By Resonate | January 4, 2023
ALBUM REVIEW: Loyle Carner – hugo
Words by Jacob Dowdle The long-awaited third album by UK’s own Loyle Carner sees a departure from his usual smooth and relaxed flow, opting instead to hit us with a more dramatic sound. The urgency in his voice on tracks like Nobody Knows (Ladas Road) and Plastic reinforce the lyrics with vivid truth and pain […]
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By Resonate | December 20, 2022
ALBUM REVIEW: Melvins – Bad Mood Rising
Words by Kris Griffiths Quick to relinquish the acoustic melodies of 2021’s Five-Legged Dog, Bad Moon Rising oozes with viscous fuzz, gnarled hypnotic riffs and borderline schizophrenic verbiage. Moving seamlessly between the absurdist soundscapes of The Receiver and Empire State and softer and more structured refrains in It Won’t Or It Might, the album fully […]
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By Resonate | December 17, 2022
ALBUM REVIEW: PVA – BLUSH
Words by Finch Evans To misquote Steve Coogan’s Tony Wilson, “the histories of dance and indie music are a double helix when one movement is in its descendancy, the other is ascending” – yet in a double helix there are the moments in which the two strands collide. We’ve seen these collisions of ravers and […]
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By Resonate | December 14, 2022
ALBUM REVIEW: The 1975- Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Words by Eloise Kirton It’s been an entire decade since the notorious British band The 1975 first released their first music to the world. Since their Sex EP in 2012, which was later extended to make their self-titled number-one debut album The 1975, they have found colossal success on a global scale. Frontman Matty Healy […]
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By Resonate | December 14, 2022
ALBUM REVIEW: Easy Life – Maybe in Another Life
Words by Rosie With a lot to live up to after their breakthrough debut album Life’s a Beach, British five-piece Easy Life have released their sophomore offering, Maybe in Another Life. The group have found success by blending hip-hop and jazz, with help from lead vocalist Murray Matravers’ warm, Mac Miller-like tones. The record catches […]
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