Tag: new album
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slowthai: UGLY album review – frenetic third from the vexed British artist
“People have told me I wasn’t good enough to do this.” What his recent project shows, is the true contrasting argument to this very statement. A compartmentalisation of agony and ecstasy, Tyron Frampton (coined as slowthai for his slow, slurred speech) captures an artful self-revelation and a complete purity to blind self-righteousness on unravelling UGLY.…
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Liam Gallagher: “C’MON YOU KNOW” – Your Album Review
R Kid delivers a no-nonsense third album with plenty of anthems ahead of Knebworth reunion. __________ After Gallagher’s follow-up Why Me? Why not in 2019, the result was was often a quiet and relaxing period without the Gallagher brothers causing a stir in the local. Then, when Gallagher appeared on something of a London barge…
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White Lies: “As I Try Not To Fall Apart” – Album Review
With an album and a tour to boot, White Lies are greasing the spokes again. While White Lies seemed briefly muzzled in eclectic songwriting from the the colossal debut, To Lose My Life… in 2009, to now in 2022, As I Try Not To Fall Apart is a righteous reckoning for those who thought White…
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Ed Sheeran: Is = Worth it?
It’s been a week since Sheeran’s fifth album, = and despite topping the charts with another Number One album of his, … but is it a worthy addition to his collection of mathematical symbols? Since his adolescent debut of + way back in 2010, Sheeran has become a quintessential pop legend throughout the decade. But…
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Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes: ‘Sticky’ album review – raw and energetic, Frank’s back
Unapologetically chaotic, ‘Sticky‘ is a pressure release sharing talks on the dirty and the depraved during lockdown. With accommodating – and somewhat feral – guests, enter Frank’s town … if you dare. Carter and Co are back with their fourth studio album out of the door. Where their last album, End of Suffering was an…
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