Normal Average People are not a normal average band. In fact, they’re most certainly above ordinary, and their latest single, Lemo // Memo, proves that. Following on from their highly praised debut single, Baggy Ankles, the South London alt-rockers have returned with more gold. From the moment it begins, Lemo // Memo is huge. Reverb-laden guitars and somewhat sinister […]
Review: Medium Love – Can’t Go Back
London indie-pop trio Medium Love are back with a new single titled Can’t Go Back. Taken from their upcoming EP, Overcoming Shyness, set to be released on August 7th, Can’t Go Back is a very sunny and light tune. The band mention that “while it’s not a soundtrack to heartbreak, our music certainly contains healing properties” which is […]
Review: Such Small Hands – Do I Belong Here?
The tender tones of Do I Belong Here? is the latest taste for us to enjoy from Such Small Hands, ahead of a debut album set for release in September. Such Small Hands is the alias of Melanie Howard, otherwise known as the bassist of The Wedding Present. Having released her debut EP back in 2016, and single Ghost last […]
Review: The Common View – Early Grey
We all occasionally have a bad day. Whether it be stepping on dog excrement, forgetting an umbrella on a rainy day or tripping over a curb, life can be hard sometimes. Most prevail past these trials and tribulations, others sink. It’s the ones that drown in the emotional bubble of self-hate and depression that need […]
Review: Fiasco – L’ennui
If there was a soundtrack for falling into a dream filled only with melancholy and fuzz-toned entropy, then this track would most certainly be on it. Paris-based cold wave and jangle pop band Fiasco are the creators of such a song, with their new single, L’ennui, being an almost ethereal concoction of varying timbres and modulation to […]
Review: Floods In Japan – Demo
Demo is the debut release of Canterbury-based punk band Floods In Japan, and it is a rollercoaster ride from start to finish. Truthfully, I am a complete sucker for that classic rebellious sound, and the group have delivered it flawlessly on this record. Opening with Tsunami 1994, we are launched headfirst into a crushing, breakneck song that […]
Review: Bone Slim & The Moontown Project – Yellow Walls
I don’t often comment on act names in my reviews, as I think it can take away from the content of the article. However, I have to give a special mention to this next collaboration I’m writing about because when I first read it, I couldn’t help but smile. The name in question is Bone […]
Review: Eleni Drake – Melbourne Blues
Released today on Ninja Tune, Melbourne Blues is the first single taken from Eleni Drake’s forthcoming EP, Vanilla Sky. The word blue is an adjective used to describe the sorrow and misery of humankind. The etymology of feeling blue is thought to have come from bruises on the skin, as in the expression black and blue. Every day […]
Review: J Solomon – Beach Day 04
I haven’t been to a beach this year, but next week, that’s going to change. I’m not even leaving the UK. I’m travelling to New Quay in Wales for a week away. I expect there’ll be long walks, pubs, and fish and chips. The weather forecast is terrible, but I don’t care, I’m making it […]
Song Of The Day: Daphne Tunes – Thinkin On A Mem
I got up early today and did everything right. I drank loads of water, made myself a healthy vegetable smoothie, and even went for a run. Despite all of this, I crashed at around four pm into a world of lethargy and constant yawning. It seems as though physical remedies have failed me this time, […]