Category: Alt Rock

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Group Photos – 33RPM EP

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Manchester based Box Bedroom Rebels have collated a mix of tracks taken from Californian outfit Group Photos releases last year (Frequency, Open District) alongside some new (or previously unreleased?) recordings. The tracks are a mixture of dream/indiepop and alternative rock interspersed with snippets of instruments, electronica and droning sounds that works well, blending the tracks together nicely. Highlights are the 1980s tinged Infirmary and the high speed, jangling In The Morning that steadily increases the tempo before reaching its peak. It’s an impressive EP that doubles up as a great introduction to the band if you haven’t heard them before. … Continue reading Group Photos – 33RPM EP

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February Round Up #2

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And the round up is on day two…. Patrick Farrugia – Too Late Patrick Farrugia has been releasing music for a few years now and the two tracks on Too Late is the first I have heard from him. Both tracks are 1980s-inspired or in the case of Oblivion 100% inspired by New Order’s Age of Consent such are the similarities between the two. Not bad then! Sadly less said about Olympiad the better. I am left wondering if it’s actually by the same person. Very MOR. Just grab the first track. Facebook Crystal Eyes/Marlaena Moore – Radical Softness – … Continue reading February Round Up #2

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February Round Up #1

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Before I have had even time to blink I have racked almost a century of emails in my bandcamp folder. Time to wade through some of those tracks that are piling up! Leathers – Phantom Heart Leathers is the project of Shannon Hemmett who is also a member of Canadian post-punk band Actors. Phantom Heart mixes synth pop and dark wave to great effect. Facebook Sheer – Glimpse Glimpse is the first track in almost two years from Californians Sheer. It’s worth the wait as Glimpse is a laid back alt-rock track with lovely female vocals which betray the melancholic … Continue reading February Round Up #1

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The Records I Like Mix February 2019

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And the quality stuff keeps on coming so much so that I failed to meet my 15 track/less than an hour limit. Oh well… Enjoy! Full Track Listing Piroshka – What’s Next? 2nd single from the album Brickbat out now on Bella Union. True Sleeper – Heavy Life The current single out now. Chasms – Every Heaven In Between Track taken from the soon to be released The Mirage album. Fanclub – Swear Stand out track from the self titled EP. Monnone Alone – Do It Twice the 2nd taster single from the forthcoming Summer of the Mosquito album. Westkust … Continue reading The Records I Like Mix February 2019

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Foundlings – Enemy

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Londoners Foundlings gear up for next months debut self titled EP release with a track taken from said EP. Enemy is another faultless track that builds up slowly before jangling it’s way to it’s conclusion. It certainly bodes well for that EP. None of the bands previous tracks appear on the EP which can be pre-ordered from here. The EP will be launched at London’s Sebright Arms on 2nd March 2019. Tickets available from here. Facebook Continue reading Foundlings – Enemy