Tag: Art
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Q: “Soul, PRESENT” Album Review – Nostalgic reams of neo-soul
soul, present is A deep dive into the synthesizer-heavy sounds of the 80s’ – a world Q loves more than anything. The soul scoutsman has been marked. During the mist of lockdown, it started with Take Me Where Your Heart Is. A new frontier on 2020’s The Shave Experiment – made all the more successful…
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Comfort: “What’s Bad Enough?” Album Review – Punk has some newcomers
In an industry where playlists are king, and aesthetic rules, Comfort are not unconcerned with fitting in. As they thread the line between blistering punk, magnetising synth-lines and cathartic lyricism, Comfort have been an enforceed reckoning within Glasgow’s queer/punk scene. Rejecting the industry standards regarding how a song is supposed to be written, Comfort are…
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The National: “First Two Pages of Frankenstein” Album Review – Concise ninth with A-list roster
Reel back your 1818 text of everyone’s favourite monster – but this creation is more hopeful than a despairing one. The indie rock collectives’ ninth studio album was not an easy album to make. For the first time in their progressive journey of transient indie, it was the first time it ever felt like maybe…
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YOUR TWO ALBUMS TO LISTEN to this week!
14/04 – 21/04 GOGO PENGUIN: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY After a personally difficult period for the band, they found their way back by only what they knew – seeking solace in a studio. GoGo Penguin, a form of jazz for open minds, are back to winning ways with their new formation, Everything is…
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shame: Food For Worms album review – at their most chaotic…
Welcome to the underground. After the vitriol-loaded Songs of Praise in the back-end of 2018 and gleaming psychosocial of Drunk Tank Pink in the Summer of 2021, you wouldn’t think the South London quintet would have much left in their own tank – with Alphabet covering the extent of their creativity catalogue – but think…
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