Horns. Jangly guitars. Sweet harmonies. Strong punchy vocals. I mean… What’s not to like???? This song is a summer tune, with an upbeat outlook and that’s what attracted me to the song, singing about being ready to love again, with a strong confidence that Tony sings from his belly, it’s like you’re coming out of …
Album Review: “Electric Soul Machine” – The Heavy North.
The Heavy North album just dropped! Let’s do this. The Genie It starts off with feedback to open it up, then drops into a blues jam, nothing less than what you’d expect from this band, it’s very 70s influenced – but what you don’t expect is the muted trumpet solo at around 2:38, it’s absolutely …
Blog interview: Night Demon
Congratulations on the release of Year Of The Demon, how does it feel? Feels great thanks, I’m excited to give these songs a fresh packaging and to get them out to people that may not have heard them on the first go around. It’s a ten track compilation album of five of your singles plus …
Blog interview: PEAKS!
Congratulations on the release of “Bitebybite” how does it feel? It feels incredibly good! This song is one of our favorite so we were pretty excited to release it. What’s the story behind the song? ‘bitebybite’ is a representation of how our desires are eating away at us from the inside. We crave things that …
Single Review: “Boy In A Box” – BODYWATER
BODY WATER pose the question on their Spotify bio: “Why write about love when you can write about serial killers?” Well, why indeed? This is their debut single and it was on my shortlist as well as being in my Faves, it showed that in two years of being part of the Fresh On The …
Single Review: “I Bought You Crisps” – The Vat Egg Explosion
I absolutely love this song. It came through via Fresh On The Net, and made it onto the listening post. It’s the lyrics. I mean, this lyrical ode to crisps kind of nails it! The singer talks about very passionately about how the person who he brought crisps did him wrong. References to Golden …
Single Review: Bainbridge – Struggling To Sleep
I’m liking the synth lead playing the melody, nice thing for the ears! This has a ska feel not as obvious as Madness, but the melody played by Ben Bainbridge recalls ghosts of “One Step Beyond”. This track switched between indie rock, to ska then reggae and it does it effortlessly, this band is tight …
Single Review: “Deadpan” – Autosuggestion
The way this song starts interested me, the arpeggiated guitars in triplets following the drums. It’s a rich track and got me head nodding, it’s moody as the title suggests but don’t be fooled, because Jacob’s vocals are so strong, nothing deadpan about it, and made me want to listen to him again, with that …
Single Review: “Invisible Strings” – Black Lilys
What I like about this song is how it runs at a fair pace; the drums are cinematic, the kick is an 808, but the rest are percussive. The vocals are well produced, the harmonies are bang on. The vocals remind me of someone, but I just can’t quite place my finger on it — …
Blog interview: Thirsty Curses
Congratulations on the release of “To The Ends of The Earth” how does it feel? Thanks! It feels great to be finished with it for sure. We started tracking drums in April 2021. We were mostly finished with recording by September, but we made a couple last minute revisions/additions in December. It was definitely …