ALBUM REVIEW – PARSNIP: BEHOLD

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 […]
The story of The Green Child is a fascinating one with members Raven Mahon and Mikey Young meeting in California before Raven moved to Australia to work with influential Australian musician Mikey on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne.  Since the move, The Green Child have already made one album and ‘Shimmering Basset’ is their latest […]
The Green Child Shimmering Basset

ALBUM REVIEW: THE GREEN CHILD – SHIMMERING BASSET

Naked Roommate

CALIFORNIAN 4-PIECE NAKED ROOMMATE UNVEIL ‘REPEAT’ AHEAD OF ALBUM RELEASE

California-based quartet Naked Roommate have shared their latest single ‘Repeat’, taken from their upcoming new album ‘Do The Duvet’ due to be released on September 4th via Upset the Rhythm in the UK and Trouble In Mind in the USA. Singer Amber Sermeńo says the song is: “A positive groove to get you through the […]
London synth punk four-piece Es have announced their debut album Less of Everything, set for release on 3rd April via Upset The Rhythm. The band have also shared caustic first single ‘Chemical’. “The song was written during a period of emotional and physical fatigue when everything felt overwhelming,” explained vocalist Maria Cecilia Tedemalm. “The lyrics […]

ES ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM LESS OF EVERYTHING

ALBUM: SAUNA YOUTH – DEATHS

Riddled with angst, Sauna Youth express their feelings in a quite British 70’s fashion, spitting South East accent vocals over a ‘The Jam’ like setup. This, a follow-up to their 2015 debut album ‘Distractions’ strikes a similar chord, but they’re still pushing the envelope. The album explores the theme of death in a very literal […]
Following international acclaim for their last album Alfarroba, Portuguese dream-punk sisters, Pega Monstro return, with their third album entitled Casa de Cima, which translates as “Upper House”. The album is due to be released on Friday 2nd June 2017, and shares its name with the Villa in which the album was recorded, nestled amongst the pine-scattered terrain of the Sintra mountains. Pega Monstro are sisters Julia […]

PORTUGUESE SISTERS PEGA MONSTRO’S NEW ALBUM ‘CASA DE CIMA’ OUT JUNE

ALBUM REVIEW: DOG CHOCOLATE – SNACK FANS

Snack Fans could not be a more apt name for the debut album by Dog Chocolate, a chaotic four-piece hailing from London. Due on the 18th March, the crazily surreal album contains fourteen tracks altogether, most of which not going over two minutes long, with a run-time of an easily digestible 25 minutes. The band […]
Directed, shot and edited by Gary Mcquiggin of Welywyn Garden City, known for his work previously with The Pheromoans,The Bomber Jackets and Deerhoof, the film recalls James Broughton’s surrealist miniature The Pleasure Garden (1957). Using a number of the same locations, the band appear, disappear and re-appear amongst and against the modern day remains of […]

SAUNA YOUTH RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘TRANSMITTERS’

Album Review: Trash Kit – Confidence

There’s an innate appeal in hearing bands who push boundaries and plough their own furrow. The interest for the listener in being at the edge of the musical map is there are fewer points of reference, no landmarks to keep us on track and provide comfortable orientation. For the bands performing in this space, there […]
Trash Kit have previewed their upcoming second album with a video for their track Medicine. The London three-piece will release Confidence, the follow up to 2010’s self titled debut album, on December 1 through Upset The Rhythm. Writing for the record began in 2012, with recording taking place at DIY recording hub Sound Savers with […]

TRASH KIT UNVEIL VIDEO AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM