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Album Review; Porij release a statement album of smart and ambitious (synth) pop music with debut Teething
Porij’s eagerly awaited debut album is a sonic journey that defies expectations and embraces the chaotic energy of their creative process. Hailing from Manchester, the band’s eclectic mix of club tropes and indie pop elements creates a musical landscape that feels both familiar and refreshingly unique. With nods to their influences ranging from Disclosure to …
Track: Keaton Henson releases new track ‘Husk’ ahead of forthcoming album
Keaton Henson’s music deserves all the devotion and respect it gets. From his cavernously personal home recorded debut ‘Dear’ in 2012 to the more recent tense and tormented orchestral ‘Six Lethargies’ he always makes that emotional connection. His songs, his experiences become yours. Whispers about new Henson song-craft began to filter through a couple of …
Track: Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
Along with announcing a much anticipated UK live tour, Ghostpoet has also unveiled the haunting video to the title track of his critically latest album, “I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep” we reviewed here Now comes the beautifully strange and disorienting video, directed by Thomas James and featuring a funeral of sorts, from …
Track: Orlando Weeks – Milk Breath
‘Milk Breath’ is the third single taken from the former Maccabees front mans debut solo album – ‘A Quickening’ Due Out 12th June On Play It Again Sam. “This is about watching my son sleep,” Weeks says. “When you’ve rocked him for 45 minutes and finally the wriggling has stopped and the muscles have relaxed and you put him …
Track: Keaton Henson – Career Day
An artist in many forms-illustrator, poet,T-shirt designer,composer and exceptional songwriter – Keaton Henson always brings a sense of devotion to his work. You can feel that dedication and care seeping through his newly released single ‘Career Day’ which is available now via ‘Play It Again Sam’. A song of reflection, sketched by Keaton’s rich guitar …
Album Review: Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
We’ve long been fans of Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet and so we waited with baited breath for the Mercury-Music nominated artist to reveal his fifth album ‘I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep’, out this Friday 1st May via Play It Again Sam. Written and recorded in London and featuring more of the alt-rock …
Track: Westerman – Your Hero is not dead
Taken from his debut album of the same name, out on June 5th via Play it again Sam, ‘Your Hero is not head‘ is the latest single from Westerman, following on from ‘Waiting on Design’, ‘Think I’ll Stay’ and ‘Blue Comanche’. Of the track Westerman says “This was the last song I wrote for the …
See: Other Lives release new video for Hey Hey I
Taken from their long-awaited new album ‘For Their Love’, which drops on April 24th via Play it Again Sam, Other Lives have revealed a video for their new single Hey Hey I. It’s a pulsating slice of indie rock, playing this sort of Editors meet Primal Scream thing to perfection. Dark melodies surround this repetitive …
See: Ghostpoet reveals new video for Concrete Pony
If you tuned into the BBC 6Music Festival over the weekend, you’ll have heard Ghostpoet debut songs from his forthcoming album ‘I Grow Tired But I Dare Not Fall Asleep’ to an appreciative crowd. Even if you didn’t, you might have heard lead track Concrete Pony. It’s bleak and hard edged in its outlook, driven …