https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReK6KJHFikU I am haunted by, crippled by, self-doubt, anxiety, low self-esteem and feel the presence of an existential dread at the quietest moments constantly. Fun times. Sure we live in an age of polarisation and polemic...extremes have become the dominant on both sides of the political divide. From the serious issues that keep you awake [...]
When I was 7 years old I had a dream. A nightmare. I lived in a small town in West Lothian, halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. A council house. There was a toilet downstairs, a sitting room and a kitchen. Two bedrooms upstairs. In my dream I am standing in front of the mirror that [...]
"A "hate" song about the terrible nights out, which we were too poor to have at the time..." Emotional rescue. Pop music, at its very finest, rescues the damaged from the dreary and drags them to something approaching delirium. It can do that with a riff that rattles bones, a melody that makes you melt, [...]
One of the most exciting new bands of 2019 are Automatic. Boys with Liam Gallaghers old haircut and a mistaken belief that only music played by four geezers in parkas is any good will disagree. Good. Their brooding, yet euphoric, blend of electro-pop, film scores (specifically the work of John Carpenter) and achingly cool retro [...]
It is nearly twenty years since the last album from My Life Story. A lot has happened since the year 2000. Even more has changed. Kevin Spacey won the best actor award at the 72nd Academy Awards. I doubt there will be a comeback for Kevin this year. The best selling single of the year [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKpbKcjVfTQ "Calling It" by Automatic is the single of the year. Yes it is. It is futile to suggest anything else. My minds made up by the way I feel. From the dull ache of the bass line to the John Carpenter synths and the opening line "It's harder to remember, to hold it [...]
Are you ready to be heartbroken? Or at least ready to have your heart broken and then pieced back together again? Of course not, how could you be? A new Salad album is on its way. Butterflies in your stomach? Of course you do. You're excited. Who wouldn't be. "I love Salad" you are thinking. [...]
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