Rating - 3/5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisnoprism Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisnoprism Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisnoprism/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thisisnoprism Noprism, the synthwave four piece from Newcastle take us back to the heady days of Duran Duran and Human League with aplomb. The vocals lack the saturated darkness of soul of Ian Curtis and the track definitely carries a lighter feel, rather than a... 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 – Bryony Williams – I Can Be
Rating - 4.5/5 Facebook / Instagram / Bandcamp "I Can Be" is the new single from Bryony Williams. The Wolverhampton native marks her move to Beth Shalom records with this, her first single from her upcoming EP State I’m In. The single lands on July 1st but you’ll have to wait until the 25th of... 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 →
Reviewed – Courtney Marie Andrews – It Must Be Someone Elses Fault
Rating - 3/5 29-year-old Seattle-based singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews has been working hard under the radar for a long time. In 2010, she featured prominently on Jimmy Eat World’s album Inverted, as well as touring the album with them for the following year. Yet it took until 2018 before she found fame of her own... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Non Canon – Dark Force Rising
Rating - 4/5 Today’s single is a treatise on sociopolitical behavior from a man named Barry. Wait, don’t run off screaming just yet. Non Cannon aka Barry Dolan (he of Oxygen Thief) is bringing his follow up album after a four-year break. Imaginatively titled Non Cannon II and released on May 15th, the album covers... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Graywave – Growing Garden
Rating - 4/5 Birmingham singer-songwriter “Graywave” is fulfilling the vacancy of the emo inspired shoegaze sound that has fallen flat in recent times. Two-track EP “Growing garden” combines elements of the highest points of new wave shoegaze while making it her own at the same time. These two tracks are a great installment into what... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Pour Me – Living To Learn.
Rating - 3/5 Bandcamp - https://pourme.bandcamp.com/album/living-to-learn Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p_o_u_r_m_e/?hl=en Jamie Reid is a solo artist from Aberdeen releasing music under the name Pöur Me; this EP is a two-track precursor to an upcoming release titled ‘Living to Learn’; a folk/punk crossover effort by one man and his guitar. The opening track, ‘The Hopelessness of Living’... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Brian Fallon – Local Honey
Released - 27th March 2020 Rating - 5/5 Local Honey is the third solo album from Brian Fallon, the lead singer of the Gaslight Anthem. For those unfamiliar with Brian’s vocal sound, it's a jarring mixture of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Jarring because one second you think you’re listening to Dylan, the next Springsteen.... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Noelle Vanyi – My Downfall.
Rating - 4/5 Listen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK7sYpJZhSk The Spanish music industry is known for its contempary involvement in the modern scene and progressive thinking from the industry is a distance approach. So when a young artist arrives and steps up with a vision and sound that is very much out the side the box... Continue Reading →