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fireonthe_skin has written the following articles:
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters
They’ve got the vibe, and they’ve got the geometric gimmickry, but what of the actual songs?»
Ex Cops - Daggers
An altogether surprising record»
We Are The Ocean - Ark
The band’s press release makes repeated references to Led Zeppelin. Perhaps this is the kind of album that seminal band would make if they were releasing today. I can’t pay it a higher compliment than that.»
Rose Windows - Rose Windows
Rose Windows gives a sense of what might have been.»
We are the City - Violent
One of 2015’s better art-pop debut albums.»
Lower Dens - Escape from Evil
This is a bona fide pop album»
White Hills - Walks for Motorists
There are moments, more than a few of them on Walks for Motorists where the alchemy is programmed just perfectly and something happens.»
Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders
Feels like the birth of a truly important new act.»
Follakzoid - III
For you if you’re seeking a suite of songs to immerse, and ultimately to lose yourself in.»
The Staves - If I Was
Bon Iver and The Staves are a perfect combination»
Portico - Living Fields
The quartet is dead. Long live Portico.»
The Lone Bellow - Then Came the Morning
Even if you hate country, this is downright good music.»
Cold War Kids - Hold My Home
Cold War Kids are a band in control of their destiny.»
Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin
The full power and diversity of the live Ghostpoet experience is expanded and explored to the full»
Black Rivers - Black Rivers
This is a fine debut album.»
Jib Kidder - Teaspoon to the Ocean
Sean Schuster-Craig has realised a vision, whether we get it or not. It’s for us to get on his wavelength.»
Aqualung - 10 Futures
In one fell swoop, Matt Hales has shown that it is possible to have fun making an album. He has also shown that he, to put it crassly, is better at music than most other people.»
Francisco the Man - Loose Ends
Here is a band arriving with a fully-formed artistic statement.»
Gravenhurst - Flashlight Seasons/Black Holes in the Sand/Offerings
An ideal opportunity to experience something truly special.»
Ormonde - Cartographer/Explorer
One of 2014’s late contenders for album of the year»
Laura Moody - Acrobats
How about that then, a seven-song album of cello and vocal driven folk pop songs turns out to be amazing. Who’d have thought it?»
Meatbodies - Meatbodies
A debut album to surprise and delight.»
Bear's Den - Islands
A wholly satisfying, multi-layered folk-pop record which exhibits considerable promise.»
We Were Promised Jet Packs - Unravelling
Unravelling feels both like a menacing post-rock effort and an accessible collection of hook-laden songs.»
Marmozets - The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
If this is the kind of pop music we’re going to be stuck with for the next few months I’m all for it.»
Goat - Commune
The visceral power of Goat is inescapable.»
Imogen Heap - Sparks
There really isn’t a contemporary pop songwriter like her, and the music scene is all the better for her continued growth and unwillingness to conform to expected standards.»