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Author: Alex Kirk
Georgia June’s swaggering musical confidence is always an instant pleasure, but when coupled with the vulnerability of lyrics like this, they’re just transcendent. Tub-thumping rhythms lay the groundwork for that immense vocal to soar and fill the room, but its theme is of confidence dented and emotions fractured. This latest from them might stomp around […]
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SoSo – Skywriter
One of the many victims of the pandemic was SoSo’s debut gig, which – for a live debut! – had already sold out before it was covid-cancelled. This still annoys me, and it annoys me even more every time I hear a new track from them, because this band have absolutely got their engines revved […]
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NOCON – Hoax
If NOCON’s debut was a statement of intent, the anti-pop of ‘Hoax’ is a demonstration of their breadth. Here, the aggression is dialled down while leaving the avant-garde fully intact, leaving you with a hypnotic little charmer, its spiralling eyes drawing you into a world that is equally as soothing as it is carnival-clown strange.
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EGOISM – Here’s The Thing
EGOISM’s woozy dream-pop takes a wearier turn here, with a new track that’s as delightful as it is depressed. The guitars are still sparse and sparkle like lens flares, but the lyrics & vocals are considerably more weathered. Melodic refrains recur from previous single ‘You You’ (literally the same “you-oo-oo”), and the contrasting registers are […]
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OK Hotel – Life Is Crazy (Like That)
Proving that their first track was no fluke, this follow-up from OK Hotel is just more proof of this outfit’s ready-to-eat status. This is a more pensive, even plaintive, record than their debut but it’s still got a song at its heart the size of a damn jumbo jet, and is another precision strike that […]
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Agnes Manners – Forest Swing
I just can’t take my eyes of this project. If you’re new to this, Agnes Manners (again, HOW GOOD is that name!) is the new muscial scheme for the ex-Hellions Matt Gravolin. We’ve had a fistful of tracks so far – with an album imminent – and the whole thing has been nothing short of […]
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Department. – New Crave
This thoroughly distorted slab of a song may hint at being an exercise in lo-fi noise, but there is so much more going on here, as if Japanther wrote ‘New York City Cops’ – as roughly as it’s been cut, this is hyper-sharp songwriting, guaranteed to draw blood. The drawling vocal! The searing guitars! The […]
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Jackmann – 3-6-27
A disposable culture based on short-term sugar hits is always surprised by work that requires time and depth. Rolling in to shake the ground like a thundering bank of stormclouds, Taken from his ‘Low Key’ album, ‘3-6-27’ is the sort of track to jerk anyone out of their complacent modern stupor. Anyone who can take […]