The Besnard Lakes’ previous album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, was created after the death of the father of Jace Lasek in 2019. The Besnard Lakes’ front man created songs that helped him work through his emotions as he explored the darkness of death, while searching for light and…
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Scaler (formerly Scalping) have partly built their reputation on intense and immersive performances and while nothing could have prepared me for that first experience of seeing them live, I’ve continued to be blown away by their raw visceral energy. They manage to transfer that power to their recorded output too. Debut album Void was released in…
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With synth-rich anthemic tracks that radiate an emotional landscape from euphoria to darkness, Magnetic Skies feels very much like a band who have found their calling. And after releasing a series of singles and EPs, the band’s debut album, Empire Falling, is out on Friday 3rd November. Even the album title conjures impending turmoil and…
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One Saturday afternoon last December I made my way to east London venue Studio 9294 for Fire Records’ chilled, friendly Christmas event called Outer Limits. With a roster of about seven performances, it unexpectedly turned out to be one of my top gigs of 2019. One of the new (to me) bands who were an…
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