indie albums
Album Review: The Clockworks – Exit Strategy; London based indie rockers sparkle on long awaited debut album
Irish raised – London based band The Clockworks have absolutely nailed it on their long awaited debut album. Produced by Bernard Butler (Suede, McAlmont & Butler), who also has Irish roots being London born of Irish parentage, and recorded partly at Abbey Rd, this is an album which has ‘breakthrough’ written all over it. It …
Album Review: Flamingods – Head of Pomegranate; London based psych indie quartet return with a delicious slice of fuzzy, summery fun
Bahrain born but London based psych infused quartet Flamingods return with their sixth album, ‘Head of Pomegranate’ out now on the Liquid Lable. It takes the listener on a euphonic world tour, starting in Los Angeles with the psychedelic dream pop delight ‘Dreams (On The Strip)’, we then head to the coast for current single Adana. …
Album Review: Soft Covers – Soft Serve; charming Australian jangle purveys debut long player
If an indie pop record with a DIY aesthetic is the sort of affair that floats your boat, then you need to jump on the debut record from Melbourne based Soft Covers, out right now via Hidden Bay and Little Lunch cassette and vinyl respectively. After homing skills in bands such as Dumb Things, People …
EP Review: Opus Kink – My Eyes, Brother!
The Brighton music makers Opus Kink have released the follow-up to their debut EP ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry‘, with the doubly impressive ‘My Eyes, Brother!’ Speaking ahead of their EP release, frontman Angus Rogers stated: “Our new EP ‘My Eyes, Brother!’ is a loose collection of dream and nightmare sequences. The narrators, proudly unreliable, don their various …
Album Review: Esben And The Witch Release Some Atmospheric Brilliance With New Album ‘Hold Sacred’
Esben and the Witch — comprising Rachel Davies, Thomas Fisher and Daniel Copeman have been going since 2008, flirted with gothic, electronic-tinged dream pop and exploring heavier post-punk and metal textures over their run of albums. They have returned now with their new album ‘Hold Sacred’ a collection of brooding, gentle, ambient staked compositions. “We wanted to create a softer, …
EP Review: Balancing Act – Malice In Tone
Balancing Act have released their debut EP ‘Malice In Tone’, produced by East London production duo Sunglasses For Jaws (Miles Kane, Spiritualized), the EP captures the point in time in which the band came together. It’s introspective and confronts the risks and anxieties of leaving home in search of something bigger. Speaking about the EP, …
Album Review: Tony Wright – The Anti Album
The Anti Album is Tony Wright’s lock down creation that sees him bearing his soul and putting everything in to the 10 songs that make up the album. The fact he has done this demands respect on it’s own, but the fact its stunningly brilliant and beautifully put together is another reason. The minimal production …
EP: Opus Kink – ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry
Brighton’s Opus Kink have released their frantic and jaunty EP ‘Til The Stream Runs dry via Nice Swan records. The EP kicks into life after the blaring of horns of Into The Stream straight into ‘I Love You, Baby’. A ferocious lively track with urgent guitar stabs rousing horns and vocals that are spat go …
Album Review: Placebo – Never Let Me Go
Many of us have learned over the past two years (whether by choice or not) that hitting the pause button can be a good thing. Placebo’s Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal were pretty drained from a 5-year touring schedule, which spanned from shows supporting 2013’s Loud Like Love to a retrospective 20-year anniversary tour. Those …
Album Review: Big Thief – ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’
Crikey, but Big Thief have had a busy COVID. 4AD’s Brooklynite indie darlings issued their fourth album, ‘Two Hands’ (billed as the “earth twin” to their hugely successful ‘U.F.O.F.’) in October 2019, and they’re already back with a twenty-track, 84-minute, monster of an album, ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’. When you add …