Review

Wax Moon bring together a delightful and mature folk-laden sound that soothes the soul on new album Hello Morning.  Indie-folk duo Wax Moon (Paul Kimball and John Blatchford) really know how to write a well-structured song. Their debut album Hello Morning is a testament to this, drawing on their years of writing together to build a settled yet impactful sound held together … [Read more...] about Wax Moon: Hello Morning – Review

K4LT creates an ever-changing dark and atmospheric sound that builds and drops mercilessly on new EP, Endgame. Alt-desktop doom artist K4LT (spoken “Kalt", German for "cold") really knows how to live and die by the sword. Content to create an almost new genre out of the odds and ends of others, his new, moody EP Endgame really encapsulates his unique style. Drawing on … [Read more...] about K4LT: Endgame – EP Review

To release their debut album in two halves is testament to BSÍ and their maverick approach to making music. This comes alive throughout Sometimes depressed...but always anti-fascist. The Icelandic duo, Silla Thorarensen and Julius Pollux Rothlaender, formed BSÍ as two best friends, both experimenting with instruments they didn’t know how to play. A little uncustomary to say … [Read more...] about BSÍ: Sometimes depressed…but always anti-fascist – Review

Billie Marten releases new album Flora Fauna and it's one that is pleasant, albeit lacking in some places. With strident basslines coupled with Billie Marten’s muted vocals, Flora Fauna is an interesting attempt at conveying the sense of total reinvention that Marten aims to do within this album. She says of the record: “I wasn't really treating myself very well – I wasn't … [Read more...] about Billie Marten: Flora Fauna – Review

Echo Us take the listener on a slowly unravelling journey of ethereal loveliness on album The Windsong Spires. Portland-based ambient progressive rock project Echo Us know how to get in your head and never leave. Fronted by Ethan Matthews’ the subtle flows and heightened builds ups dance through your senses and refuse to leave, in a good way. New album The Windsong Spires … [Read more...] about Echo Us: The Windsong Spires – Review

Striking whilst the iron’s hot – Cirith Ungol capitalise masterfully with Half Past Human, an EP for the ages.  There was much speculation that arose around Cirith Ungol when the band announced what would have been their first album in over 30 years, with 2020’s Forever Black. Well, far be it from them to cease whilst the wheels are greased, as just a year later, and Ungol … [Read more...] about Cirith Ungol: Half Past Human – EP Review