Album Review: Love Is Dead // Chvrches
Although their ever-youthful sound may lead you to believe otherwise, the spellchecker-defying electronic trio have reached the end of a long journey in terms of creative output on their third album; …
Albums
Album Review: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino // Arctic Monkeys
There's no shortage of symbolism to be found in the fact that 'Tranquility Base' was the name of the site at which Neil Armstrong would become the first human to walk on the moon back in 1969. From th…
Album Review: Kindness Is The New Rock and Roll // Peace
When Peace first arrived in 2012 with their EP Delicious, they were immediately flung into the forefront of the British indie circuit. The 4-track release; which featured the painfully underrated Bloo…
Album Review: Goat Girl // Goat Girl
Goat Girl are an enigma. Are they fueled by aggression or do they really just not give a fuck? If you're looking for the answer to this question, their debut album will not provide you with the answer…
Album Review: Twentytwo in Blue // Sunflower Bean
At just 22-years-old, it's strange to think that Julia Cumming, Jacob Faber and Nick Kivlen, the trio that together form Sunflower Bean, could produce an album brimming with influences from so long be…
Album Review: Where Wildness Grows // Gengahr
Gengahr's debut album, A Dream Outside, was one of dainty guitar ditties, connected by mellowed out drum-tracks and soothing bass lines. Their sophomore release, Where Wildness Grows, is of a similar …
Album Review: Clean // Soccer Mommy
Clean is the tender debut studio album from 20-year-old Sophie Allison, a.k.a. Soccer Mommy. Produced by Gabe Wax (War On Drugs, Beirut) and mixed by Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey), the record …
EP Review: All The Things I Never Said // Pale Waves
From bombastic love declarations to the cold-hearted “I just don’t wanna be alone”, Pale Waves’ EP is full of brutal honesty. Like many runway shows this fashion week season, Pale Waves’ All The Thi…
Album Review: Little Dark Age // MGMT
How do you solve a problem like MGMT? The duo entered musical consciousness a decade ago, with the release of Oracular Spectacular; one of the few 1million-selling albums that could forgivably be refe…
Album Review: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life // The Wombats
It’s now over ten years since the release of The Wombats’ debut album. That’s ten years since tracks like ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’, ‘Moving to New York’ and ‘Kill the Director’, sparked the first…
