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From Wednesday 04 September 2024

Bodysnatcher – ‘VILE CONDUCT’

If music had a code of conduct, it would involve the phrase ‘Don’t talk about genre’. Nothing is more likely to start an argument. This is because genre is a vague classification, a few recognisable elements you can use to describe a band’s music, meaning you can

Tuesday 03 September 2024

Chelsea Wolfe – ‘UNDONE’

Chelsea Wolfe has a new remix EP out and it’s called ‘Undone’. In order to discuss it, we need to talk about the album the tracks are drawn from, so; Earlier this year, Wolfe released ‘She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She’ which paired her

Thursday 15 August 2024

Wrex – ‘THIS HELL GOES A LONG WAY DOWN’

Let’s talk about birthday cake. It’s the ultimate party food, it’s exciting and it’s inherently special. ‘This Hell Goes A Long Way Down’. the debut from Wrex, has a tasty looking cake on its cover, and that implies a lot about its contents. First, some background.

Thursday 11 July 2024

VOWER – ‘Apricity’

VOWER’s EP ‘Apricity’ is an interesting prospect, a debut release that’s attracting considerable hype among some while barely registering among others. That’s because it is the new project by members of some of the most criminally underrated bands the UK has produced in recent years; Black Peaks, Palm Reader,

Tuesday 02 July 2024

Terminals – ‘BAPTISE’

The name Terminals implies a group reaching their end, but this is the beginning. After giving us a taste with last year’s ‘Capsize/Exist’ single, they are launching themselves properly with a debut EP. Fittingly, they’ve called it ‘Baptise’ because it really is an immersive experience. The

Saturday 22 June 2024

Tether. – ‘Mirror Work’

As the saying goes; it’s all about chemistry. A band is a collaborative project. It has moving parts like a machine and in order to function, each member has to interact with the other. That means they have ties, if you will, they have a Tether. Listening

Tuesday 11 June 2024

Slow Joy – ‘Mi Amigo Slow Joy’

Some people get flowers or chocolates as an apology from their partner, but Esteban Flores goes one step further. Better known as Slow Joy, he describes his latest single, ‘Pulling Teeth’ as “basically an apology to my wife for me not being the easiest person to deal with all

Friday 31 May 2024

HRTLSS – ‘BLOOD MOON’

Vowels aren’t cool. At one time you could replace them with a ‘V’ and be down with the kids, but even that’s become passé. Now you have to drop any sounds you can make with your tongue and capitalise what’s left. Now you have to be block

Thursday 30 May 2024

Eat Your Own Head – ‘The Trawler’

There’s a good reason why fishermen wear bright yellow waders. Equally, there’s a reason most bands do not. Eat Your Own Head are not most bands. For their new, ‘The Trawler’, the four-piece pulled on their bright rubber breeches and snapped a photograph that perfectly sums up

Tuesday 30 April 2024

The Plot In You – ‘VOL.2’

Just like whiskey, pickles and smelly cheese, heavy bands often ‘mellow with age’. In 2021, The Plot In You released their second album ‘Swan Songs’. It seemed they’d done just that, leaving behind the aggression of their early music in favour of more expansive or intimate soundscapes.