The Ridges call their music “orchestral folk rock”, and they’d very much like you to believe that that’s true. The opening track on their self-titled mini-album (as an aside, what makes a five track mini-album different to an EP? Answers…
Category: Records
Singles round-up | Joker’s Daughter, Dog is Dead, Let’s Buy Happiness, Urusen
Let’s Buy Happiness – Dirty Lakes After their ethereal debut with the single Six Wolves and its enchanting B side, Wood Rings, and their chirpy, rhythmic follow-up Fast Fast,, Let’s Buy Happiness have chosen to combine the two sounds for…
Kill It Kid – Feet Fall Heavy
I’ll admit I’ve had a habit, purely on the basis of their name, of getting Kill It Kid confused with To Kill A King. Talk of killing things starting with ‘k’ and links to Communion Records were enough to leave…
Album | Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
If you weren’t lucky enough to be part of one of the many festival crowds Ben Howard has been thrilling this summer, within the first listen of Every Kingdom you’ll be transported to a (briefly) warm Friday afternoon in the…
Album | Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
Misery and melody- successfully mixing both is arguably the most important part of any indie pop song. Too many sugary harmonies will rot your ears, but lay on too much gloom instead of tune and you’re left with a bad…
Album | Wilco – The Whole Love
Wilco know us too well. They know what questions we’re asking as we slot the Whole Love into the cd player. Chief among them is, as ever, ‘what kind of band are Wilco this time?’. After the killer one-two that…
Singles Round-up | Dent May, Ben Howard, Kyla La Grange, Louise and The Pins, Elephant Stone, Alex Winston, Sparrow & The Workshop
Hello readers! We have a whole bundle of singles to rattle through. To begin at the beginning, Dent May is a very cheerful sort of person. A bit manically happy, but if you like ‘Fun’ and weddings (or fun weddings?)…
Album | Anna Elias & The Forlorn Hope – The Valleys in the Flatlands
Formerly of Bodixa, Leeds songstress Anna Elias is connecting more fully with folk roots in this new project, which features husband Harvey as well as such luminaries of the UK folk scene as Karine Polwart and Saul Rose and even…
Album | WATERS – Out In The Light
“Oh my God, I found I was a free man out on the road” exclaims Van Pierszalowski over the raucous opening lines of his new project WATERS’ debut album. Port O’Brien is dead, and from what we’ve heard, it was…
Album | Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
With over a decade of experience and five other albums under their belt, Blitzen Trapper proved their worth long before creating new album American Goldwing. This of course means that they also have a reputation to uphold, particularly after failing…