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After being crowned BBC’s Sound of 2020, Arlo Parks has returned with her debut album proving she can be folk’s finest star in any year. ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ shows steady growth from Arlo’s previous EP’s, whilst still remaining authentic to her sound. Melodically, the album feels as though it may have been better suited to a summer or springtime release but the tracks offer a homely, warm feeling to guide us through the winter. The first track shares the album’s title and foreshadows the easy listening of the rest of the project. Beginning with a short s...

“I must be losing my mind,”Jacob Allen’s better-known alias of Puma Blue will assure you on his debut album, ‘In Praise Of Shadows’. The 14-track record traverses a winding road of insomnia, wandering dreams, sombre days and lustful nights. Previously released tracks ‘Velvet Leaves’, ‘Opiate’ and ‘Snowflower’ all fall seamlessly into a cohesive piece of work which boasts Allen’s recognisable crooning while catering to his soft blues- centric strings. ‘Already Falling’ caresses the archetypal Puma Blue style: muted jazz and...

Reviews / / 18 · 01 · 2021 It’s often said that music becomes important to you because it speaks to you on a personal level. It chimes with something in your make up, as if it has known you for the longest time. In some instances, this familiarity causes reflection, a chance to look back at a particular time and place, channeling all manner of emotions that surround those memories. Music that causes you to reflect on life as it once was is especially timely after the annus horribilis we have just endured, and if you’d asked a year ago whether it was po...

Nottingham punk duo Sleaford Mods are a relentless tour de force when it comes to attacking a range of unpleasantries in British life. This time they depict the value of human lives, addressing their expendability in the view of government and the elite, critical comparisons are made between lives and ‘spare ribs’ in capitalism. Sonically, connections are adjusted to the theme. It is the strong, self-assured and grounded sound of two people who understand their role as musicians and take responsibility for it. Confidently hinting at what the next phase in their music partnership mi...

This is a gentler, more introspective Shame - gone are the raucous frustrations of ‘Songs Of Praise’, leading way for a pensive, delicate new wave of punk. ‘Drunk Tank Pink’ is a surreal landscape of desperation, frustration, and consideration, and a confident second record from the South Londoners. Although a portion of the record has a gentle tone, ‘Water In The Well’ is perhaps the key exception to the rule, with its heavy, brooding guitars and frontman Charlie Steen’s almost despairing howls - there is a frenetic energy here, juxtaposing the themes of l...