Posts by Ryan
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Chasing Yesterday
”Noel has opted to pilfer from his own back catalogue instead of the ones belonging to his musical heroes, making the album’s title bear a much more literal weight than an obligatory nod to nostalgia.”
The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie
”The raw, frantic energy that made them exciting and wholly singular in 1980 is still present today.”
Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear
”The seemingly shallow struggles of Tillman is more scathing social commentary than self-indulgent musings.”
Gaz Coombes: Matador
”The album is engaging, however it feels as though Coombes has dumbed down his pop sensibilities in order to diminish his youthful trappings and be taken more seriously.”
Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Belle and Sebastian have never been indie music’s box of chocolates, that is, you pretty much always knew what you were going to get.
Damien Rice: My Favourite Faded Fantasy
”Rice has the ability to play on our emotions with a craft he has honed to perfection…”
Jep and Dep: Word Got Out
”In the end, it bleeds the kind of jaded romanticism that has been explored on other albums that sound very similar.”
Glass Skies: Glass Skies EP
”Over the course of 16 minutes, Glass Skies saunter through a psychedelic pastiche of heavy guitar licks that makes me feel like I’ve just smoked peyote with the Lizard King.”
Die! Die! Die!: S W I M
”I suppose the moral of the story is to never judge a book by its cover.”
Alvvays: Alvvays
”This record sounds like it was playing in another room and you were listening to it by pressing a coffee mug up to the wall.”
