ALBUM REVIEW – THE LEMON TWIGS: A DREAM IS ALL WE KNOW

How is it possible that something that has been done for years before can sound so modern and so good? That is the question I repeatedly asked myself when listening to The Lemon Twigs newest album ‘A Dream Is All We Know’. It is a wonderfully encapsulating collection of songs that make me envision just […]
Approaching his fifth decade, Kelly Jones has certainly taken a step back in recent years from the fast-living sound of the Stereophonics we are used to. Last year’s collaboration with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker of The Wire and The Wave saw Jones delve into the world of Folk and County music. This latest album […]

ALBUM REVIEW – KELLY JONES: INEVITABLE INCREDIBLE

ALBUM REVIEW – STEPHEN SANCHEZ: ANGEL FACE CLUB DELUXE

Angel Face: Club Deluxe sees Stephen Sanchez bleed rock, roll and romance over five devilishly debonair new tracks. Sanchez’s character, ‘The Troubadour’, makes a thrashing return to prove that not even a bullet could stop love in its tracks. In fact, it only spreads it further, drawing it out in tender, crimson spools. Among the […]
Throughout music history, there has been many iconic duos from Simon and Garfunkel through to Tears for Fears, and The White Stripes. Next to take the throne is Dea Matrona consisting of Mollie McGinn and Orlaith Forsythe (previously having Mamie McGinn on drums who left to focus on college) school friends who together moulded their […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DEA MATRONA: FOR YOUR SINS

ALBUM REVIEW – KATHRYN WILLIAMS & WITHERED HAND: WILLSON WILLIAMS

Collaboration albums have proven to be career defining moments for some artists, whilst others barely make an impact. With the impressive magnitude of vocal talent Kathryn Williams and Dan Willson (AKA Withered Hand) possess, I was quite eager to dive into their new collaborative project, hoping desperately for a record that highlights the talents of […]
Late nights, early mornings or while cooking your tea on a Friday night, this is an album to dance to. Cohesive in its unpredictability Porij offer up a record of tracks that demand you move to. Refusing to settle on one genre this debut album is a daring experiment, spanning from moments of up-tempo garage-inspired […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PORIJ: TEEETHING

ALBUM REVIEW – PILLOW QUEENS: NAME YOUR SORROW

Name Your Sorrow offers catharsis, honesty and exposure. It’s no mystery as to what this album is about. Loss of youth, heartbreak and lessons learnt are contained within 12 tracks, in a raw and unrestrained monstrosity of potent emotion. Finding themselves in a place they haven’t been before, no longer cloaked in the invincibility of […]
Don’t Forget Me is a warm hug, it’s a ride in the car with the top down on a hazy summer afternoon. It’s the feeling of growing up, finding yourself and realising your potential despite the problems you faced along the way. It’s your well-worn favourite pair of jeans, mastering wearing just the right amount […]

ALBUM REVIEW – MAGGIE ROGERS: DON’T FORGET ME

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 26 APRIL 2024

After a brief spell of convalescence, the new releases guide is back to guide you through the week’s releases. Iron & Wine      Light Verse       On their seventh album Beam’s lyrics once again draw on a series of fictional and personal insights, filled with desperate characters and wide-eyed optimists, offering promise and a dose of heartache, […]
This is the first album review I have written under the combined influence of COVID and a shedload of medication. It feels an appropriate coincidence as Parsnip’s ‘Behold’ sounds woozy and psychedelic, not always of or tied down by the real world. I hasten to add that impression had already been formed on a first […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PARSNIP: BEHOLD