An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Drastic Park – Shelter The snobs will sniff at this note-perfect impression of Blink-182 (right down to the Ned’s Atomic Dustbin influences), but to hell with those posers. This is teeth-rattlingly good fun, a […]

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Totty – Fairies

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 1 March 2020

“In a scene that doesn’t usually reward nuance, Totty avoid the easy temptation of sugar-rich, high-velocity antics and instead serve up far more filling fare. Totty’s best moments have always been the subtle ones, and this is another high-water mark in their songwriting – it sounds like a cyclone coming in and it leaves a […]

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