Merciful Fate
So, folks you find me once again playing catch up with reviews due to ill health and work commitments, I dutifully poked a stick into my messages and look what cried for mercy – ahem. As part of the British...
Category: EP/Album Reviews
Gearing Up
Our lives are now set on a path created out of the pandemic, with copious amounts of chaos and confusion for us to sift through. Here with a timely reminder are my friends Unknown Refuge and their newest, shiniest single...
Devil’s Spit
“I gotta end this while I’m still young” So friends after suffering another bout of serious flu, I’m back and just in time to catch this little beauty from those deliciously dark devils As Sirens Fall, rejected from heaven they...
Pulled Apart By Horses to release revolutionary new album Reality Cheques
Resilient rock group Pulled Apart By Horses are returning after a five year break with their fifth studio album Reality Cheques, out 30 September 2022 via Alcopop! Records. The Leeds group are a tightly-knit rock band making music that thrills...
‘Didn’t See It Coming’ by Salt Ashes
The best things come when you least expect them. Brighton-based Veiga Sanchez, better known as Salt Ashes, nails it with her latest single ‘Didn’t See It Coming.’ Since her debut in 2014, Salt Ashes has showcased her expert approach to...
Album Review: Warforged – The Grove/Sundial
Strap yourself in for a wild ride that’s sure to end in some kind of collision with Warforged’s new long player, an angry and expert slice of Death Metal that takes no prisoners. There may be a number of bands...
Manchester Brit-Punks AERIAL SALAD releases their devastatingly decent brand new single, the infectious, ‘The Same 24 Hours As Beyonce’.
Aerial Salad Return With New Single ‘The Same 24 Hours (As Beyoncé)’ Following the release of their 2020 album ‘Dirt Mall’, a pandemic, a few lockdowns and then a much-needed dash for freedom on a UK tour with Snuff, Manchester...
Cut-throat and Camp: Scene Queen and Set It Off prove plastic is fantastic on new single ‘Barbie & Ken’
Come on Barbie let’s go party! — Scene Queen has returned with the playful and twisted new track ‘Barbie & Ken‘ out now via Hopeless Records and featuring none other than Punk trio Set It Off. Bubbly, bonkers and fitting...
Album Review: Andrew Combs – Sundays
Stripping things back to get to the heart of the matter works wonders on Andrew Combs’ meditative, melodic and melancholy Sundays, a collection of songs that invites you to sink into yourself while keeping an eye on the world, adding...
Pale Waves release provocative and raw new LP Unwanted
Pale Waves have returned with their fierce and deeply moving new album Unwanted, released on 12 August 2022 via Dirty Hit. Though shadowy subject matter is present throughout the album’s 13 tracks, it’s safe to say Unwanted is a record...