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Lithium State – ‘Can’t Get Enough’

You know that feeling of dread you get when a new band crops up and you can tell that, despite their desperate attempts to start a musical revolution from various pubs in their local area, they’re just never going to make it? Well that might be the feeling you

Monday 30 July 2012

Atombuzz – ‘F.E.A.R.’

As you can see from the stupendously cheaply produced cover art looming over this review – a “V For Vendetta” Fawkes mask superimposed over a photo of the Tiananmen Square protests – this band may fancy themselves of an anarchic slant. However, unlike genre forebears like Crass or Dead

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Wolves – ‘Cycles’

At just fourteen minutes long, ‘Cycles’ takes WOLVES in so many directions it proves difficult to keep up. Opener ‘Divide’ follows a more straightforward hardcore punk route, but it’s not until the one and a half minute mark that the track breaks – the welcoming clean vocals deliver an

Friday 20 July 2012

Hello Lazarus – ‘Hello Lazarus’

You might have come across Hello Lazarus before on gigs supporting the likes of The Xcerts and Flood of Red, and their self-titled EP brings four cherry picked tracks of the band’s material that are likely to leave you salivating for me. Opener ‘Adore/Implore’ will take no time at all

Thursday 19 July 2012

Loose Lips – ‘Cloud Your Thoughts’

At just eleven minutes long it may be difficult to form an extensive opinion of Brighton trio Loose Lips based on their debut EP ‘Cloud Your Thoughts’. In essence, the band delivers a well-crafted yet inoffensive blend of mainstream indie rock and slightly goth-driven alternative hooks that certainly carry

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Gnarwolves – ‘CRU’

‘CRU’, the new 7-inch from Brighton-via-Cornwall bright sparks Gnarwolves has finally landed! They’ve been one of the most talked about new bands in the British punk scene over the last few months after debut five track ‘Fun Club’ impressed at the turn of the year and the band escaped

Tuesday 17 July 2012

One More Year – ‘The View From Where I Stand’

Built from the ashes of old bands, One More Year have spent just over creating debut EP, ‘The View From Where I Stand’. The EP manages to blend pop punk and post hardcore into a stunning amalgamation of the genres, and it shows that One More Year aren’t fumbling

Saturday 07 July 2012

Press To Meco – ‘Press To Meco’

Press To Meco’s self titled EP is an ephemeral burst of youthful energy, huge choruses and unexpected experimentation. The EP, which clocks in at under 15 minutes, displays the same frantic exuberance as early You Me AT Six releases, but is no simple pop-punk jaunt. The EP veers off in

Thursday 05 July 2012

Joia – ‘Match Light’

‘Match Light’, the debut EP by London via Greece five piece Joia, tells the story of a band trying to break out of the pigeonhole they may have inevitably found themselves hiding away in. Comparisons female fronted alternative bands have faced against some US female fronted pop punk band

Sunday 01 July 2012

This Calamity – ‘I’ll Paint You a Picture if You Promise to Put It Up’

Borrowing largely from progressive emo/hardcore bands, the debut mini-album (six tracks pulling in at just over half an hour) from Plymouth based This Calamity verges on needing a new sub-genre to label – the sweeping atmospherics provided by the spacious guitar and drum sounds hint at a an almost