Our Simple Truths’

‘Our Simple Truths’ is very much a continuation of Emp!re’s last release, mini-album ‘Where The World Begins’. The simplistic but bouncy rock riffs still form the main backbone of the instrumentation, occasionally veering towards a slightly more prog, Coheed & Cambria sound, rather than straightforward rock. Emp!re’s main strength has