We open our six scorchers for this week with As The Moon Rests, the follow-up to London-based singer-songwriter A.A. Williams’s 2020 debut Forever Blue. That debut was a brilliantly dramatic, unique and intimate walk on the dark side that fused bold and smouldering hues of post-rock and post-classical: by turns glacial and volcanic, blissful and…
Our 6 summer sizzlers for 3 & 10 August start with James, who are releasing their 15th(!) studio album, Living In Extraordinary Times. As Tim Booth puts it: “We knew something was up when Leicester City won the league then Brexit, then Trump. It’s as if we’d slipped into an alternate reality, a Philip K Dick…
There are some truly belting new releases this week. First and foremost amongst them is Gretchen Peters’ absolutely stellar Blackbirds. It has been described as country noir, which perfectly captures it atmosphere. Do your ears a favour and get a copy! Note that the vinyl release has been delayed – of course we’ll have copies…