FUR combines introspective, poetic lyrics with a plethora of upbeat melodies in their debut album When You Walk Away – a record that dresses up minor feelings in a major key. ‘All of my life / all the people in my mind / were always so much better than I / could ever be if I tried / I've always dreamed of being / anybody else but me.’ Have a read of the above lyrics. … [Read more...] about FUR – When You Walk Away: Review
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Logic1000: In The Sweetness Of You – Review
Berlin-based producer Logic1000’s latest EP shows that repetition doesn’t have to be repetitive. Berlin-based producer Logic1000 cements her style with her newest genre-fusing EP, In The Sweetness Of You, which brings forward the affinity for repeated loops from her self-titled 2019 release, Logic1000, with less of its experimental sound. There’s not much of a need to … [Read more...] about Logic1000: In The Sweetness Of You – Review
Arlo Parks Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Review
Arlo Parks holds 2,000 people transfixed with her simplicity, sincerity, and soulfulness. Since the release of her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, in January, Arlo Parks has shot off like a rocket. She was nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best British Female Solo Artist’ and took home the ‘Best New Artist’ at this year’s BRIT Awards, as well as the coveted Hyundai … [Read more...] about Arlo Parks Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Review
Tawni Bias: SEL Fellow – Album Review
Tawni Bias creates a beautiful world you’ll want to come back to again and again on the album SEL Fellow. Calgary-based indie-alt musician and producer Tawni Bias has really managed to realise a dreamy yet playful sound on the new record, SEL Fellow. Featuring a perfect combination of settled flows and, at times, vocal playfulness, the record managed to feel both serene yet … [Read more...] about Tawni Bias: SEL Fellow – Album Review
Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review
The gifted Mancunian trumpeter, polymath and bandleader plunders his gorgeous 2020 opus, Salute To The Sun, and revisits a smattering of old favourites in a sensational, stirring and sublime evening of cosmically infused jazz exploration. Whether as composer, producer, label founder, trumpeter or mentor, Matthew Halsall has become a venerable mainstay of the British jazz … [Read more...] about Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review
ABBA: Voyage – Album Review
After not putting out any material for forty years, revolutionary Swedish pop group ABBA have returned with one last, beautifully moving album in the form of Voyage. Growing up with a mother that absolutely adored ABBA as a young adult back when they were the number one pop group ever, I inevitably heard a ton of their music all throughout my life, and in my opinion, … [Read more...] about ABBA: Voyage – Album Review