Album Reviews – Page 47 – Brightonsfinest

Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley

Public Service Broadcasting are a very British band. Who else could amalgamate audio and film, largely culled from the British Film Institute, and marry that to beats and grooves concocted by a trio of bespectacled nerd-a-likes, who trade under the old school monikers of J. Willgoose, Esq., Wrigglesworth and JFAbraham?…

Waxahatchee – Out in the Storm

Waxahatchee’s fourth album Out in the Storm sees Katie Crutchfield’s songwriting given a studio boost resulting in a more polished, well-rounded outing than its predecessors. Supposedly the album was recorded after a slightly turbulent time for Crutchfield around the release of Ivy Tripp, with Crutchfield now finding herself in…

Francobollo – Long Live Life

Long Live Life is the debut from Francobollo from Square Leg records. The album is a strong, if confusing, debut from the band and feels like a bag of ideas, and very good ones at that. It grabs your attention immediately from the opener ‘Worried Times’ which sounds very…

Haim – Something To Tell You

LA sensation the Haim sisters are finally back with their new record, Something To Tell You, and it has proven that these three girls are not just a one hit wonder: they've been incredibly busy in producing a tightly packed, slick, follow-up album which rivals even that of their…

JAY-Z – 4:44

Since he came on to the scene in 1996 with his debut Reasonable Doubt, JAY-Z has transcended genres to become one of the top selling artists of all time (100 million album sales and rising) as well as gathering 21 Grammy awards. It’s hard to think of any other…

Simon Parker – Co-Founder – Vinyl Revolution

A true lynchpin of the Brighton music scene for many years now, Simon Parker has promoted hundreds of gigs (under the Cable Club name), been in loads of bands, and generally been the go-to guy for all things music. He’s now bringing that deep knowledge and love of music back…

Theo Verney – One Small Piece

Brighton’s own Theo Verney returns to the fold with his debut album One Small Piece, released via Cannibal Hymns which also acts as a home to the likes of Our Girl, Dream Wife and Newcastle’s Eat Fast. The album, says Verney, has been a long time in the…

This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze

Kate Stables has been making a few waves of late with her earthy and beguiling nu-folk, most notably on her previous album Bashed Out, which was produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner (who features as a player on several of the tracks here), purveyor of a seemingly impossibly glowing and…

Toro y Moi – Boo Boo

Boo Boo, the fifth studio album from Chaz Bear in his Toro y Moi guise, arrives following a troubled period which he has openly described as an “identity crisis”. During this time, he enveloped himself in the world of ambient music as a method of healing and re-discovered a…

Broken Social Scene – Hug Of Thunder

Toronto collective project Broken Social Scene have finally returned from the shadows with their first record in over seven years, Hug Of Thunder, and in short, was more than worth the wait. The album was inspired following last year’s Paris shootings and stems from the minds of over…