Reviews
March 2014
3rd March
4 Stars
Eagulls - Eagulls
Brimming with angsty, pissed-off punk that gets all up in your face and demands to be heard repeatedly.
4 Stars
Real Estate - Atlas
‘Atlas’ is about the hours catching up on themselves.
7th March
4 Stars
MØ - No Mythologies To Follow
The equivalent of jumping round a bedroom and ending up in the stratosphere.
10th March
4 Stars
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing Of Everything
Elbow sound revitalised here with Garvey proving himself once more to be one of the most eloquent British songwriters around.
4 Stars
Johnny Foreigner - You Can Do Better
By album four most bands are getting tired. Johnny Foreigner sound more alive than ever.
4 Stars
LE1F - Hey
Not a single second feels wasted.
4 Stars
Metronomy - Love Letters
An album that could see them go stratospheric.
17th March
4 Stars
Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - Piano Ombre
Perhaps his current line up of Atlas Mountains have helped him peak.
4 Stars
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love
There’s no release from Perfect Pussy’s frighteningly tight grip.
4 Stars
Sisyphus - Sisyphus
Not a record concerned with beauty, despite frequently embracing it.
5 Stars
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
In short, ‘Night Time, My Time’ is stunning.
4 Stars
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Motorik Springsteen, if you will.
24th March
4 Stars
Future Islands - Singles
There remains no other band sounding remotely like Future Islands.
4 Stars
Liars - Mess
Cool, subtle and nonchalant is out. ‘Mess’ is in.
31st March
4 Stars
Band Of Skulls - Himalayan
Plenty of crunch, plenty of grind, lots of swinging hair and the odd moment of introspection.
4 Stars
Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
Relentless in the best possible way.
4 Stars
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
If ‘2’ saw in the party, ‘Salad Days’ is a first thing in the morning aftermath.
4 Stars
Oceaán - Oceaán
It’s a remarkably balanced release with so much ground covered in so few steps.
