Hangovers, Heartaches and Hot Soup
‘Well, it was ugly but we made it this far.’ When I usually get an album to review, I press play and let it do its thing, but when my friend Jamie sent me this, I quickly scrolled to the...
Category: EP/Album Reviews
Nomad’s Land
‘I’m just a nomad, carrying a weight I’ll never show’ The sky view sweeping down through the forest and into the blanket of snow, a vision of beauty and desolation, we see Gaerea trudging along pleading with their surroundings, beseeching...
Beddy-Byes in Brum
In today’s episode of House and Garden, I bring you Azaleas, they are quite hardy, they can stay outdoors in winter and are a great addition to a mixed border and what’s so brilliant is that they come back every...
Album Review- Gorillaz: The Mountain
Gorillaz ninth release is an album fueled by the reflection of grief and encapsulates a sense of place better than anything they’ve released in the last 15 years. One of the keys to this is the consistency and flow of...
A Heart Full of Hate
Solitary – (adjective)being, living or going alone. Hatred – (noun) extreme dislike, aversion, hostility. These words hold power, they are at opposite ends of the definition spectrum, yet they equal each other in effect, influence and impact.Solitary – f...
My Half Caught Heart.
My friend Matthew Awbery is a skilful lyricist and musician. Having worked with him for several years now on other projects, I always look forward to where he is next on his journey.After a tumultuous 2025 he is more grounded...
I Dug A Hole In The Yard For You.
‘I was blind to the truth of our existence’ Watching the video for ‘Surviving The Vermin’ I find myself looking at a room where The Purge would fit in quite comfortably. It is basic, with what looks like white tarpaulin...
The Scars We Hold
‘They passively divide us through technology’ My friends. if truth be told, we seem to be getting no further forward into the realms of improvement in our condition, in our sanity and in how the world is.Our Swedish cousins Soen...
Bleed, Alone, Desires, Death, STOP.
‘You use your words as weapons’ I have to be honest, the end of last year for me was utterly crap, it left me mentally and physically exhausted and although I was still attending events, I could not manage the...
Suited, Booted and Rooted!
We are well into the New Year, and the wheels of industry keep on turning. Today I bring you my newfound friends, Rooted, overseen by Andrew Miller, of Rock Riot Management, DJ at Brum Radio and host of ‘Let’s Build...