Eagulls – Ullages (Popfrenzy)
Don’t put faith in a new band. Few religions pass the scrutiny of reason, but identity and happiness can’t be entrusted to a handful of fallible human beings, let along twenty-somethings with a whole life of lessons ahead of them. Eagulls had me for a while, though – and probably you, too, if you’re reading […]
SOTD #726 – Foxtales
Sometimes you find yourself in this weird place where you are looking for stuff but stuff finds you. I’m not a writer, and yet somehow I’m on a bunch of press lists. Like an insane amount of press lists. I have 30,000+ unread emails in that inbox, but then I’ll check that email and something […]
Ciggie Witch – Classic Connection (Lost & Lonesome, Osbourne Again)
If you’re new to Ciggie Witch, Classic Connection will probably leave you feeling slightly torn. On one hand, you’ve got the Ocean Party sensibilities of the Denton brothers, with their deeper-than-most guitar pop and perpetually anxious lyrics. On the other, you’ve got Mitch Clemens, who writes these lulling guitar tunes that might make you doze […]
SOTD #725 – Blue Jeans
“Dad, why are all the songs on the radio about love?” I remember asking my dad this in our basement twenty years ago, back when the only songs I knew were golden oldies from the Supremes and Elvis and moptop-y Beatles. Even my six-year old self was bored of the heterosexual narrative, that constant refrain […]
