Category: Record Review
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Rad Pitt – Pitt Happens EP
Pitt Happens sees a change in vocalist, with Nick Smith tagging out and giving Reece Boulton a shot in the ring. Given the runtimes of Rad Pitt‘s previous three albums, Pit Happens being a four track EP seems a bit odd. The whole EP weighs in at eight minutes, fifty four seconds, more than a…
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Hear This: Frazer Merrick – Hidden Sounds of Play
An interesting piece of music, alongside a commentary, Hidden Sounds of Play is an exploration of the rythmns created by the electromagnetic noise released by the various devices, machines and lights of Southend-on-Sea. The sounds created are varied and interesting but what makes this such a compelling piece is knowing that all of these “sounds”,…
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Review: Geoff Lawrence – Similar Life
Knowing Geoff’s music from bands like Slugworth and Vince Petchy, with their jittery guitar lines and jumpy nature, Similar Life certainly starts at the opposite end of the musical spectrum. Lush piano sits upon a gentle wall of reverb, the harsh reality of lockdown for younger people told by his daughter Effie (of Anorak Patch)…
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Review: Daniel Stephen Turner – Always
The contrast between this release and Daniel Stephen Turner‘s previous releases, Next Year and Lust and Intrigue, in how they’ve come together is pretty big – the previous releases were produced as full band, big sounding, songs whereas this record takes a more DIY, lofi, approach. It generally works well; the songs, more sparse, allow…
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Single Review: Anorak Patch – Delilah
Every time I check out a new Anorak Patch song it seems like they’ve moved up another level in the music world. Delilah is their first physical release on the rather good indie label Nice Swan and it really feels like the start of a lot of good things for the band. Musically the verses…
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Album Review: Biffy Clyro – The Myth of the Happily Ever After
I’ve been finding myself incredibly excited about Biffy Clyro recently. 2020’s A Celebration of Endings was, in my opinion, the best album they’ve released in a while and their livestream last year was one of the most highly polished streams to come out during the pandemic. That they’ve followed this up so quickly is impressive;…
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Review: Fiji Mermaids – Seasick
In many ways this three minute track from Fiji Mermaids (a band consisting of Josh Sandifer and Jack Gordon-Abbott, both of Animal Noise, albeit Jack less so now days) his a krautrock feel to it – it’s not the vocals and the drums are definitely real, but the repeating bass line and the way the…
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EP Review: Hobo Chang – Clockwork Monster
Don’t let the colourful artwork fool you as you press play on Clockwork Monster, the latest EP from Colchester’s Hobo Chang. As the opening guitar ticks away, a dark, brooding, feeling creeps over the title track – the instrumentation is quite minimal when you break it down but what it does with it is impressive,…
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Review: Egyptian Blue – High The Hyena
Slightly psychedelic indie is pretty trendy right now, so it takes alot to stick out. Egyptian Blue certainly seem to be taking a good stab at it with this track, which comes complete with a distorted and coloured video to go with it. Distorted rythmn is layered with overly reverb soaked lead guitar, the vocals…
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Review: Fortunato – Black Laces
With a quiet start, this new track from Bury-St-Edmunds based Fortunato is a bit unsuspecting for the first few seconds, the vocals taking everything up a notch pretty quickly. The excellent harmonised vocals lead into a sudden increase in volume as distorted guitars and drums kick in. In places it reminds me of bands like…
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