Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 August 2014

A Few Words on... Owl John - Owl John



As I sit here, in the office, dosed up to the eyes on painkillers and caffeine and hearing the british summer come to it's inevitable end in August through blinds, I'm faced with yet another debut solo album from another well established rock frontman. More stripped back songs to match the lack of other band members, more confusion as to why I can love the group's output but find the leading man's solo debut so boring.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

A Few Words on... Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse



Frightened Rabbit's major label debut isn't a sell-out nor a radical departure of sound that's made them one of the most enduring, underrated and consistent acts out there.

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Biffy Clyro - Opposites Review



There are only a handful of good double albums, afterall, it's a hard art to master. Instead of showing the creative output that simply couldn't be contained on one disc; it can normally go on for too long. Songs that should have been relegated to B-Sides or, not released at all, are suddenly thrown in the spotlight and the record suffers for it.