Tag: Album review

ALBUM: Carl Barat And The Jackals ‘Let It Reign’

Rating: ‘Glory Days’ as the opener to Carl Barat‘s latest LP, Let It Reign, is reminiscent of the blues of The Rolling Stones, coupled with an impassioned delivery á la Strummer. Barat is proud of this assault on your eardrums, you…

EP: Youth Club ‘Brothers’

Rating: With their first, self-released EP, Colours, having reached No. 7 in the iTunes download alternative charts, Essex-based alternative pop band Youth Club‘s follow up, Brothers, has high expectations. Drawing inspirations from “summer and all things colourful”, the EP boasts a very pre-summer/anticipating summer feeling,…

ALBUM: Joe Boyd ‘I Survive I’

Rating: Since his 2012 debut, Essex-based singer/songwriter Joe Boyd has been showing a class example of DIY music. First, he formed Agony & Ecstasy Records to release his LP, Totem, with which he immediately made a name for himself in the industry….

ALBUM: Kodaline ‘Coming Up For Air’

Rating: Kodaline, the Dublin-based rock quartet who have been compared to the likes of U2, Keane and Oasis, are set to release their second album, Coming Up For Air, following the success of their debut, In A Perfect World. With recording starting just after…

ALBUM: Pond ‘Man It Feels Like Space Again’

Rating: It’s been a while since I’ve been this excited about an album, and after listening to Pond‘s new record, Man It Feels like Space Again, a grand total of five times today, I’m officially addicted. The Australian psych-pop band…

ALBUM REVIEW: Jessie Ware ‘Tough Love’

Rating: South- Londoner Jessie Ware’s debut album Devotion was beloved by fans and critics alike back in 2012; two years later the expectation for her follow up is extremely high and leaves Jessie Ware in an extremely daunting position. However…

ALBUM REVIEW: Laura Moody ‘Acrobats’

If you haven’t yet heard of Laura Moody, Avant-Garde singer songwriter and Elysian Quartet cellist, then prepare yourself for some ear melting delight with the imminent release of her debut album Acrobats. Teasing listeners with 5 live video releases of…

ALBUM REVIEW: Black Strobe ‘Godforsaken Roads’

Rating: It seems that Arnaud Rebotini’s mind dwells simultaneously in two different dimensions. One is a monochrome futuristic world occupied by him and his vintage electro/techno machines, which we catch a glimpse of in his solo project carrying his name….

ALBUM REVIEW: ELEVANT ‘ELEVANT’

Rating: Psychedelic, post-punk and heavy rock is thrown full force at us in the shape of Elevant‘s eponymous debut album. Rather then rushing to eagerly tell us what they’re all about, Elevant have introduced themselves with a teasing element of…