If there was a pop-punk-related list to be ticked off, August is Falling check all of the boxes on their long-awaited debut EP. Few bands in recent memory have been able to generate the buzz that August is Falling have without having ever released studio material. Hell, questions were starting to get asked as to… Read More August is Falling – the simple plan EP (Review)
The Baltimore band return from hiatus with hands up and arms out, and I return from my own hiatus to write about it. I should start here by saying that this music blog wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Have Mercy. Let’s cast our minds back. It’s 2013, and I’m taking a gap year between… Read More Have Mercy – Self-Titled (EP Review)
You’re probably reading this on a mobile phone; this probably means that the majority of your close family and friends are only a few seconds and several dial tones away. The entire world is resting in the palm of your hand, easily accessible regardless of the distance between yourself and those confined within. But, there… Read More [Bullet Music] The Wonder Years – Sister Cities (Album Review)
It’s that time of year again. I went all the way back to January to pick out the one-hundred records that have made my 2017. Give it a read:… Read More My Favourite Records of 2017 (100-1)
I woke up this morning and ventured outside to find Norwich decidedly wintry. Granted, it’s normally pretty cold here anyway, but today it felt cold. Maybe that’s what I get for deciding to do a food shop at eight in the morning. I was shivering like it was December, but maybe that’s also what I get for… Read More Record of the Day #13 – Seahaven, Winter Forever
Started in early-2015, the Oneiric Escapism branch of all-things A Lonely Ghost Burning offered something different, the intentions of the compilations varying from those of the counterparts. Here, the emphasis was on finding something sonically absorbing, and the artists considered seemed intent on spellbinding a listener instead of simply soundtracking a mood or moment. It was an… Read More A Lonely Ghost Burning – Oneiric Escapisms
Although not as directly relevant to the content on this site as the Alternative Melodies strand of A Lonely Ghost Burning, the Beautiful Songwriting compilations are well worth a look as well. They’re worth a look more so if you’re a fan of slow, haunting, mostly-acoustic tracks that rely mainly on a great voice above all else.… Read More A Lonely Ghost Burning – A Bounty Of Beautiful Songwriting
A Lonely Ghost Burning‘s Alternative Melodies series of compilations seeks to promote the work of artists primarily from the genres of rock and indie, with the many sub-genres covered also. Each release boasts a selection of songs rife with heart and energy, dynamic and anthemic, from the finding-its-feet feel of the initial Alt / Punk moniker to the streamlined… Read More A Lonely Ghost Burning – Alternative Melodies Aplenty
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Talk about a loaded tour. A few days ago I hopped onto the Greyhound and traveled over to Birmingham, Alabama to catch a show that initially sounded too good to be true. It was a three hour bus ride with typical southern heat and a broken air-con, so by the time I reached the venue… Read More Live Review: The Wonder Years w/ letlive., Tiny Moving Parts and Microwave (Birmingham 28/3/2016)
Excellent production and a shift in style make for a stellar second LP Let’s start by going back nineteen months in order to move forwards, back to the first line of Haunted to be precise, the first track on Young and Heartless’ 2014 full-length debut LP. ‘She is losing all her religion’ frontman Jeremy Henninger… Read More Young And Heartless – Stay Away (Review)
Max Bemis returns with what may be the strangest album you’ll hear in 2o16, and one which also may be his best in years. I give some thoughts as to why this might be the case.… Read More Say Anything – I Don’t Think It Is (Review)
Review of the new Basement record which, despite promising everything, didn’t really deliver… Read More Basement – Promise Everything (Review)
California natives Meet Me In Montauk didn’t do a whole lot wrong on their 2015 debut Where The Grass Meets The Pavement, a late and triumphant charge in the ongoing ’emo revival’ saga. A mix of angst, emotion, melody and intricate guitar work, the record rarely missed a beat, and since discovering it recently I’ve… Read More Meet Me In Montauk – Dork Soul (Review)
It’s been roughly two years since Missouri quintet Foxing released their debut record, The Albatross, and its been two years within which that record has come to be acknowledged as one of the most important alternative releases of recent times. It’s a record I’ve listened to gratuitously, an ever-present constant in my life, and one… Read More Foxing – Dealer (Review)
Since first hearing The Upsides some five years ago, in an old friends bedroom, The Wonder Years have always been a constant in my musical life, each of their records an anchor to a particular period of time, realigning with each new release. The bands second record was for the angst-riddled teenager I was back then, hating… Read More The Wonder Years – No Closer To Heaven (Review)
Because it’s good to mix things up a little every now and then, right? Maybe, maybe not. Over the course of this Summer I moved into a new house, a student house in the town I happen to be a student in, a town which is pretty quiet even on its busiest days. Being a… Read More CraigReviewsBooks He Read Over Summer – No Music Here
Fuzzy and infectious second from the best named band in whatever genre Donovan Wolfington are right now. I can’t think of many bands hailing from New Orleans, and even if I could, Donovan Wolfington would probably be better than them. The Louisiana natives caused ripples within their respective field with the release of DIY debut Stop… Read More Donovan Wolfington – How To Treat The Ones You Love (Review)
Emphatic and emotionally savage return to the scene from ex-Gallows vocalist. It’s very good to hear Frank Carter playing heavy music again, very good indeed. When Carter left Gallows in 2011 to pursue a different route it appeared that he’d perhaps turned away from the unbridled aggression that had helped to carry Gallows so far… Read More Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Blossom (Review)
It doesn’t feel like very long since I sat down to review post-hardcore quintet Being As An Ocean’s second record How We Both Wondrously Perish, and I realise that it hasn’t actually been too long since I did so. Fourteen months have passed to be precise, and not knowing a whole lot about what’s involved… Read More Being As An Ocean – Being As An Ocean (Self-Titled) [Review]
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