Tag Archives: emo
Among Giants – Back and Forth
Among Giants are exactly the sort of thing I’m trying to describe when I am talking to mates about forming a new band, lying somewhere between Osker (oh please get back together!), Interpol and Andrew Jackson Jihad on the musical … Continue reading
Southpaw – Stitches
The list of acts that Berkshire’s Southpaw cite as influences must be huge, as each individual song on this five-track EP is reminiscent of two or three different bands, with little overlap. They are clearly influenced by several emo and … Continue reading
La Dispute – Rooms of the House
I hope I don’t offend any La Dispute fans, but I find it hard to describe them as a real band in the typical sense. The band is all about vocalist Jordan Dreyer, their songs are more like stories set … Continue reading
Johnny Foreigner – You Can Do Better
Johnny Foreigner are one of those bands I’m almost certain I like. They’ve been recommended to me a bunch of times and I’ve enjoyed seeing them live, but I couldn’t really get into any of their albums bar a couple … Continue reading
The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There
‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’ might sound like what Yoda would say before tapping his ruby slippers together but, in this case at least, it is actually the title of a new release from The Hotelier. The album marks a … Continue reading
T-Shirt Weather / Losing Sleep – Split
Starting off this fantastic split record are Kingston’s Losing Sleep. Right from the off I was hooked on this band – reminiscent in different ways and in different places of The Get Up Kids, Hot Water Music (lyrically speaking) and … Continue reading
Darwin & The Dinosaur – Remus
Remus is the follow-up to last year’s Romelus from Norwich’s Darwin & The Dinosaur. I was eager to listen to D&TD after seeing they were playing with The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to … Continue reading
Lung Season – 2014
I started listening to the first track ‘Table 13’ as I read through the biography for Lung Season, a four-piece Scottish band blending punk, emo, drinking problems and blah blah blah, and quickly formed the impression that this band have … Continue reading
Compilation – Giantly Rad: Volume One (Giant MKT)
Free samplers are interesting little things to review. Firstly, as with all compilations, you have to try and judge a number of bands (in this case, 21) in the space of a few paragraphs and with just a single song … Continue reading
Moving Brooklyn – Intervals
Apparently, Connecticut pop punk/rock band Moving Brooklyn are set for big things in 2014, so let’s see why. For starters, their latest E.P, ‘Intervals’, was recorded and produced at the New York Nada Studios, where the likes of My Chemical … Continue reading
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