Album Reviews: Smiles Becoming Teeth

Artist – Jukebox Monkey Album: Smiles Becoming Teeth Record Label: Release Date: July 28th 2023 Jukebox Monkey are an alternative grunge outfit first formed in 2010 in Kent, UK. Defined by their monolithic foot-stomping sound that has evolved to combine the expansive low-end power of desert rock, with the heavy groove of southern sludgy metal

Album Reviews: Hiraeth

Artist – Dayshifter Album: Hireath Record Label: Famined Records Release Date: June 8th, 2023 Newcastle-based melodic hardcore five-piece Dayshifter recently dropped their debut studio album ‘Hiraeth’ on June 8th 2023. The album focuses on themes of mental health, depression and anxiety, throughout are references to love, loss, death and the places your mind goes in

Album Reviews: Black Heart

Artist – Palps Album: Black Heart Record Label: Unsigned Release Date: October 7th, 2022 Essex-based rock four-piece Palps have released their debut album ‘Black Heart’. Produced, mixed and mastered with Jack Twiner at Pyramid Studios in Reading. Their eight-track album is a harrowing eight-chapter short story which highlights the daily struggles of someone navigating their

Album Reviews: In A Dark Heart We Trust

Artist – Pressure Album: In A Dark Heart We Trust Record Label: Xing Records Release Date: June 3, 2022 Swedish melodic rock/metal band Pressure are back with their latest album ‘In A Dark Heart We Trust’ A Melodic Rock group. The band have been making amazing music since 2018 and bring 14 tracks beautifully written,

Album Reviews: Years In The Making

Artist – ZacTheLocust Album: Years In The Making Record Label: SWND Records Release Date: October 22, 2021 ZacTheLocust started out with frontman Keryn Isaac recording his own demos but after years and years of writing songs he felt it was time to call upon some musicians from the South Wales music scene. Keryn Isaac first

Album Reviews: MMXII

Artist – Souls Extolled Album: MMXII Record Label: unsigned Release Date: 2022 The trio from Austin, Texas comprised of Zach Black (vocals and lead guitar), JP Ortiz (bass) and Joe Valadez (drums). Souls Extolled brings a diverse blend of sounds with influences from indie rock to grunge and ska-punk. They recently released their third album

Album Reviews: As We Grow

Artist – Arbor Green Album: As We Go Record Label: Unsigned Release Date: March 4, 2022 Arbor Green are an indie-folk band based in Edinburgh and Glasgow and the brainchild of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ali Begg. They released their debut single, Margaret, on New Year’s Day 2021 which was soon followed by three further singles“As

Album Reviews: Monsters & Heroes

Artist – Shoun Shoun Album: Monster & Heroes Record Label: Unsigned Release Date: January 28, 2022 The experimental rock group Shoun Shoun bring us their debut album ‘Monsters & Heroes’. Their style can best be described as unpredictably surreal and profound with a garage and post-punk feel. The band put together their debut album during

Album Reviews: A Heaven for Heretics

Artist – Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band Album: A Heaven for Heretics Record Label: unsigned Release Date: 1 January 2022 Rock/country band Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band are back with their latest full-length, 10-track studio album, ‘A Heaven for Heretics’ a chilled laid-back yet introspective record. We have covered Kristian Montgomery‘s previous album before

Album Reviews: Killer: 50 Years Later

Artist – Various Artists (Alice Cooper) Album: Killer: 50 Years Later Record Label: Pale Wizard Records Release Date: 27 November 2021 Alice Cooper released his 4th album, ‘Killer’ on November 27, 1971, which has gone on to become one of the most beloved albums in his entire discography. Now 50 years later, Pale Wizard Records