In which the Brighton duo dig deep and mine the rich seam of lavish soundtrack and library music from the 1960s and 1970s to thrillingly louche and arresting effect. The Globeflower Masters Vol.1’is both a labour of love and a homage to a specific, gilded age of pop. Brighton musicians Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel’s rapturous LP is an embodiment of a certain … [Read more...] about Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel: The Globeflower Masters Vol.1
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The Dead Deads: Tell Your Girls It’s Alright – Review
The Dead Deads juxtapose sleek vocals with fierce energy in their new album Tell Your Girls It’s Alright. If there ever were a modern band that could get away with sounding old-school without seeming dated, it’s The Dead Deads – and what better song to give listeners a taste of what their new record Tell Your Girls It’s Alright is all about than the album opener Sea … [Read more...] about The Dead Deads: Tell Your Girls It’s Alright – Review
Lil Nas X: Montero – Album Review
With his debut studio album Montero, Lil Nas X proves that he isn’t stuck on the old town road. Montero Lamar Hill, better known as Lil Nas X, has had quite possibly one of the most meteoric rises to fame in the rap industry in the past decade, and it’s all thanks to his incredibly catchy chart-topping single Old Town Road, which got numerous remixes and was the lead … [Read more...] about Lil Nas X: Montero – Album Review
NCT 127: Sticker – Album Review
NCT 127’s latest work, Sticker, is a little more muddle than music. You either love it or hate it. NCT 127 can be very divisive. Their music has been likened – by fans and critics alike – to ‘razor noise’ and the kind of clashing and banging that comes from knocking ‘pots and pans’ together – Kitchen Beat, off their Japanese studio album Awaken, quite literally sounds like … [Read more...] about NCT 127: Sticker – Album Review
Mild High Club: Going Going Gone – Review
Mild High Club take listeners on an ambitious, genre traversing journey into modern psychedelia in their new album, Going Going Gone. The brainchild of Alex Brettin, the self-titled “bartender and resident selector” of the Mild High Club, Going Going Gone is a unique and unpredictable trip-pop experience. The album features an eclectic blend of genres, ranging from acid jazz … [Read more...] about Mild High Club: Going Going Gone – Review
Black Reuss: Metamorphosis – Review
Black Reuss provides raw and unfiltered heavy doom metal on the album, Metamorphosis. Liechtenstein-based doom metal artist Black Reuss, aka Maurizio Dottore, is not afraid to show off the fragility of emotions. His album Metamorphosis is exactly what it says on the tin: a slowly divulging record that ends with a complete transformation of energy. It’s more subtle than that, … [Read more...] about Black Reuss: Metamorphosis – Review