If you look at the press release for new EP, Colors Bleed, it suggests the sounds within would make something appealing for the fans of bands such as The Smiths, Suede, The Cure, Muse, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Gun Club,… Read More ›
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Medicine – Scarred For Life
We have always had the appetite for covers as B-sides, part of EPs, or as bonus tracks on albums but never quite as keen on complete albums just providing versions of other’s songs and don’t get us started on the… Read More ›
Ummagma – Compass
Though any Ummagma release is welcomed with eager intrigue and anticipation by us among a great many the recent Caravan single raised the ante for the band’s new album with its captivation soaked release. The fact, though we have had… Read More ›
Ummagma – Caravan
This June sees the release of the first album in seven years from Ummagma and to herald its arrival whilst offering a rather delicious teaser the indie pop duo has just released the two track single Caravan. As ever the… Read More ›
Degraey – Reveries
With their debut album a couple of years back, Spanish post metallers Degraey fascinated as they provoked, aroused as they consumed; drawing potent attention and plaudits with every move within Chrysalis. It was a release which opened its body to… Read More ›
Teksti-TV 666 – Aidattu Tulevaisuus
Hailing from Finland, Teksti-TV 666 creates a sound which is quite simply a web of entrapment, every strand bred from an individual flavour but all colluding in a compelling and inescapably contagious proposition called Aidattu Tulevaisuus. Simultaneously, the album is… Read More ›
Some Kind of Illness – Awakening
In a time where each day and every twist within it brings some form of tension or reflection of humanity’s quest for self destruction, we need a place to escape, to embrace a calming beauty within the chaos. One such… Read More ›
Rat Fancy – Suck A Lemon EP
There is nothing artificial about the saccharine sound of Californian trio Rat Fancy or indeed excessively sweet yet a particular tooth is still a requirement for their sugary melodies and the intimate affability of their music. An instinctive almost sour… Read More ›
Amycanbe – Wolf
If like us you missed it at the time of release, Wolf is the latest album from Italian outfit Amycanbe which is well worth taking time out to go explore. Creating a magnetic blend of electronic/indie pop and shoegaze/trip hop,… Read More ›
Stellarscope – Standing In The Shadow Of Your Ghost
Evocatively invasive and seductive from its first to last breath, Standing In The Shadow Of Your Ghost is the new album from US outfit Stellarscope. Shaped by rousing yet darkly suggestive rhythms and driven by emotion strapped melodies within cinematically… Read More ›
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