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"Brother, did you know that Tame Impala is just one guy"

Exploring the little moments that give our relationships meaning, and the experiences of trying to pin down a stable life as a queer person, Anniversary is an emotionally turbulent, yet sentimental listen. Plot Of Land proves a raging rockabilly piece about carving out a place in the world. “We’re gonna finally get planted and grow on this planet too”, Adeem sings on the penultimate anthem, their distinctive southern accent ringing out with the excitement of finally finding ... read more

A sense a capriciousness pervades Pink Balloons – a debut which vividly contrasts wailing distortion, with an immediacy in the compositions. The deliberately off-kilter musicianship and confrontational poetics exist to mock the evasion, or worse, utter contempt granted towards anyone perceived as “abnormal” in their sexual or gender expression. The DC outfit have declared before how they make music for people who are suffering, which you can hear in the collision of the ... read more

Remi Wolf felt strangely overlooked within the BRAT summer movement, despite releasing one of the most fantastic pop albums in a year that signalled the return of bright, optimistic pop to the mainstream. The album is aptly titled too – Big Ideas see’s Remi taking the genre crossovers of her debut, and committing to them! This ambitious approach allows a song like Wave to lull and charm the listener with relaxing reggae-inspired textures before exploding with a thunderclap of ... read more