Prelude to EcstasyAlbum by The Last Dinner PartyReleased 2 February 2024Indie RockProduced by James FordRating – 8.5/10 How The Last Dinner Party fuel ecstasy… – This is a rewrite of my review of The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude to Ecstasy. While I initially highlighted the hobbies and druthers that make the London quintet tick – […]
WEAlbum by Arcade FireReleased 6 May 2022Art RockLabel – ColumbiaRating – 6/10 – The influence of Arcade Fire’s Funeral remains. The Montreal group’s 2004 debut bred a delirious chamber-on-indie tone that lives in those making similarly lauded albums today, see Black Country, New Road. Darkness swelled through follow-up Neon Bible, via inscrutable mixes of digital […]
ImperaAlbum by GhostReleased 11 March 2022Hard RockProduced by Klas AhlundRating – 6/10 Ghost’s hardened classic rock schtick is tired but entertaining on Impera. – I like to think of Ghost as a better counterargument for the supposed death of rock than Greta Van Fleet. While the Swedish band borrows heavily from the classic rock they […]
God Is PartyingAlbum by Andrew W.K.Released 10 September 2021RockLabel – NapalmRating – 6.5/10 On ‘God Is Partying’, Andrew W.K. chugs with orchestral arrangements and heavy metal riffs… – Despite being somewhat of an introvert, I saw the worth in Andrew W.K’s ‘You’re Not Alone’; a magical, arena rock self-help party guide. The renowned partier, remembered […]
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