Album Review: Happyness // Floatr
From their unconventional beginnings to their songwriting and live performances, Happyness refuse to play by the rules. Their debut album Weird Little Birthday, self-produced and released in 2015 befo…
Albums
Album Review: Ghostpoet // I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
In a time that is undoubtedly eerie, Ghostpoet’s fifth album, I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep, speaks to our deepest fears and anxieties, touching on the dystopic present – and future. If you h…
Album Review: Car Seat Headrest // Making A Door Less Open
There are very few artists who transcend their own discography in the way that Car Seat Headrest do. The band have come to encompass more than a series of chords, more even than their confessional l…
Album Review: Diet Cig // Do You Wonder About Me?
Unlike the emo-pop bands that are often named as their influences, Diet Cig don’t do grand expressions of all-out pain. They deal with smaller feelings: angling for an apology, wondering what an ex is…
Album Review: Spector // Non-Fiction
Straight out of the gate, not a single song played, and Spector’s Fred MacPherson has already managed to get a pun in. Non-Fiction is the first compilation from the London group, and its name is der…
Album Review: Marlin’s Dreaming // Quotidian
The New Zealanders strive for loftier heights on their sophomore album. Marlin's Dreaming may not be a mainstay in the UK's music press. With several sold-out tours of their home continent under th…
Album Review: Laura Marling // Song for our Daughter
Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Laura Marling’s seventh album Song for Our Daughter, released last week, is a vulnerable production which peels back her gritty blues-rock soundscape and delivers a …
EP Review: Do Nothing // Zero Dollar Bill
In the space of 6 months or so, Do Nothing have emerged from relative obscurity; after releasing their debut single over two years ago. Leaking tracks at such a leisurely pace and vying for press a…
Album Review: Peach Pit // You And Your Friends
Vancouver natives Peach Pit bring surf-rock indie pop sounds to their sophomore album, You and Your Friends. The newest album comes three years after the success of their debut record, Being So Norma…
EP Review: Talk Show // These People
The cover of These People depicts a seething mass of human bodies, the perfect analogy for the collection of tracks that Talk Show have brought to bear on the EP. Frontman Harrison Swann says he w…
