Thursday, March 28, 2024

Hozier Treats the Universe Once More with the ‘Unheard’ EP

Irish musician Hozier’s recent and unexpected EP release, ‘Unheard’, has been taking over the internet as fans rush to listen to the songs that did not make the cut on his ‘Unreal Unearth’ album in 2023. 

Hozier has noted that he started reading Dante’s Inferno during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and that he framed ‘Unreal Unearth’ around the themes of the novel and the concept of the nine circles of Hell. It is a retrospective look on society, his relationships, and the self. Hozier has provided that these unheard songs “might’ve made it to the circles of gluttony, limbo, violence, and the outward ‘ascent’ respectively” had they been on the original 2023 album.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Fletcher Serves A Tasty Antidote In Her Latest Album Release

'In Search For The Antidote' is an emotionally jam-packed album that explores Fletcher's mind and heart in coping with heartbreak, healing, and the rush of moving on - entirely full of vulnerability as she exposes her ups and downs. 

The latest pop album is an epic rush of unravelling as through the storytelling woven within each track, you can feel the pain, the highs, and the lows in a frenzy in the first six songs that hold the most representation of the complex relationship with moving on; the grief, relief, and bargaining hail loudly. 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Nottingham Noisemakers Return: DIVORCE's 'Gears' is a Raucous Alt-Country Riot

Nottingham alt-country band  DIVORCE comes back with 'Gears' - a track that blends twangy guitars with a grungy undercurrent. Fresh off touring with legends The Vaccines and Bombay Bicycle Club, the band continues to impress with their exploration of the messy in-between of youth and adulthood.

The track 'Gears' is an exhilarating and reassuring ride. The first paragraphs convey a picture of a hectic night, just avoiding danger "Thank the Lord I got back safe / The dogs were biting at my heels all the way down the home strait". The protagonist resigns himself to this being his "life now," a recurring theme throughout the song.

Ali Gilbert’s Return to the Limelight

If you’re an avid viewer of British music-themed reality TV shows then you might remember one called ‘Starstruck’, a short lived mash-up of ‘The X Factor’ with ‘Stars in Their Eyes’. 

For one brief moment, Tamworth singer songwriter Ali Gilbert was thrust into the limelight, having being selected for his home-grown talent and then forced to pretend to be someone else for the delectation of the viewing audience. 

A Beginning So Beautiful We Treasure Its End: Tapir Bring Their Musical Narrative To Manchester’s Yes Basement

Since the release of their album The Pilgrim, ‘Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain’, Tapir have continued to address the novelties of their folk-like mystique. 

Yet after witnessing their performance at Yes Basement, the guise of their DIY costumes was lifted to reveal the extraordinary charm that lies at the heart of their musical narrative.

After arriving in Manchester, I stepped into Yes from the midst of the city's cold air, and within seconds I noticed the sheer excitement on the faces of those who were attending the gig—an understanding, a quiet knowing that what we were about to witness would be something special.