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Biffy Clyro - Futique (2025)

Having heard very few songs from Biffy Clyro, despite my mum listening to them a lot, I really enjoyed this record. Having had it as one of the records I wanted to listen to this year, I found it very enjoyable. It's consistent, goes by pretty quickly actually and also is just very fun to listen to.

I really am keen particularly on the opening and closing tracks, I believe 'A Little Love' with its pounding drums and darker sounding verses before the ... read more

Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (2025)

The Stereophonics are a band that have always been around for me, thanks to my mum, even though I haven't listened to a lot of them. I was well aware as a young child in the mid 2010's of their bigger songs like 'Dakota'. In the last couple years, I dived into some more hits by them plus their debut. But the day after a great concert from them in Birmingham, I've decided to review an ... read more

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
To be honest, completely on a whim, after deciding to listen to the newest Tame Impala record 'Deadbeat'. I decided to come back to this record, mainly from having heard 'The Less I Know the Better' and 'Let It Happen', to see what I thought. Was it better than 'Deadbeat'? Were any of the other songs apart from the ones I've heard any good?

Yes and Yes.

This album is brilliant and incredibly consistent. All my grudges ... read more

Tame Impala - Deadbeat (2025)

As someone who prior to this had heard 4 Tame Impala songs ('Elephant', 'The Less I Know The Better', 'Let It Happen' and 'Borderline'), I didn't have a clear idea on what this was going to be like, and how far removed it was going to be lyrically and sound wise to these songs. And after seeing the controversy surrounding this album, I was even more intrigued and decided to weigh in as part of a challenge to listen to a ... read more