NYC trio: Trinket coalesces new shades of jangle-pop dreaminess on debut EP ‘New Hobby’
Trinket are a fresh new entry into the increasingly growing stir of jangle-pop bands. With their previous singles fusing shimmering, sweet guitar riffs and featherlight dream pop sensibilities well enough to book them for this year’s SXSW, I was excited to see what a fuller length exploration of their sound would be like. ‘New Hobby’ …
Album Review: Reciprocate’s explosive and extraordinary performance on ‘Soul to Burn’.
New from London noise-rock trio Reciprocate, is a record that seems inspired by the sounds of all popular noise rock of the last 25 years. From the on-the-nose heavy riffs of bands like Death from Above 1979, to the more math-centric complexities of bands like Hella and Lightning Bolt, there’s a sound on Soul to …
Symbol Soup release dreamy, lush and poetic new album: ‘Slow Puncture’.
Symbol Soup is the indie-folk project of musician Michael Rea, and their new record: Slow Puncture is an album that can be linked to a lot of buzzwords that are popular in UK indie journalism at the moment. For one, there’s a slight roughness to the sound on this new album, with too much of …
Track: The Last Dinner Party’s hotly awaited debut single ‘Nothing Matters’
There have been few bands coming out of London that have coalesced as much interest so instantly in the way that The Last Dinner Party has. It’s been just over a year since the band first started, and already here we are at their first major label debut single: Nothing Matters. Of course, this topic …
HMLTD’s new single and video: ‘Wyrmlands’ a madcap flash of exciting things to come.
London based HMLTD have always been a band who are hard to define. Since their first releases they have been seen as more of a look than a sound by some, but I had always liked the outrageous personality of their music. It could sometimes be long-winded or obtuse, but it always stood out from …
Joseph Futak stuns with earnest new singles: ‘Bank Robber’ and ‘This Morning’.
New from London-based producer and songwriter: Joseph Futak comes a furtive yet grandiose pair of songs: ‘Bank Robber’ and ‘This Morning’. This release marks a return of sorts for Futak, who has spent the past year behind the microphone rather than in front of it. His work can be heard on the last Tapir! EP, …
Album Review: Ellie Bleach’s ‘No Elegant Way to Sell Out’ is a masterclass in the tragically funny.
‘Tragically funny’ is a phrase I think a lot of other writers will apply carelessly to Ellie Bleach’s new album: No Elegant Way to Sell Out. I am one of them, but to only take that from this album would be to boil it down to a one-note act, rather than the all encompassing showstopper …
EP Review: Tenderhost’s slick, cinematic, and impressive debut ‘The Tin’.
Tenderhost is a new six-piece jazz-rock band, formed under the leadership of Gabriel Levy who had previously gained prominence as the lead in the now-defunct: Sistertalk. Back in 2019, the disbandment of Levy’s previous venture had been somewhat of a shock, considering their apparent talent and potential. But promises were made of a new project …
EP Review: Nudista’s glistening, passive and soothing debut ‘Halfway Here’.
Nudista are a band that are defined by their gentle charm, leaning towards the more sensitive end of the indie-rock spectrum. This new release focuses on the efforts of joint-leads: Pilar Matji Cabello and Robbie Carman, who have used the song writing of ‘Halfway Here’ as a way to express and navigate anxiety in anxious …
EP Review: Lilo’s ‘Sleep Country’ teaches the true meaning of bittersweet.
New from Practise Music comes the full length EP by duo Lilo, entitled ‘Sleep Country’. The record is a collaboration between BFFs Christie Gardner and Helen Dixon, and partly comprises the best of their singles released piece-by-piece throughout the previous year. There’s a certain understated power and weight to the songs Lilo has produced for …