The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if you
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Mom Jeans – Puppy Love (Counter Intuitive Records / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)
As the truest measure possible of how irreversibly un-cool I’ve become, now that I’m a proper adult with a kid and everything, I was totally
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Retirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)
When I was asked if I wanted to review this, I was intrigued by the promotional blurb. Themes of anxieties around growing older, struggles with
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April 7in & EP round-up (part 2)
itoldyouiwouldeatyou –Get Terrified 7in (Alcopop Records / Failure By Design, 2018) ITYIWEY are described as a “UK indie-punk / emo collective”, and they are from
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Lemuria – Recreational Hate (Asian Man records / Turbo Worldwide, 2017)
I’ll be honest – this one slipped under the radar. It totally slipped by untracked at the tail end of 2017. I suppose by way
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Burrowing – s/t (self-released, 2017)
Sometimes you know people for years, don’t really speak to them for a while, and in the intermittent period, you somehow forget quite how talented
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Vasudeva – No Clearance (Skeletal Lightning, 2017)
Here’s some info about me – I spent over ten years as a multi-instrumentalist in an instrumental band. The most frustrating aspect was being given
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The Fairweather Band – Meow (Specialist Subject, 2016)
The Fairweather Band (TFB) are completely new to me, I’ll level with you. This album, Meow, is their debut album, which came out earlier this
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PUP – The Dream Is Over (Side One Dummy / Royal Mountain Records, 2016)
First off, apologies for the short delay in getting this written. Secondly, props to my man Alex Phelan for putting me on to this band,
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