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…
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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: 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 …
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…
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…
