Album Review: Map of the Soul :7 // BTS
K-pop superstars BTS’ latest album, their fourth studio album Map of the Soul :7 , released on February 21st, is meant to be a look inwards that scratches the shiny surface of the group’s appeal to ta…
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Album Review: Gabrielle Aplin // Dear Happy
Full of feel-good beats and infectious lyrics, English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin releases her long-anticipated third studio album, Dear Happy this week (January 17). Having risen to fame with …
Album Review: Stormzy // Heavy is the Head
“How’s the best spitter in Grime so commercial?” Stormzy enquires in the final verse of his track ‘Wiley Flow’. He raises an interesting point. How, after all, can a genre that is defined by its exis…
Album Review: Love Is Dead And We Killed Her // Doll Skin
Doll Skin took their last album Manic Pixie Dream Girl, an album about girl power and love, kicked it into the dirt and spat on it. It is almost like Love Is Dead And We Killed Her is the band scoldin…
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Album Review: King’s Mouth // The Flaming Lips
20 years since releasing The Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips have unveiled their 15th long-player. King's Mouth is a technicolour dreamscape, peppered with buoyant electronica and gliding guitars. To …
Album Review: The Drums // Brutalism
Since releasing their rather dark offering, Abysmal Thoughts, in 2017, a lot has happened in the world of The Drums. Line-up changes, break-ups, and personal growth have birthed their latest creation,…
Album Review: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 // Foals
“I said I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting”, Yannis Philippakis laments in the chorus of Exits - the lead single from the new album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1. The apology is not u…
Album Review: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships // The 1975
The 1975 are a modern musical enigma; they sound like pop stars and sell tickets by the thousands to a pop star's demographic, whilst simultaneously averting just about every characteristic that pop s…
Album Review: My Mind Makes Noises // Pale Waves
"We sat on the corner kissing each other // Felt like I could finally see in colour" - the poignant lyrics of 'Eighteen', the opening track of four-piece indie band Pale Waves' debut album, encapsulat…
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…
