Albany, NY-based Drug Church return with ‘Prude’ (released via Pure Noise Records on 4 October) and it’s 28 minutes of heart-on-sleeve attitude and punk-meets-hardcore riffs… ‘Mad Care’ opens the album with a blast of aggressive, noisy guitar and drums with Patrick Kindlon joining the proceedings, declaring: ‘This is your situation, this is your circumstance, this…
Public Service Broadcasting make a welcome return with ‘The Last Flight’, an album based around the achievements and final journey of Amelia Earhart – the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 1937, Amelia intended to circumnavigate the globe but after leaving Papua New Guinea, she never made it to…
Wild Pink return with ‘Dulling the Horns’ (out on 4 October via FireTalk Records). This release finds John Ross ruminating on what it takes to move forward, no matter what obstacles – or honours – life throws at you along the way… Recent single ‘The Fences of Stonehenge’ opens the album with a swather of…
After a month of being available via an online treasure hunt, Happy Accidents (Rich Mandell and Phoebe Cross) release their fifth album ‘Edit Undo’. It’s a record that finds the band ruminating on the feeling of being past your prime and battling your inner demons. There is talk of the seasons, going mad and a…
On new album ‘Film Buff’, Slotface delve into the worlds of film and TV to tackle stereotypes, gender roles and toxic masculinity… ‘I Used to Be a Real Piece…’ opens the album with big power pop hooks and lyrics about narcissism and confessions. These lead brilliantly into the repeated mantra of ‘I used to be…
Efterklang return with ‘Things We Have in Common’, an album that celebrates the bond between humans and the power of community, looking at the beauty in humanity and how our differences can make us stronger. ‘Balancing Stones’ opens the album with slow and distorted effects, falling somewhere between electro clash and dream pop. The vocals…
Eight albums into their career and Maximo Park continue to delight with their intelligent brand of indie pop. ‘Stream of Life’ finds the band trying to make sense of what life is and what things mean when you are in your 40s… There’s that distinctive guitar sound on album opener ‘Your Own Worst Enemy’ that…
October Drift’s third album ‘Blame the Young’ finds the four-piece delivering their most powerful and personal songs yet… The title track opens the album with a blast of vocals, power drumming, alt-rock riffs and words about the state of the nation, referencing how many people are in ‘denial’: ‘It’s just the aching inside, blame divide’.…
Just over a year after the release of their debut album, The Waeve (real-life couple Graham Coxon from Blur and Rose Elinor Dougall of The Pipettes) return with ‘City Lights’, a bolder, brashier affair with an even more personal approach. The title track opens the album, landing in the sweet spot where disco meets art…
After a period of burnout, self-enforced exile from music-making and solo travel, Katy J Pearson returns with new album ‘Someday, Now’ (out on 20 September via Heavenly Recordings). Recorded at the iconic Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire and produced by electronic producer Nathan ‘Bullion’ Jenkins (Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Howard), the album finds Katy embracing a love…
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