2018 - Apathy & Exhaustion

Freak Genes – Qwak Qwak LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)

May 4, 2018 Tony Maher Uncategorized

As far as I can tell, Freak Genes are a duo from Manchester; a collaboration between Charlie Murphy and Andrew Anderson. The two have played

Conjurer – Mire (Holy Roar, 2018)

May 3, 2018 Matt Dean Record Review

Conjurer’s debut full length Mire is menacing from the moment the first chord is struck. The record’s opening track Choke plays out with a huge

April 7in & EP round-up (part 2)

May 1, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

itoldyouiwouldeatyou –Get Terrified 7in (Alcopop Records / Failure By Design, 2018) ITYIWEY are described as a “UK indie-punk / emo collective”, and they are from

Fashionism – Come on My Baby 7in & Smash Singles LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)

April 30, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Juice at Drunken Sailor has delivered another couple of superbly tart slices of Canadian power pop, here. Fashionism hail from Vancouver and feature members of

Echo Collective – Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac (7K! Records, 2018)

April 26, 2018 Ian Breen Record Review

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that “Amnesiac” is an important record that feels almost as classic and downright seminal as its direct

FACS – Negative Houses (Trouble in Mind, 2018)

April 25, 2018 Ian Breen Record Review

FACS hail from Chicago and formed in 2017, although listening to their debut album “Negative Houses” you could be forgiven for thinking that you were

Forbidden Seasons – Promise (This is Core, 2018)

April 24, 2018 Dan Hallam Record Review

Here we go again with the European metalcore. This time round we have Forbidden Seasons, hailing from Turin, Italy. Formed back in 2015, they are

The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz EP (Plasterer / A World We Never Made, 2018)

April 23, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

I get homesick relatively often. It’s usually mild, and can result in a wide variety of questionable viewing and listening choices. Something pretty effective at

Pennywise – Never Gonna Die (Epitaph, 2018)

April 20, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Well, well, well. It’s safe to say I wasn’t expecting this. I’ve talked before on this blog / webzine about how one of the first

Wonk Unit – Terror (Plasterer Records, 2018)

April 19, 2018 Tony Maher Interview, Record Review

Those of you that are unfortunate enough to be regular readers of the hallowed pages of Apathy and Exhaustion will doubtless remember my review of