A mind is a powerful tool. It can help solve complex equations, fight diseases, and evoke novel situations, images and ideas. It’s an essential part of the human body, but it can also be its downfall. One in four people experience mental health issues each year, and there were six hundred and two thousand cases […]
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Review: Home Counties – Dad Bod
When a song manages to do everything you want within two minutes, you have to sit back, shut up, and applaud. Home Counties have achieved this with their fantastic new single, Dad Bod. The only downside is that the title reminded me that my drinking over lockdown has become somewhat untethered, and at the age […]
Premiere: Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii – They Wouldn’t Let Me Write My Book
Punk has taken on many different forms over the years; from its humble garage rock beginnings to its polished pop sound of recent and yet, it’s certainly never been this groovy. Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii have managed to create some of the most chaotic, disconcerting fun and positively danceable music of the year. They Wouldn’t […]
Review: Glass Violet – Clockwork
Ah, thirty. Everyone told me it was an age I’d eventually reach, but I never fully believed them. Thirty seems so far fetched and fabricated that when it hits, oh boy, it hits. Please indulge my self-pity as it perfectly sums up Glass Violet’s new single, Clockwork; an indie song about the moment you become aware […]
Song Of The Day: Make Friends – Knowing Makes It Worse
As a teen in the late-’00s, who read the NME and listened to BBC Radio 1, Make Friends seem nostalgic. The Bristol band draw immediate comparisons to the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, and Everything Everything. However, to say that they haven’t injected originality and a unique flair into their music would be an […]
Interview: Mutant-Thoughts
You might see the word interview and think back to the moment you got a massive erection in a meeting for your dream job. That was a hard time. Whey! Get it? Oh, never mind. We’re not here to chat about my various sexual fantasies. No, we’re here to showcase Michael Saeed’s conversation with the […]
Premiere: Lovepet Horror – Where The Heart Is
From the moment it begins, Where The Heart Is by Lovepet Horror sounds excellent. Now, that might seem like a very generalised thing for a reviewer to say, let alone open an article with. Admittedly all good music sounds great, no? Who hired you?! Well, maybe you’re right. Perhaps Daniel Thomas shouldn’t have chosen me, but […]
Song Of The Day: The Desert – Disappearing Act
As a musician myself, it can sometimes be challenging to review other people’s songs. Want to know why? Because occasionally I’ll hear something like Disappearing Act by The Desert and think “why the hell didn’t I make this?”. Disappearing Act is a song that builds upon itself constantly, like a murderous AI computer that must improve in […]
Review: Yard Arms – Mantra
Well, there we have it! Bank holiday weekend in lockdown is over. I have vague memories of playing the Roxanne drinking game far too many times last night with about thirty friends on a Zoom call. I miss real people. I need a hug and plenty of water. Little did I know, I also definitely […]
Premiere: Laissez Faire – Chloe
Today didn’t start well. I was rudely awoken by my next-door neighbour buzzing the doorbell in the hopes that I’d received their delivery. Admittedly, this was at 10 am, but in lockdown, we all know 10 am is the new 7 am. Anyway, this made me feel a bit groggy and peeved, but then I […]