Album Review: Death Bells – ‘New Signs Of Life’: post-punk and emo-infused rock
THE NEW album from Australian duo Will Canning and Remy Veselis, aka Death Bells, is a fusion of post-punk and emo-infused rock. The band has become a more concrete two-person pairing since its formation in 2015, culminating in the twosome making the bold move to up sticks from Sydney, Australia, and transfer 7000 miles to …
SEE: Still Corners’ ‘The Last Exit’: Joshua Tree mystery preludes January album
STILL CORNERS have released the first song from their forthcoming fifth studio album, due for release on January 22nd, 2021. The title track “The Last Exit”, for which we’ve embedded the video below, is available now on all platforms. The musical project of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murphy, the group formed after a chance meeting …
SORBET – Life Variations EP
SORBET is the new project from drummer and producer Chris W Ryan; his debut EP under the SORBET name, Life Variations, is a navigation through the key stages of life over three tracks in a suite of more than 20 minutes. Ryan states that the three tracks are borne from the same musical seed: “Every …
Album Review: Tolouse Low Trax – ‘Jumping Dead Leafs’
TOLOUSE Low Trax is the recording pseudonym of German composer Detlef Weinrich, and this is his fourth album under that name. The eight-track album is a 38-minute smorgasbord of all manner of musical genres, ranging from krautrock to 80s’ electronica, with pinches of avant-garde, post-rock and ambience whisked into the buffet. The album starts as …
ALBUM REVIEW: Private World – ‘Aleph’: a fine 80s’-informed debut
THE much-heralded Cardiff outfit Private World have just released their debut album, Aleph, on Dais Records. They embrace the 1980s’ soundscape of new romantic folklore such as Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and early Talk Talk. As lead single “Blue Spirit” suggested, this is a band which is keen to share a specific sound that will …
ALBUM REVIEW: Annie Taylor – ‘Sweet Mortality’: A rocking Swiss debut
ANNIE TAYLOR’S debut album is out now via Taxi Gauche Records. This rocking debut is an album of such promise, enthusiasm and desire; it’s one of the pleasant surprises of post-lockdown. Hailing from Switzerland, where they formed in 2017, the band have become into one of Central Europe’s best sounding and hardest touring bands. They …
Album Review: SERA – When I Wake Up
Sera Zyborska, has written an 11-track album incorporating the best of folk, roots and Americana, to create a haunting work of creation. Working and writing with producer Andi Crutwell-Jones, the album focuses on real stories incorporating tales of love, loss, anxiety, relationships with the odd folk tale of witchery and ancestry thrown into this veritable …
See: Glaswegian songsmith Crawford Mack reveals new video for Depends On Where You Stand
New video from Glaswegian songsmith for his new single ‘Depends On Where You Stand’ The new video for Crawford Mack’s single is directed by Bryan Novelo, and cleverly weaves the powerful melody of the song with its combination of strong strings and tender guitar in unison with a tale of a couple dancing passionately telling …
Interview: We meet Tungz On lockdown, Bristol and new single Go Out
An exclusive interview with Tungz in support of new single GO OUT out now from Heist of Hit Records What was the inspiration for the song GO OUT? It was written at a time when we were very unsettled moving from place to place a lot. We were also spending quite a lot of time …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Track: Sen Morimoto -‘Deep Down’
New single from Chicago multi-instrumentalist composer and artist, Sen Morimoto Sen Morimoto is one of the unheralded musical savants of North America, residing in Chicago, he is now part owner of Sooper Records, a label from the Windy city that befits the contemporary feel of the metropolis. Sen Morimoto’s lead single from his self-titled sophomore …