“It’s been a while for Crane Games, but their glorious wonkiness and giddy, disoriented joy are as firmly in place as if they’d never been away ♻️”
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Crane Games – Garbage Man
Author: Alex Kirk
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CHEAP-SKATE – Demons
“With their latest madcap slice of pure fun, Cheap-Skate continue to sound like a band barrelling downhill with their eyes closed, waving madly and accidentally setting fire to stuff 🔥”
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LOSER – Only One
“The ballad-y one off your normal guitar album is often mawkish and duff, but Loser manage to squarely land this one, coming off grand and expansive despite the slower-than-their-usual pace 🕯️”
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Blow-ins – Billy Trip
“Standing on its hind legs with middle fingers raised on each hand, Blow-ins’ latest is a happy cacophony of good times, blown speakers, and injuries of unknown origin 💥”
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Abbey Frances @ Meraki, 12th Jan
“Abbey Frances are only a handful of gigs in but patently know their way around a song. This set is a series of twists and turns – not the one-note joke of many new bands, not one song rewritten a handful of times over, but a breadth and depth of thought and emotion at work […]
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Young Lions – Exit Plan
“Massive, yearning, and big-hearted, Young Lions’ new album is just stuffed full of tracks like this, ready to explode with noise and flame 💣’ “
“In a world that spends a lot of its time working out ways to hack its life to create a more ordered self, Dole Manchild instead just hacks it all apart with a chisel and a brick. Demented, unruly, and utterly utterly glorious 😝”
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The Derrys – Weekend
“One giant, sunny slab of ecstatic grinning, wlid primal yahoo-ing, and linked-arm jumping about. The weekend, bottled 🏖️”
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Streetlights – Rita
“Angular and twitchy, there’s a layer of infectious enthusiasm in here that leaves your forehead slightly feverish, and your dancing feet keen for kickoff 🕺”