But upon listening to Peck’s music, it’s clear that he’s not just playing a game. Yes, he has his rollicking, Garth Brooks-style anthems, but there are plenty of moments where queerness and solitude creep into his lyrics, while his music takes on a haunting, melancholic tone. As if a duet…
The Regrettes’ sophomore album – garage rock inspired How Do You Love? – was released in the second half of 2019, but for obvious reasons the following year meant a prolonged period of separation for the band. Finally reconvening, twelve months later and out in the Californian desert, Further Joy…
Not so different as to be unrecognisable however. Never Let Me Go is the band's eighth studio album, and whilst frontman Brian Molko's idiosyncratic vocal is welcomingly recognisable, the rest of the record offers up a refreshingly new take on their tried and tested brand of alt-rock. And well it…
On the Canadian punk band’s eponymous debut, he seethed over a girl: “How many times have you lied to my face? / I can’t confront you, it’s better that way.” Two and a half years later, he vented about his bandmates: “If this tour doesn’t kill you, then I will…
THUMPER’s debut Delusions of Grandeur is a roaring record that slaps you in the face. Referencing ultimate ego death, satirising being a “rockstar” and trying to figure out a quarter life crisis, they are a force to be reckoned with. An eclectic gallop through 10 tracks, the album is everything…
Touted from the start as being ones to watch, the five-piece have never quite been underdogs across the UK's ever-growing legion of post-punk bands. That said however, with early support from the likes of The Guardian, DIY and NME, there's always been a degree of pressure on the band to…
Whether that’s a deep love for the rap, rock and punk music that nurtured them, or a deep love for ripping up the blueprint and carving their own musical path, the New Jersey via L.A duo’s second album SKIN is the fully-fleshed sound of the outsider refusing to exist on…
He has Springsteen’s penchant for character-building and ‘80s pop prowess, but his muses aren’t down and out blue-collar workers. Rather, they’re sleazy hustlers, manipulative gaslighters, and lurid abusers. After the occasional glimpse of sincerity on Miami Memory, Cameron’s latest effort, Oxy Music, sees him recounting another set of desperate loners,…
Focusing on heartache and the self-destruction it can enable, Reeling walks us through a range of scenarios frequently resulting in emotional pain and grief, but does so in a dry and dark-humoured way which perfectly matches the dynamic and deep sound backing Lia Metcalfe’s stellar vocals. Such pains are easily…
Formed in Seattle but now located down in South Carolina, Band Of Horses has been largely made up of the core trio of Ben Bridwell (lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, keys), Rob Hampton (guitar, bass) and Creighton Barrett (drums and percussion) - who are here on Things Are Great, supported…
