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Matt and Bubba Kadane purely and surely firmed that their melancholic songwriting reverberated into my skull as a comfort album on my rotation.
Yet, interestingly - nobody said this record was depressing.
Nobody probably even thinks so.
Just because a record is slow and littered with grief, does it have to imply a depressing listen?
Shit, well, it does sound it. Oops.
But Beheaded disproves this theory.
The band's chemistry is so intimate and genuine that there is so much room to breathe. ... read more

My dear, dear, dear friend Jacob has a sister in the wonderful thus-far Brighton-based Jeff Ubetcha, in which the magnificent she is in the throes of the so-so said marmite BN1 Post-Hardcore scene.
Prom was his go-to, and having heard their fan-favourite Private Room, with its brilliantly simple riff, colossal ending and excellent clean/harsh vocals, I knew I HAD to stick around and listen to their debut, From the Wayside, sooner or later...
I'm so impressed.
Vocalists Alessandro and Jack ... read more

I've always known how purely seminal Have Heart and specifically the all-time history teacher Pat Flynn are to the straight edge community (I'll join you guys soon. I promise), but I never really heard the "punk tinge" proclaimed upon Songs to Scream at the Sun.
Well, at first, I wasn't even sure if I liked it all too much! - I, briefly, heard elements of Metalcore rhythm influence which alienated me - I really,
really,
really
do not appreciate any Metalcore ... read more

Paul Draper is an incredible fucking writer.
His chord progressions, witty lyrics and colossal vocal melodies are some of the most impressive anomalies in all of the Britpop movement - his writing on Attack of the Grey Lantern is no exception.
Equally, there is a reason why this album stayed on my rotation for nearly four months; emptiness.
Emptiness through shitty production, painfully dated soundscapes and some dumb ass choices in the studio so minute and petty yet crappy that I spent most of ... read more