The Future’s Here Today: Mrs Frighthouse

Mrs Frighthouse are my new art crush. Heavy as hell and really beautiful, their music is the real deal: churning industrial goth metal that leaves you punch drunk. My friend Gareth tipped me off about them, for which I’m so grateful. If I had any discernible musical ability, I’d be clawing at their door, beggingContinue reading “The Future’s Here Today: Mrs Frighthouse”

The Glorious Surrealism of The Lovely Eggs

Everyone knows eggs are the best way to start the day. So whenever life is challenging and…well.. pretty shit, I turn to Holly Ross and Dave Blackwell, aka Lancaster psych punk duo The Lovely Eggs. The uncompromising, fiercely DIY indie band, who are also a married couple, make surreal, day-glo music with absurdist nursery rhymeContinue reading “The Glorious Surrealism of The Lovely Eggs”

Album Review: Man Of Moon- Machinism

With issues around Artificial Intelligence very much becoming ubiquitous, this brilliant second studio album from Glasgow duo Man Of Moon is timely. As the title, Machinism, suggests, there are songs that allude to humans and machines, sometimes in symbiosis, sometimes not. There’s a sense of unease, throughout, as themes of societal problems in our dividedContinue reading “Album Review: Man Of Moon- Machinism”

Album Review: Erasers- Constant Connection

There’s definitely a trend at the moment for indie bands to emulate post-punk bands. I can hear traces of The Raincoats, Wire and Fatal Microbes in current popular bands like Dry Cleaning, Yard Act and Life. So it goes with the incredibly minimalist Erasers. The duo from Perth in Australia, comprised of Rebecca Orchard andContinue reading “Album Review: Erasers- Constant Connection”