Seth Lakeman – A Pilgrim’s Tale: Album Review
“If you’ve never heard anything about The Mayflower and the birth of the modern USA, these words and music could be your primer.” The words of Seth Lakeman on A Pilgrim’s Tale. Out now on BMG.
Wrangler – A Situation: Album Review
A Situation by Wrangler – “a beautifully brooding set of ten songs that dials up the darkness.”
Steve Hadfield – Displacement Activity Volume 1: Album Review
Leeds based Steve Hadfield makes ambient, techno, and drone music. Displacement Activity is the first instalment of a set of releases planned for 2020.
Gill Landry – Skeleton at the Banquet: Album Review
Gill Landry – aka Frank Lemon – releases his fifth solo offering, Skeleton At The Banquet.
Delain – Apocalypse & Chill: Album Review
Delain return with Apocalypse & Chill that sees them upping their game once more in their unstoppable rise to the premier league of melodic and symphonic heavy rock.
Alex Rex – Andromeda: Album Review
Andromeda is the new album from former Trembling Bells man, Alex Rex. His third solo outing is an emotional trip that you need to submit too.
worriedaboutsatan – Crystalline: Album Review
worriedaboutsatan aka Gavin Miller, release their sixth album. It is full of warm tones and plenty of ambience.
Singles Round Up
Wrap your ears around a collection of singles from artists spanning indie, reggae, rap, darkwave, punk and folk.
The Muggs – Slave To Sound Volume 5: Album Review
The Muggs are a blues rock trio from Detroit, Michigan. Slave To Sound Volume 5 is another in a line of solid blues rock releases.
Eyelids – The Accidental Falls: Album Review
Fourth album from Eyelids – The Accidental Falls on Decor Records – combines the lush with the loud noise of refined rock and roll.
The Lone Bellow – Half Moon Light: Album Review
New album from The Lone Bellow – Half Moon Light on Dualtone Records – from the trio who hail from Brooklyn, New York.
Frigg – FRIXX: Album Review
Finnish folksters Frigg commemorate twenty years of music-making with a celebratory set of exuberant and evocative tunes.
Isobel Campbell – There Is No Other: Album Review
There Is No Other by former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell – “One of those albums you can enjoy whatever your mood is.”
Arborist – A Northern View: Album Review
Arborist’s second album, A Northern View, raises the question of Northern Ireland’s troubled perspective. Jon Kean provides the insight.
Helldown – In Death’s Hands: EP Review
Four track EP of stage favourites from Welsh thrash merchants Helldown.