Rating - 4/5 https://www.facebook.com/Thebeats02/ (facebook)https://www.instagram.com/the_off_beats_band/?hl=en (Instagram) Shots by @sighlac //// Artwork was done by @gnarmite Young punk enthusiasts “The Off Beats” end the year of a note of true British energy with their latest track enttled “Over it”. A track where the Litchfeild based band have showed their true potential and if they hit the... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Rachel Victoria – Lavender and Citrine EP
Rating - 4/5 Follow Rachel on: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Music | Spotify | Apple Music EP Artwork by Kelly Warner Birmingham-based artist, Rachel Victoria uses her rich voice and jazz-inspired piano playing to communicate a feeling of dislocation from society in her debut EP, Lavender and Citrine. Interestingly, Lavender and Citrine are both... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Fordë – Despite Yesterday
Rating - 3.5/5 Listen on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUc6PjzWxks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heyitsforde/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyitsforde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyitsforde ‘Despite Yesterday’ is the debut release from British singer-songwriter Fordë; it’s an eclectic exploration of hip hop, electronica. punk and alternative music written against the backdrop of COVID-19. How does the mixing and matching of these potentially disparate styles pan out? Well, let’s find... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Gürl – Saga
Rating - 4/5 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/4RLFV8ILaUuAysAUjDOQfN Saga is the third single from Gürl, a triumvirate comprising Joshua Dalton, Seb Pelter and Jonny Turner. The single is a slow burner and it builds from a sparse darkness into something slightly more vocal and visceral, the piano giving it soul and a thread that runs through it... Continue Reading →
Real Talk – Frank Turner
Frank Turner is in an English Folk icon. However, his take on the modern approach to the folk genre saw him marinate his music with a Punk aesthetic. Stemming from his Hardcore beginnings, the singer-songwriter was at the heart of the London and British Hardcore scene in the late nineties and early two-thousands. After fronting... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Passion Flower – Picture Perfect
Rating 4.5/5 Passion Flower, hailing from Warrington UK, brings us nostalgic, but modernised sounds of early 2000s emo and pop punk. The artist gracefully brings attention to the effects of mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, feelings of intense hopelessness, however contrastingly delivers the essence of love. ‘Picture Perfect’ is the first single from... Continue Reading →
Reviewed: The Losing Score – The Modern Art Of Hitting Snooze
Released: 26th June 2020 Rating: 4/5 The Modern Art Of Hitting Snooze is The Losing Score’s first release since their debut EP, Still Waiting For Things To Get Better, at the back end of 2018. It’s been a long wait, but the Shrewsbury emo trio are back, and this punchy procrastination number is just what... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Pint + Blister – The Wild Side of Eden
Rating - 3.5/5 Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube| Spotify | Apple Music All photos on this article taken by - https://www.conorspencer.com/ ‘The Wild Side of Eden’ is Cheshire band, Pint + Blister’s second single in 2020: a melancholic love song inspired by the likes of Johnny Marr and The Manic Street Preachers. The... Continue Reading →
Axl Rose – Control Freak
The story is as familiar as any that have got their start in the world of music. Making that pilgrimage to the big city from back home, from small town America, running away from those that don’t understand or don’t approve, trying to break through and make a living playing music. It’s not the same... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Beans on Toast – Chessington World of Adventures
Rating - 5/5 The latest single by British folk veteran Beans on Toast is an acidic critique of the government’s handling, or rather lack of handling, of the Coronavirus outbreak. Like all good protest songs, ‘Chessington World of Adventures’ does an excellent job at capturing the mood of disillusionment, disgust and often disbelief of the... Continue Reading →