Music Reviews

Sløtface are just about to release their third studio album 'Film Buff' via Propeller Recordings. Following on from 2020's 'Sorry For The Late Reply' and 2017's 'Try Not To Freak Out', the album release lines up perfectly with their upcoming UK tour. 

Eight years and several line-up changes later, US hardcore titans NAILS return with an unapologetically primal take on the band’s signature sound while introducing fresh ideas that push their artistic vision forward. Where some might say it doesn’t hit in the same way as their earlier material, ‘Every Bridge Burning’ finds newfound purpose in identifying different ways to inflict pain. A statement of intent from one of the scene’s legacy acts.

Spanish indie rockers Hinds released their fourth album 'VIVA HINDS' earlier this month via Lucky Number. Hailing from Madrid, Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote have a growing following in the UK and achieved international success, even though it has been four years since the release of their last album 'Prettiest Curse'.

In their most accessible release yet, Fontaines D.C. enters a new phase with their captivating fourth album, showcasing their most thoughtful and intricately crafted work to date. 'Romance' serves as an unreliable encyclopedia of love, exploring themes of sensuality, identity crisis, and ideological decay - all while finding solace in surrendering oneself into the unknown as long as their passion for love remains. A pop hook for a punk heart.

GRAMMY award-winning producer and engineer Sarah Tudzin recently released her third album, 'POWER', via Snack Shack Tracks (Tudzin’s own label) and Hopeless Records under the moniker illuminati hotties. Working as a producer alongside bands such as boygenius and Weyes Blood, Tudzin has gained a reputation as one of the best in the industry. Since the release of her 2018 debut album 'Kiss Yr Frenemies' she has grown in popularity, and now her fourth record will go a long way to cementing a place at the heart of the industry.

Equal parts ambitious and surprising, the debut album by Manchester progressive outfit Fate’s Hollow speaks to the promise of this quartet and their vision. Though they’ve got quite a ways to go in the industry, 'The Heir Apparition Part I: Broken Crowns' is a very good first step in the right direction, and everyone should keep an eye out for these guys in the future.

'Melodies of Atonement' offers a duality of heavy moments and soothing soundscapes that has become synonymous with the sound of Leprous over the course of the past few years. Though some might lament the lack of the symphonic elements highlighted across previous releases, this ninth album will ultimately be considered a step in the right direction by many, especially early fans of the band.

Hailing from Sacramento, California, Destroy Boys have unleashed their fourth studio album on Hopeless Records. This latest offering, 'Funeral Soundtrack #4', shows signs of maturity from a band that began making music ten years ago, when Alexia Roditis and Violet Mayugba were only fifteen years old.

After a turbulent year or so Yours Truly are back with their second album 'TOXIC', released under UNFD. Presented with a line-up change it was perhaps uncertain what the future would hold for the band, however as founding members Mikaila Delgado (vocals) and Teddie Winder-Haron (guitar) welcome drummer Henry Beard into the fold, they emerge with their best and most creative album yet. 

Two years after 'Nocturnal', Mothica returns with her most ambitious - and vulnerable - release yet: the cinematic 'Kissing Death'.