New Music, New Ideas
Ants From Up There is an exhaustive, nostalgic testimony to the toll of love and dissolution To outside observers, Black Country New Road’s early trajectory might have seemed like an elaborate inside joke. The video to breakout single “Sunglasses” was comprised entirely of stills from go-pro footage found online, record deals from typical rock labels…
Continue reading ➞ Albums of the Year: Ants From Up There – Black Country, New Road
Check out the first episode of our new monthly podcast! Covering seven of our favourite albums of 2022, we discuss our favourite albums of 2022, ranging from the likes of Yaya Bey, Pan Daijing and Black Country, New Road. Listen on Spotify here: The Colour of Spring Podcast
LP.8 is a deconstruction of both electronic formula and Owens’ method itself.
Preceding the release of RTJ4, lead vocalist Killer Mike had given his now-lauded speech on the state of existence for black Americans and how they must "plot, plan, strategise, organise and mobilise" to overcome their oppression. Though even to the most apathetic of observers it's clear that he had wanted to say this for a…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | RTJ4 – Run The Jewels
Something powerfully carefree yet undeniably immediate exists within Nadine Shah's fourth album Kitchen Sink. Her previous LP Holiday Destination was a more combative detour through the ugly face of European politics during the refugee crisis - a more pronounced problem that required an overt anger and forcefulness in approach. However, Kitchen Sink sees a redirection…
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Many speak of a desire to detach themselves from the world, to get away from technocratic society and experience some form of romantic metaphysical freedom that appears the single greatest need within human and emotional permanence. Of course, for reasons usually material, this prospect is mostly never realised. However, after a prolific four years with…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | songs – Adrianne Lenker
Whatever stylistic descriptions can be broadly thrown at Future Nostalgia, of which there are many, it is perhaps simpler to state that this album, in its deep dive into the underbelly of 1980s aesthetic and culture, is a modern pop masterpiece. This isn't to suggest for a moment that we have an album that merely…
Continue reading ➞ Albums Of The Year | Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
There's a certain magnetism to the spoken drawls of Baxter Dury. Where his previous solo efforts explored minimum-effort singing, The Night Chancers sees him wholly embrace the conversational elements of communication. This reserve is the essence of the album - in addition to his vocal delivery, the blurred artwork with Dury looking blankly away from…
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The Colour of Spring 