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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Hummer – Budweiser & Butter EP (Horn & Hoof, 2018)
Hummer are a fantastic melodic punk trio from Warrington. Yes, Warrington, the celebrated North Western hotbed of concrete and roundabouts. Location of Gulliver’s World and
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Only Strangers – s/t (Horn & Hoof, 2018)
For my money, this self titled record from Stoke on Trent’s Only Strangers is hands down the best release Manchester based label Horn & Hoof
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The Dopamines – Tales of Interest (Plasterer Records / Rad Girlfriend Records)
First off, The Dopamines are incredible. I will accept no arguments. Word. I tell thee. Yo. However, given they’ve been around for over 10 years,
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Don Blake – Blake District (Round Dog Records, 2017)
Don Blake hail from Bolton, Lancashire, and are the latest in a line of bands Joe Barlow has been involved with, that are named after
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Jared Grabb – Masters (So Say We All Records / Thinker Thought Records, 2017)
When I got this in my inbox, I was thinking “Who?”, and the likelihood is most of you reading this will be too. Jared, prior
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The Cut Ups – The Nerves (Banquet Records, 2016)
This one I’ll admit happened quite by chance. I was put in touch with Jon Curtis. I’d heard of The Cut Ups before, (which is
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Arms Aloft – What A time To Be Barely Alive (Red Scare Industries, 2016)
I’ve been hearing great things whispered about these guys for a couple of years now, but for some reason I never got around to checking
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Woah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers: part 3
So this is the third installment of this series. So I thought that I would lay bare my soul and/or inner depths of my rotten
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Great Apes – California Heart (Asian Man Records, 2016)
Well, what can I say, other than Mike Park at Asian Man is on a total roll at the moment, with yet another great release.
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