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EP Review: Down Again – Bury The Bones

EP Review: Down Again – Bury The Bones

Californian post-hardcore trio Down Again return to release their latest EP, Bury The Bones. Just like before, it’s heavily influenced by post-hardcore bands of the 2000s such as Thrice, Hawthorne Heights, and Brand New, and just like before, they’re putting their own...

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09 share part 3 track-by-track for lost years

09 share part 3 track-by-track for lost years

FeatureFEATURE09's track-by-track guide to Lost Years - Pt.3facebooktwitterinstagramTagsWith their debut album officially out there, we caught up with 09 to take us behind the lyrics of tracks 9 - 12 of Lost Years. Read part 1Read part 2Digital Vagrant (ft. Days to...

EP Review: Wilmette – Wilmette

EP Review: Wilmette – Wilmette

WIlmette have not been shy about sharing tracks from their self-titled EP, having put out three of six prior to the release date. Despite being able to guess what the final product would sound like based on those singles, listening to it as a whole confirmed our...

Album Review: Eastwood – It Never Gets Easy

Album Review: Eastwood – It Never Gets Easy

Here’s the beautiful thing about music; it never stops surprising you. Did we expect Knocked Loose’s guitarist, Cole Crutchfield to emerge with a side project that would see him step very much outside of hardcore? Nope. Did he knock it out of the park? He absolutely...

Album Review: Yours Truly – Self Care

Album Review: Yours Truly – Self Care

2020 hasn't been great; a statement we could probably all agree on. With everything going on, the need to buckle down and finally practice the ever-elusive self care we've been talking about for years, has never seemed more important. It's been equally as important to...

Album Review: Movements – No Good Left To Give

Album Review: Movements – No Good Left To Give

Every now and again a band comes along with such superior songwriting abilities that they’re able to use everything from melody, tempo and structure to convey emotion even before the lyrics are able to. Movements have always been one of those bands, proven so by their...

Album Review: Honey Joy – II

Album Review: Honey Joy – II

As with so many other intimate listening experiences, Honey Joy’s second album, II, was born from personal battles as singer, Meg Tinsley embarked on a mission of self love after a bad bout of mental health. The result by her estimation, is “an exploration of the...

EP Review: Maggie Cassidy – Life Is Beautiful

EP Review: Maggie Cassidy – Life Is Beautiful

When Maggie Cassidy announced news of their debut EP, with single 'S.A.D' being the only clue as to what it might sound like, we expected something along the lines of Panic! At The Disco’s ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ mixed in with Lower Than Atlantis.  Although...

EP Review: Calva Louise – POPURRÍ

EP Review: Calva Louise – POPURRÍ

Calva Louise have been a force since their inception in 2016, blending punk, pop, indie and electronic elements to create brooding, swirling melodies as the perfect backdrop for Jess Allanic's smooth voice as she ducks between English and Spanish.  They write...

EP Review: Until We Get Caught – Surface

EP Review: Until We Get Caught – Surface

For a band who started out in pop punk, Until We Get Caught have made the shift to metalcore so comfortably that you wouldn’t think they existed in any other state before. And yet, it might be that very foundation that’s made their new EP, Surface, feel so...

Album Review: Neck Deep – All Distortions Are Intentional

Album Review: Neck Deep – All Distortions Are Intentional

Neck Deep’s departure from pop punk has been a while coming; their 2017 album, The Peace and The Panic already letting off the gas a little, Ben Barlow slowing down on the rapidfire vocals and Dani Washington easing up on the breakneck drums to produce a record that...

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