What is your favourite thing about summertime? There is plenty to like: beer gardens, festivals, major football tournaments, sunshine, and holidays. While we may be stuck indoors for the foreseeable, it doesn’t mean the summer tunes can’t be blasted loud. Don’t Call Me Ishmael think outside the box. Releasing four EPs to correlate with each […]
Author archives: Neal Sawyer
Review: Post Rome – Want To Believe
It is endearing to hear of an act grow and evolve. In a fast-food music industry where talent is hastily dismissed, Post Rome stand as a testament to the results of continued hard work. Having been musically creative since their school years, the Sunderland band are on an upward trajectory that doesn’t look like tailing […]
Premiere: Alien Book Club – And I’m Not Even Having Fun Anymore
Alien Book Club aren’t even having fun anymore, and it’s quite understandable. Such a lively six-piece outfit belong on the road. This is where they are free to entertain and charm audiences with their exuberant indie music. With the travelling restrictions of a COVID-19 lockdown, the tour bus handbrake is on. No wonder they aren’t […]
Song Of The Day: Little Kid – Losing
The year is 2020. We are all quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic. Music creators everywhere, I included, sift through the plethora of synths at our disposal. Losing by Little Kid is sent my way. Taken from the upcoming album, Transfiguration Highway, out 3rd July on Solitaire Recordings, the song is organic, pure, and sounds like it has seldom […]
Premiere: Laura Elizabeth Hughes – Pandemonium
There is something captivating about hearing a song in its elemental form. It is awkwardly insightful, almost voyeuristic as you glimpse into a singer’s exposed soul. Pandemonium is a stark recording featuring 1,000 Beasts on piano and Laura Elizabeth Hughes on vocals. The bells and whistles are firmly locked away in the drawer, as this […]
Premiere: Dreuw – Heavy
In the context of music, the word heavy is synonymous with a subgenre of rock. It creates an image of pounding drums, throbbing bass, screeching guitars, and screaming vocals. Dreuw’s new song, Heavy, is quite the opposite of all these things. It is a beautifully crafted track. Dreamy, cinematic, and most importantly, heartfelt. A symphonic set […]