English indie-pop four-piece Bastille show their worldbuilding skills on their fourth album, Give Me The Future. UK indie-pop chart-toppers Bastille return to the stage with their fourth album, Give Me The Future. Taking listeners on a journey from Thelma and Louise’s road trip, to the famous Club 57 of 80s New York, to a hospital in 2019 Australia, and bringing in … [Read more...] about Bastille: Give Me The Future – Review
AURORA: The Gods We Can Touch – Review
AURORA’s ethereal voice speaks on very human matters in her third album, The Gods We Can Touch. The cover art for AURORA’s third full-length studio album features a prismatic series of figures—a line of many AURORAs. A pioneer of avant-garde art pop, Norwegian singer, songwriter and performer Aurora Aksnes has shown many sides of herself to the public over the past few … [Read more...] about AURORA: The Gods We Can Touch – Review
Blood Red Shoes: GHOSTS ON TAPE
Brighton-formed alt-rock band Blood Red Shoes bring in the new year with a new album, and a brand-new sound to match. Laura Mary-Carter and Steven Ansell have spent seventeen years making music together. As the pandemic was redefining the world, they decided to redefine their image—their sixth album, GHOSTS ON TAPE, marks their darkest, most off-kilter release since Blood … [Read more...] about Blood Red Shoes: GHOSTS ON TAPE
Twin Atlantic: Transparency – Review
Sam McTrusty and Ross McNae take listeners on a lyrical rollercoaster with their latest full-length release, Transparency. After a decade and a half together—a period which has seen them release five full-length albums and a smorgasbord of singles and EPs—Glaswegian alt-rock band Twin Atlantic decided to take a long, hard look at themselves. (All two of themselves that are … [Read more...] about Twin Atlantic: Transparency – Review
ZOLA: The Kid – EP Review
In her sophomore EP The Kid, ZOLA shows that being a wallflower has its perks. Zola Johnson’s Bandcamp biography is made up of one humble request: “just don’t put me in a box”. Her latest EP The Kid resists any form of typecasting, with its fluid style, and lyrics that refuse to fall into the usual traps of pop and popularity. Known more commonly by her all-caps mononym … [Read more...] about ZOLA: The Kid – EP Review
Teen Daze: Interior – Review
Canadian electronic producer Teen Daze’s latest album, Interior, is club music made comfortable. British Columbia-based electronic producer Teen Daze has racked up an extensive discography since the release of his debut album, Four More Years, in 2010. After eleven years, and twenty-two albums and EPs to date, you might expect Teen Daze (or his music) to have become somewhat … [Read more...] about Teen Daze: Interior – Review