New Music, New Ideas
Rare is it, in these times of year-long tours and prolonged recording periods, that an artist releases two albums in the same year. Rarer still, is it for them both to be of such undeniable, unbelievable quality. Without any prior warning, press interaction or disclosure of who Sault actually are, (Black Is) was released, likely…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Untitled (Black Is) & Untitled (Rise) – Sault
Following on from their enticing debut album Mantra Moderne last year, Kit Sebastian have returned with two even more alluring tracks, 'Ennui' and 'Abandoned'. Hosting influences from a multitude of styles and cultures, these new tracks further display the duo's capabilities in reinventing themselves and differentiating themselves from the crowd. 'Ennui' is a brooding tale…
Continue reading ➞ On Repeat | Ennui / Abandoned – Kit Sebastian
It's clear that, within the five years of recording, mixing and releasing this album, Fiona Apple has had a lot to ponder. Take even the most timid step into Fetch The Bolt Cutters and you'll be confronted with a colossal collection of thoughts and observations, some dark, some scathing, some utterly liberating. This is, after…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
If Punisher were to be simply defined, it would be through its experiments in emotion. Ruling each line, utterance and note is a troubled sense of conscientious recluse and isolation. If Bridgers' 2018 debut Stranger In The Alps was an inquisition into how we associate - or disassociate - ourselves from others, Punisher delves head…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers
Malose Malehela, co-director of the South African Keleketla! library and grassroots organisation, makes clear his intentions in a short documentary about this album. Gone are the days of white artists adopting the sounds of Africa with little regard or accreditation for the roots, culture and musicians who built them - instead, calling upon 90s electronic…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Keleketla! – Keleketla! & Coldcut
Served with a generous helping of discord and distortion, soloist Indoor Foxes' 'Peach Stone' holds a vibrant intricacy that acts as a separation from the wider pop-rock crowd. Combatting tones of flange and fuzz against a beautifully picked counterpart on the guitars establish the track's buoyancy, grounded by the vocals that combine the Celtic romanticism…
If 2020 has forced each and every one of us into a state of involuntary inertia, it seems to have only pushed Kelly Lee Owens courageously outwards, as demonstrated by one of this year's strongest releases Inner Song. Where her eponymous debut showcased an array of techno-focused and ambient-infused tracks, Inner Song has looked further…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Inner Song – Kelly Lee Owens
In the modern era of mass musical production, artists are fighting more and more to establish their difference from the crowd, a sense of individualism amongst the constant bubbling of new cultures and evolving genres. Emerging from the plethora of synth-driven pop are the transcendent tones of Byfyn (Ellie Isherwood) and her new EP In…
The Colour of Spring 