Another Green World: Haunted – Another Green World’s Haunted resembles ’80s pop blended into an ambient tempo. Each synthesized beat is strategically arranged to complement each other and does not fail in providing a sense of serenity. Each track manifests the use of drum machines and synthesizers, alluding to the ’80s pop genre, but Haunted is unique [...]
Laura Marling: Once I Was An Eagle — Laura Marling surfaced on the British indie music scene at the tender age of sixteen in 2007 and released her debut album, Alas I Cannot Swim at only eighteen. Now, at twenty-three, Marling releases Once I Was An Eagle, a polished and aspiring guitar-strumming folk album. Beautifully [...]
Human Human: Human Human EP — In picking out what to review this week, I decided I wanted something to ride my bike to, something to keep me energized while cruising around the suburbs on my old two wheels, nothing too cerebral or crazy. I found Human Human’s new self-titled EP, the band’s first official [...]
It’s no secret that we loved Soft Lighting‘s Portraits. I like to think that we don’t hand out perfect scores on a whim around here unless we’re utterly amazed on multiple different levels. While there were many songs on Portraits that I loved, one spoke to me in particular: ‘Dangerous’. From the first, tense moments [...]
A Grave With No Name: Whirlpool — If there were a collection of most depressing band names, there’s no doubt A Grave With No Name would be in the top five. As gloomy, melancholic and okay I’ll say it, ‘grave’ as this London-based band name reads, the new album, Whirlpool is nothing to mope about. [...]