GARRETT ANTHONY RICE – AS MAGIC AS THE SNOW
Garrett Anthony Rice gives Christmas a very different emotional flavour with “As Magic As The Snow” which finds the magic of the season in a very poignant way, in a season that’s normally all about the happy stuff. It was released on 6th…
JAH DECKO – LOVE WHO LOVES YOU BACK
Love, gratitude and conscious living form the bedrock of Jah Decko’s Love Who Loves You Back, a roots reggae album whose themes are very much geared towards the present day. It’s not a collection of surface level stuff. The album is very much about…
NEXT TIME IT RAINS – DANIEL EAGLE & THE UNCOMMON
Seasonal change can add an unforeseen weight to the most familiar of surroundings and that’s precisely what Daniel Eagle & The Uncommon do with “Next Time It Rains”. It opens as a very melancholy lament and it’s that very melancholy…
WATCH ME DIE INSIDE – ELEVATE
How easy is it for a person to get used to a life that’s no longer their own? That’s the question Watch Me Die Inside are asking in ‘Elevate’ (the opening Fragment of the upcoming EP The Luminous Abyss). It’s a track about…
EXZENYA – FORGIVEN FOR THE LAST TIME
“For Given For The Last Time” starts at the very moment the conversation is no longer avoidable. Exzenya establishes the scene with a shaky voice and a lot of looks being exchanged, then immediately moves on to the person who has caused the pain.…
TONY FRISSORE – STOLEN VALOR
Tony Frissore and AXIOM tackle the very uncomfortable issues of military service, personal identity and institutional loyalty in “Stolen Valor’ (a collaboration which looks at the emotional toll of watching your most deeply held beliefs come into…
THE DEAD OF NIGHT – KINGS COUNTY
Some battles just don’t get seen until the world’s gone quiet and Kings County take that very real and unsettling phenomenon and turn it into “The Dead of Night”. It’s a very aggressive piece of guitar work with some very strong…
JOHN KORBEL – JOHNNY STILL GOT HOME
Johnny Still Got Game by John Korbel has a real sense of creative freedom about it in that it doesn’t really commit to any one mood or mode of storytelling. It’s a singer songwriter thing, very much in the jazz camp, but rooted in…
SONIC PULSES – HANDS UP
The emotions of grief and remembrance form the emotional basis of HANDS UP, an album which turns personal loss into a powerful musical tribute. The album was released on October 20, 2026, a date that would have been Shirel Sara Golan’s birthday…
MOGIPBOB – ANYTHING BUT ME
The album Anything but Me by Mogipbob includes sixteen tracks which provide ample opportunity to examine the humour, contradictions, and more subtle truths of everyday life. It shifts between country-soul, folk-rock, blues, funk, retro-soul and western…
ANTOIN GIBSON – THE RISE AND FALL OF ETERNITY
The concepts of existence, death, and the possibility of life after death form the central theme of Antoin Gibson’s The Rise and Fall of Eternity, a five-track EP which looks at some of the most difficult questions facing humanity. The project,…
Music By Jeremy – Scenes from a Well Worn Path (Side Three)
On Side Three of Scenes from a Well Worn Path, abstract ideas take on surprisingly personal forms. Songs on this section use mathematics, literature and economic thought as a starting point when dealing with themes such as love, inequality and the search…
CURTIS MILLEN – SMALL STUFF
It isn’t true that all problems should be given the amount of attention they receive, and that is the point which ‘SMALL STUFF’ focuses on. Curtis Millen’s funk song looks at how minor incidents can keep the mind occupied long…
DALE CORNELIUS – WHAT IS CARRIED, WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND?
In Dale Cornelius’ album What Is Carried, What Is Left Behind? environmental sound plays a significant role in his artistic language. By combining writing for a string quartet with the use of synthesizers and found sound, the album examines how…
FOXY LEOPARD – OUTLAWS OF PEACE
With “Outlaws of Peace” Foxy Leopard follows an unconventional path through the country and folk genres, the track being notable for its raw and aggressive use of resonator guitar. The combination of metallic string strokes, haunting slides…
BRANNEN – CLOSURE (ALL I WANT IS)
Certain experiences do leave questions which time by itself cannot solve, and Brannen deals with this well-known emotional aspect in “Closure (All I Want Is)”. The song looks at the wish to reach a conclusion in situations where important…
MILO KOBAYASHI – METAMORPHOSIS
Milo Kobayashi’s Metamorphosis is based on the concept of becoming one’s true self, the body of work having been shaped by personal growth, changing circumstances, and creative discovery. By presenting it as a transformation, the album reflects the…
INNOCENT DARKNESS – HEXEN
The darker days of autumn are what have inspired Hexen, an original album by Innocent Darkness, which was released on 6 October 2026. Taking advantage of the mysterious atmosphere linked with October, the project looks at the intersection between…
FERDINAND RENNIE – LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE
Ferdinand Rennie offers a timely appeal regarding love and human relationships through “Love Is All We Have”, a pop ballad which addresses the problems of the current situation. Instead of forgetting what is most important when times are…
ORSHINA – Requiem for “NOVA”
‘Orshina’s Requiem for “NOVA”‘ deals with the challenging area lying between deep sorrow and the pursuit of hope. As a commemorative album, it looks at the subject of loss while stressing the need to remember people who are now…
