MERCURY REV: lush jazz meets epic storytelling in their boldest release yet
Mercury Rev's Born Horses pairs lush jazz arrangements with spoken word vocals, creating a bold, introspective alt-rock experience.
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KELLY JONES abandons guitar rock for middling melancholy on INEVITABLE INCREDIBLE
Despite the Scandinavian setting, there’s no ice in the songs of Inevitable Incredible's veins from Stereophonics' Kelly Jones.
KAISER CHIEFS’ brand of hooligan pop is going stale on their eighth album
The meaningless roar of the Kaiser Chiefs reaches fever pitch on their latest album, creatively titled Easy Eighth Album.
PROTOMARTYR offer wise words for end times on FORMAL GROWTH IN THE DESERT
Dive into Protomartyr's Formal Growth In The Desert, an album that hauntingly reflects on human failings amidst the pandemic era while still offering a hopeful evolution.
JOSIE LONG’s debut book explores parenthood, pandemic, and the art of communication
Join comedian Josie Long for her debut novel, Because I Don't Know What You Mean And What You Don't, as she skillfully navigates the intertwined themes of parenthood, pandemic, and the struggle for effective communication.
Acclaimed Cornish director Mark Jenkin returns with haunting ENYS MEN soundtrack
Mark Jenkin’s score for Bait used a mix of drone, dialogue and ambient noise; now he returns with 1970s-set horror film Enys Men, and a new score to boot.
British comic wizard ALAN MOORE collects 40 years of prose in ILLUMINATIONS
Over three decades on from Pop Will Eat Itself telling us so, it’s still fair to say that Alan Moore knows the score.
LOLA KIRKE’s synth country experiment falls thumpingly flat
Whilst privilege doesn't equate to an absence of suffering, it certainly means you’ve got to be saying something worthwhile with your music. Unfortunately, Lola Kirke's Lady For Sale doesn't.
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