May 16: Week 20 of the year. Big names this week: Arm’s Length, Ezra Furman, The Callous Daoboys, Alexandra Savior and new contenders 100%WET.
There’s a Whole World Out There
Arm’s Length
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: For a project that once was a mere catharsis exercise, the band finally release their second record to their now devoted following, “There’s a Whole World Out There” – a bursting self-reflective feeling of dealing with parts of your life that have been and gone. Powerful and equally devastating, Arm’s Length new number is a contributing example in which another band breaks the sophomore album curse.
Read the full review here.
Goodbye Small Head
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman reaffirms her position as truly unique voice in music with seventh record release, Goodbye Small Head. An exemplar in pushing boundaries and genre definitively, Ezra is not just your usual-run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter making up the numbers – she is a cultivator of emotional honesty dowsed in vibrant melody. It’s Alternative Pride at its finest – sleazy opener of Grand Mal, quirky Power of the Moon and Slow Burn all show different shades to an ever-expanding palette of colour.
I Don’t Want to see you in Heaven
The Callous Daoboys
Music is a sport. And for The Callous Daoboys, it’s a metal marathon for full-volume lovers to really salivate over. A perfectly unique math-core thrill-ride befitting for Dillinger Escape Plan fans, I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven gives even the mightiest heavy metal bands a run for the money with its diverse make up and soundscapes. The usual hard-hitters of Two-Headed Trout and Lemon are emphatic in their own right, wire-on-wire guitar pangs are slammed together with devastating impact. Then you’ve got the ending on this album, which is confounding in every possible way. Not expected at all. A real treat.
Beneath the Lilypad
Alexandra Savior
A delicately woven record enumerating artistic identity, Alexandra Savior’s Beneath the Lilypad is a time capsule worth any old and new intriguer to lean in and listen to. Beautifully tender with those lush orchestrations, it’s main groundwork is Savior’s voice – avoice one of pain and wonderment all the same.
100%Wet
100%Wet
My hidden gem pick this week is your new flavour of the week. 100%WET are a Nordic Hypergaze duo and this is their debut album which goes by the same name. Accosted by every individual publication going, 100%WET are very much the talk of the town at the moment. Lay it down in your queue and see if the fuss stacks up.
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