The first thought regarding this record is that In The Fullness of Time is the result of a classy operation. It sounds like a band not just in love with Neil Young at his peak but able to turn that…
Album | Goodnight Lenin – In The Fullness of Time
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Album | While No One Was Looking – Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records
Twenty years ago, Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller and Eric Babcock founded a roots, indie and punk rock record label in Chicago, self-funding a debut compilation release featuring artists from clubs and independent labels around the city. The booming country scene…
Album | Paul Smith and Peter Brewis – Frozen by Sight
The two north-east musicians, best known for their respective work with Maxïmo Park and Field Music, offer up an unusual departure with a project based on Smith’s travel writing. Originally commissioned for, and performed at, the 2013 Festival of the…
Album | Frazey Ford – Indian Ocean
It is so refreshing to be blown away by an artist who, previous to this record, had been unknown to this writer, and especially with a record as strong as Indian Ocean, which over the course of its 40 minutes…
Album | The Barr Brothers – Sleeping Operator
Gather round close. The warm glow of the Barr Brothers’ long-awaited second LP burns like the family room fireplace. Three years in the making, Sleeping Operator is a meticulously prepared piece of art, an hour-long meditation which can transport you…
Album | We Are The Willows – Picture (Portrait)
We Are The Willows’ second long-player starts sweetly enough, and retains that sense of lovable wonder for its entire duration. This six-piece, who flit between guitar and string sounds while interchanging vocal duties, produce pop-folk with a dash of classic.…
Album | Violet Woods – Violet Woods | Listen now
Violet Woods by Violet Woods Violet Woods’ debut effortlessly bursts from the blocks. The jangly sixties-style lead guitar and dreamy lead vocals are an immediate step back in time – into a mystery land. Opener ‘Electric Fascination’ is a little…
Album | Laura Moody – Acrobats
The clarity of Laura Moody’s debut album record is stunning. A lady and her cello – she sings, she plucks, she caresses the strings with heavenly love from her bow, through her arms and body the two are lovers. It’s…
Album | French For Rabbits – Spirits | Listen now
Spirits by French for rabbits Several things are obvious over the course of French For Rabbits’ debut record. It’s a lovely little thing that shows off the ethereal/dreamy vocals of the lead singer Brooke and the multi-faceted skills of the…
Album | Greylag – Greylag
Greylag’s debut album knows its influences and wears them on its sleeve. Hailing from Portland, Oregon the band has a love of some of the most prominent American melodic guitar based pop folk, both old and new. This first record…