The latest missive from experimental art-pop connoisseur Meghan Remy eschews the avant-garde and continues a move towards slicker arrangements, razor-sharp tunefulness and piercing introspection. Heavy Light, the seventh U.S. Girls record and her second on the 4AD imprint, takes its pensive sonic cues from her pop-laced, ‘Hamlet’-referencing 2018 opus, In a Poem Unlimited, a … [Read more...] about U.S. Girls: Heavy Light – Album Review
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Proud Creature: Opening Creature – EP Review
Proud Creature creates intriguing and multi-layered ambient pieces that grow with each listen on new EP Opening Creature. Proud Creature aka Todd Brozman knows how to create appealing and dynamic atmospheres from just a few layers and soundscapes. New EP Opening Creature was created entirely in his small studio with the artist calling on piano, synths, percussion and field … [Read more...] about Proud Creature: Opening Creature – EP Review
The Orielles: Disco Volador – Review
Halifax’s finest purveyors of indie ear-candy, The Orielles, stretch out and expand their art-rock sound into dizzy dream-pop and giddy space-funk textures on their magisterial second album, Disco Volador. On their vivid, buzz-generating 2018 calling-card, Silver Dollar Moment, West Yorkshire’s The Orielles honed a refreshingly idiosyncratic and expansive take on those … [Read more...] about The Orielles: Disco Volador – Review
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Blue Moon Rising – EP Review
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds return with their first EP of 2020, featuring a mix of dance-tinged sounds and classic atmospheres from earlier solo work. At times Noel appears stuck in limbo. He tries something new with his music but can also feel like he’s holding back, too nervous to really throw himself into a new sound. New EP Blue Moon Rising manages once again to … [Read more...] about Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Blue Moon Rising – EP Review
The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
Put down your Amaretto cherryades, The Jaded Hearts Club are here to hotwire the weekend with new single Nobody But Me. The Jaded Hearts Club comprises 3 huge British rock icons (Matt Bellamy of Muse, Graham Coxon of Blur and Miles Kane of...Miles Kane), and 3 random American blokes. Kitted out all in black, with leather jackets and classic Gretsch guitars, the band … [Read more...] about The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
José James: No Beginning No End 2 – Review
José James has spent a decade honing his craft and defining his musical voice. With his latest release, No Beginning No End 2, James pays homage to a multitude of his inspirations, whilst collaborating with a large handful of other musicians. I Need Your Love opens the album with an arpeggiated acoustic guitar and subtle horns (the latter is performed magnificently), before … [Read more...] about José James: No Beginning No End 2 – Review