Lawrence Arabia, the moniker chosen by Kiwi James Milne, returns with a fantastic new album entitled The Sparrow. Previous album Look Like A Fool hinted at a Beck esque approach in his low-fi production effects but underlying this was a…
Album | Firefly Burning – Lightships
Firefly Burning remind me of Dirty Projectors in their musicianship and clear intention to do genre-bending things; sparks of piano, strings, metallic gamelan percussion and choral voices make this album implacably weird. Their experiments don’t always come off; songs self-sabotage…
Album | Annie Dressner – Strangers Who Knew Each Other’s Names
Annie Dressner’s debut album begins with ‘Fly‘, the premise of which is familiar enough – young adulthood as a kind of flight – but it feels fresh. Her sound has the atmosphere of a teenage film, veering from poppy to…
EP | Al Lewis – Our Lines Remain
Following on from last year’s In The Wake, North Wales singer-songwriter Al Lewis is preparing for the release of the follow-up later this year and has delivered the first taste in the shape of Our Lines Remain, a lovely little…
Album | Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Angus Stone, the brother contingent of brother and sister duo Angus and Julia Stone, makes his return to solo-dom this summer, and a rather lovely return it is. Both of the Stone siblings started out as solo acts, using each…
Interview | Introducing House of Hats with video premiere for ‘This Love’
Brighton four-piece House of Hats are due to return with their second EP, Rivers Will Run, this September but their debut self-titled collection from last December isn’t done winning them new fans yet. The band have just released a new…