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Japanese Voyeurs’ long overdue debut album, ‘Yolk’, has finally dropped and it’s not all doom, dirge and swamp rock. Nicola Farrar cracked the shell to discover the real Japanese Voyeurs.
ALBUM: The Lonely Island, Turtleneck And Chain
Most musicians wouldn’t cite hysterical fits as a desired effect of their material, but for The Lonely Island this was, and still is very much the case. An aim fulfilled with their critically acclaimed debut ‘Incredibad’ and now surpassed with ‘Turtleneck and Chain’. The sophomore release is just as facetious, especially funny because of its disturbing likeness to every egotistical, overbearing rap album you have ever heard.
It’s not often you hear The Cure, Black Sabbath, The Jesus Lizard and Sonic Youth strung together in the same sentence, and of course even rarer if that sentence is describing a band. But believe it or not, it has been done. Ungdomskulen hail from the coastal city of Bergen, Norway, and have had the aforementioned, and an eclectic handful of other artists, thrown about in an arguably futile attempt to describe their ‘uncatergorizable’ sound.
ALBUM: City And Colour, Little Hell
Dallas Green is a tough act to follow… especially when you’re Dallas Green. With 2008’s critically acclaimed ‘Bring Me Your Love’ released under the recording alias City and Colour, Green left us all wondering “how on earth will he top that?” Well on June 7th you’ll all have the answer, in the form of ‘Little Hell’, his third studio album.
After two EP’s in three years and a hectic touring regime, VersaEmerge are finally stood on solid ground, Fixed At Zero is a true representation of their capabilities and an attempt to get as far away from that cursed word; paramore.
Noah provides a diverse if not slightly bizarre amalgam of soul, hip-hop and rock. His debut release ‘Immortal’ is certainly worth a listen; we’re just not sure if its appeal spreads as wide as its genre crossover.
