Album Review: Bdrmm // Bedroom
Hull 5-piece Bdrmm appeared from relative obscurity early in 2020, winning over crowds with an unstylised, underdog persona and a truly ethereal live show. Bdrmm’s genesis came in the form of a dem…
Tag: album
Album review: Pottery // Welcome To Bobby’s Motel
Welcome To Bobby’s Motel is the debut album from Montreal art-rockers Pottery, out on Partisan Records. A natural first question would be who is Bobby and where is his motel? And this really sets the …
Album Review: Jack Garratt // Love, Death & Dancing
If you thought you'd be forgiven for forgetting about Jack Garratt, you'd be very sorely mistaken. Back in 2015, the multi-instrumental, experimental prodigy from Buckinghamshire took the music scene …
Album Review: Charli XCX // how i’m feeling now
On an Instagram live stream where she’s working through lyrics for the song that would become ‘anthem’, Charli XCX takes advice from fans on whether a potential line about scrolling on her phone durin…
Album Review: Perfume Genius // Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
It’s a strange burden that we place on queer artists. Much like artists of any minority, they are forced to act as a spokesperson not just for themselves, but for an entire subculture. It is with th…
Album Review: Nick Hakim // Will This Make Me Good
Nick Hakim new album sees him once again adjusting the perimeters of a genre that he has come to define in recent years. Will This Make Me Good [WTMMG], Hakim's fourth release, takes a step back fr…
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: 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 …
Album Review: The Chats // High Risk Behaviour
Most reviews you’ll read about The Chats debut LP High Risk Behaviour will name-drop ‘Smoko’. Chances are you’ve heard of it, whether you’re one of the nine-and-a-half-million YouTube viewers, or an e…
