Eighteen months ago, Black Rose Burning introduced itself to wider attention with The Year of the Scorpion, a seriously captivating debut album bred in the richest essences of post punk, gothic rock, and alternative pop. It was a striking encounter… Read More ›
Month: January 2022
No Captains – Friends Like These
Easily one of our feverishly favourite tracks of last year was 13th Moon from US alternative rock / metal outfit No Captains, a band we had not come across before but were poised to release their fourth album. The track… Read More ›
Midwich Cuckoos – Death
With the second part of their second album pending and a new single released just a couple of days ago we thought we should go back to the first part of Death & Glory, to the beginning of something feeling… Read More ›
Collect Call – The Golden Hour
With the release of new single No Amount of Medicine, we like many others were drawn to The Golden Hour EP from whence it was taken. It comes from UK electronic dreampop / indie pop project Collect Call and offers… Read More ›
Through The Noise – Tragedies
Through The Noise – Tragedies As we await the second album later this year from post-hardcore metal band Through The Noise, the Swedish outfit share their sophomore EP, Tragedies, to whet the appetite. The release consists of three tracks written… Read More ›
Concord of the Shameless
With the crispy crack of frost underfoot and a bundle of sounds in her grasp proving equally potent at grabbing attention, our friend Shauna of shoegaze/dream pop weavers Ummagma and Shameless Promotion PR has again come a calling to spark… Read More ›
James Domestic – Mañana
As his debut solo album, Carrion Repeating, looms ever closer James Domestic releases its third single and maybe the most urgent reason to check out that impending proposition. A quick reminder that James is a confrontational creative light within The… Read More ›
The Pulsebeats – Lookin’ Out
From first being introduced to Spain based rockers The Pulsebeats with the release of their self-titled debut album around 2011/12 we found an instinctive appetite for their garage rock/punk rock/power pop seeded sound which has only grown stronger by the… Read More ›
Saar – Gods
Proving a rich exploration for ears and imagination alike, Gods is the new album from French instrumental post-metallers Saar. It is the successor to the band’s well-received 2018 full-length Sol, a journey of suggestion and uniqueness which suggests the time… Read More ›
Innadaze – Too Far EP
A release which has been out a fair while but only just crossing our hearing courtesy of the band, specifically guitarist/vocalist Enzo Annecchini, the Too Far EP is another outing with UK outfit Innadaze which simply demands keen attention, once… Read More ›