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ALBUM REVIEW: Skinshape – ‘Arrogance Is The Death Of Men’: chilled guitar odysseys

Arrogance Is The Death Of Men is such a different creature to Skinshape's last, Umoja. It's got that guitar thing going that Will does so wonderfully; lyrically, you can hear the catharsis of this year, the trials and tribulations. It's a lovely record full of emotion and guitar that helps usher in the end of this year. Win.

Soundtrack of Our Lives: Eilish Gilligan takes us through her fascinating musical influences, plus we review her epic EP ‘Hospital’

Melbourne’s Eilish Gilligan is a one person tour de force who has bloomed during the harsh (but ultimately very successful) lockdowns in Victoria. She has been releasing some stunning singles…

Album Review: The Psychotic Monks – ‘Private Meaning First’

Private Meaning First is an unrelenting album, befitting the current claustrophobia; one to melt and shriek your woes away to

ALBUM REVIEW: Fleet Foxes – ‘Shore’

An uplifting and ecumenical return for Robin Pecknold's band

ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Cheshire – ‘Fractal Future Plays’: a sweeping psych pop set

Fractal Future Plays sits in a fine line of albums which admit psych to their blend, admire its cosmic clear sight rather than its sensual flood; the romance, the seduction, the perfume of the other just behind the flimsiest curtain

EP REVIEW: Matilda Mann – ‘Because I Wanted You To Know’

A more captivating follow-up for young but accomplished London songwriter

Album Review: Pharoah Overlord – ‘6’: a venomous and expansive assault

THE FINNISH group Pharoah Overlord have made a welcome return with an expanded iteration of their previous era, amplifying the krautrock-influenced soundscapes established in 2019’s 5, joined by Sumac and…

ALBUM REVIEW: Soothsayers – ‘We Are Many’: conscious beats science for straitened times

Soothsayers’ latest tickles your ears in all the right spots; the music evolves and shifts from a strong and aware roots through jazz and Afro and more, all the while softly educating you and guiding you and letting you know you have to be watchful, stay alert, and also stay strong and connected. That’s how we’re gonna get through all and any of this.

ALBUM REVIEW: Coldharbourstores – ‘Dearly Devoted’: gorgeous dreampop fourth

Coldharbourstores' fourth is absolute industry standard dreampop - a hallmark by which the genre can be measured. It's glowing, blissful and leftfield, while still being full of pop melodicism

ALBUM REVIEW: Anna McClellan – ‘I Saw First Light’

While this may be her third album, you get the feeling this is merely the tip of the iceberg and there is so much more in terms of potential and ability at her disposal

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