Album Review: Tugboat Captain // Rut
Tugboat Captain's first studio album Rut sees them deviate from the melancholic bedroom shoegaze that has garnered them credible recognition among quirk-loving indieheads over three years & two ho…
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Album Review: Beabadoobee // Fake It Flowers
Finally the soft grunge aesthetic has an artist to claim their own! Beabadoobee’s songs have always been cute and fun with a little rock twist - 'She Plays Bass' has been a firm favourite for a while…
Album Review: Astrid S // Leave It Beautiful
There are very few artists on the current music scene that genuinely excite me. Those musicians that have the ability to cause your body to release a rush of adrenaline when their latest artwork appea…
EP Review: Lucia & The Best Boys // The State Of Things
Since releasing their first EP in 2017, Glasgow-based Lucia and The Best Boys have nurtured a dark and irresistible indie-pop sound. Their anthemic, eighties inspired music harks back to an era of pow…
Album Reivew: LANY // mama’s boy
Deviating from the infectious yet tender California-dreampop sound they’ve solidified over the past six years, indie-pop trio LANY are trading synths for a more acoustic instrumentalisation on their t…
Album Review: Willie J Healey // Twin Heavy
Willie’s sophomore albums sees the songwriter growing into himself and delivering tracks with a renewed sense of self-assurance. “You’re gunna be a big star, honey,” rings the chorus of ‘Fashun’, “…
Album Review: Glass Animals // Dreamland
Drenched in warm, honeyed vocals and tunes referencing heatwaves and tropical fruit,Glass Animals return with a timely pairing for the sweltering August weather: Dreamland. When the future is uncerta…
Album Review: Creeper // Sex, Death and The Infinite Void
Awww man; Sex, Death and The Infinite Void, three things that you can think about on end forever but you can never solve. It seems quite fitting for an album that asks so many questions and faces so …
Album Review: Fontaines D.C. // A Hero’s Death
In April last year, Fontaines D.C’s brilliant debut Dogrel steamrolled through the rock community like the musical equivalent of blitzkrieg, making what the Dublin five-piece already knew glaringly ob…
Album Review: Taylor Swift // Folklore
The surprise eighth album sees Taylor Swift's song-writing at its barest and most delicate; and as expertly crafted as ever. At the risk of flying in the face of the justifiable sentiment that 2020 h…
