15 October 2022
Band: PVA
Who: Manic dance trio from London
Album: BLUSH – their debut
Released: 14 October 2022 – order info here
DIY magazine: “A collection of wonderful and curious songs perfect
for soundtracking that 3am dancefloor feeling – or maybe just your
nightmares.” Score: 4/5.
TUTV: Old skool dance/techno, but it works.
Open the old skool discos again!
Key/single/clip: Untethered
Stream/buy full longplayer here…
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PVA: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: THE BIG MOON
Who: Female dream-pop
quartet from London
New album: HERE IS EVERYTHING
Released: 14 October 2022 – order info here
Juliette Jackson (voice/songwriter) about the album: “So much of the album I wrote
while I was pregnant and basically just wondering what the hell this was going to be like.
When I listen to it now, I can hear myself saying all these things and having all these anxieties. Those songs are a bit more floaty and just thinking about things and the songs I wrote after are more like the reality of extreme highs and extreme lows and the whole hormonal madness.”
NME: “Lead singer Juliette Jackson’s pregnancy – and the band’s “recommitment” to each other – make the songwriting on album three immensely personal… From their pen through to their sound, ‘Here Is Everything’ is emotive and glossy; one that gives space to breathe in this busy world… Their deepest, most emotional album yet.” Score: 4/5.
Key single/slcip: Wide Eyes
TUTV: Their 3rd, their absolute best.
A blissful pop achievement.
Stream full album via Spotify
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THE BIG MOON: Facebook – Instagram
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Looks like the cover artwork was designed in the 60s for the Summer Of Love
Notorious funk-punk-rock celebrities RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have their
second double LP of the year out only 6 months after Unlimited Love.
The new one is baptized RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN and sounds
like the previous one, and the previsous one and the previsious one.
As the cliché goes it’s ‘a fan album’.
Rolling Stone Magazine: “At 75 minutes is even longer than its predecessor,
is essentially “Unlimited Love II.” it’s a bit of a stop-gap, but also a nice coda.”
Score: 3.5/5.
TUTV: I just made a compilation of the best 12 tunes of both
double albums. Guess what? It’s one of the best RHC albums
I ever heard.
Key single/clip: Tippa My Tongue
Full album stream on Spotify
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RHCP: Instagram – Facebook