Power pop blasts of complex feelings set to scuzzy guitar and juddering time signatures may not be anything new but this 2015 album from supergroup (yeah, we said supergroup) Upset has become a firm favourite with us, and remained a highlight of the genre. Artist: Upset Album: ’76 Label: Lauren Records Year of release: 2015 …
There is something about the changing season, as leaves colour their way toward falling and the morning’s freeze our breath into clouds, which makes orchestrated dreampop full of pastorals and a dose of melancholy the perfect soundtrack. Christians and Lions fit that bill pretty well with new release Young Familiar. Artist: Christians and Lions Album: …
There’s a lot of thinking being done (by me) at the moment about digital and analogue impacts on music, as a listener and (less so) as a musician. This thinking surfaced the need to hear again the Tell Me I Can Fix This On My Own album from Deerful, so here we are with a …
It’s a Tuesday in October. It has dawned in gloriously sharp blue edged with soft yellow but it is the sort of day where regrets could still ambush you at any moment. Warding off the threat with Turtle Taxi, the second album from the brilliant Suggested Friends, which was released last week. Artist: Suggested Friends …
Having had a reissue over the summer and about to be played in full on The Bluetones’ UK tour in November, we take another listen to their third album Science & Nature for our Monday morning Dawn Chorus. Artist: The Bluetones Album: Science & Nature Label: Mercury Year of release: 2000 Genre: Indie rock, alt-pop …
Following a trilogy of albums on the subject of grief musician Grawl!x – collaborating with Umbilica – has now turned their attention to exploring gender, feminism, and identity. Epicene: having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex. Not one for shying away from subjects so big and universal …
In our house Thursday is the hardest day…everyone is tired but the weekend still feels light years away, making it a slow-starting, introspective type of morning. The self-titled debut album from Broken Chanter is perfect for playing in solidarity before lifting us from our mire. Artist: Broken Chanter Album: Broken Chanter Label: Last Night From …
Weak autumn sunshine sidles past the clouds today and we let Evaporator, crystalline experimental electronica from collaborative project Haq, do the heavy lifting on keeping our midweek mood buoyant. Artist: Haq Album: Evaporator Label: Bearsuit Records Year of release: 2019 Genre: experimental electronica The internet, for the most part these days, is a despair-inducing sinkhole …
A beautifully blended album of styles from jazz to alt-rock in this latest release from Umbilica – Where the Land Meets the Ocean – our Dawn Chorus for Tuesday 1 October 2019. Artist: Umbilica Album: Where the Land Meets the Ocean Label: self-released Year of release: 2019 Genre: alt-rock, jazz-pop, folk-punk Stand still here, upon …
Silvi Wersing of Chorusgirl talks about being an introverted creative and how her inner world is important in her process as a songwriter and performer