Tag: Issue2

With the follow up to, you guessed it, Hypoxia Pt.1, F.O.X have certainly ticked all the right boxes in creating a big pop album. The largely synth §based album has simple but effective drums, a smorgasborg of sounds and some clever songwriting throughout. ‘Halfway to Nowhere’ kicks the record off, the synths creating a good…

I’m not sure why I was expecting an acoustic record in the first few seconds; maybe I should start reading press releases before pressing play. Opener ‘Every Year’ sounds like a crossbreed of Passion Pit and Beirut, the electronic drumbeat a great base for acoustic picking and the saxophone sounding excellent. ‘Long Summer’ has some…

It’s been a ridiculous paced year for Surge, playing their first gig less than half a year ago they’ve already gone on to play shows all over the South East and London, play a huge set at Colchester Free Festival and now they’ve gone and released this, their first 7” vinyl single. Which is pretty…

While building up the funds to record a whole album (soon, I hope!), Loose Joints have released an EP of home recorded tracks for all to enjoy. Straight away I can’t help but question the bedroom demo name; the quality of the recording doesn’t sound like something that came out of a bedroom! It’s not…