These are our favourite releases of 2023 – mostly albums with a smattering of EPs and singles too, from folk to electronica. The most moving album of the year is the emotional Slowdive release Everything is Alive. There are a few albums we didn’t have time to include, one being False Lankum: those drone sounds…
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The indie pop band Pale Blue Eyes have seen their star rise astronomically over the past year – rightly so – and Hang Out, the new single from their upcoming second album (September, folks) called ‘This House’ is yet again proof that they are on the right track. Hang Out – the second share from…
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Well it’s all change for Bearded Theory festival this year. The three amigos who brought it to life have finally hung up their beards and sold on the favourite Midlands fest. And this is its first proper year under the new banner of DHP Family. No doubt the new team know they have a very…
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Yard Act and Anna Calvi plus Flogging Molly, Coach Party and She Drew the Gun gave it their all on the Pallet (main) stage. Pale Blue Eyes played on the new Meadow Stage for a great performance on Saturday afternoon. William the Conqueror played a Friday eve set on the Woodland stage. Muddy Summers opened…
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Pale Blue Eyes are about to launch their second album, release date is set for 1st September. Called ‘This House”, on Full Time Hobby, it alludes to the one you’ll spot on the album’s front cover, the childhood home of the trio’s vocalist and guitarist, Matt Board. Defined by closure and moving on, This House…
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Devon three-piece band Pale Blue Eyes are on a roll. Having toured last year, partly as support for Public Service Broadcasting and for The Besnard Lakes, they are out on the road again in 2023 with some sold-out dates already. Hot on the heels of their stellar debut album Souvenirs comes new single More. It’s…
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Looking over our choices for albums of the year, several feature dreams, fractured memories in an ambient setting… artists searching for clues from the past to help them make sense of the present. Perhaps it’s a post Covid thing, as we escaped our confines and moved warily, or rushed gladly, out into open spaces again,…
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I first heard Pale Blue Eyes earlier this year when they released a single called Dr Pong – an addictive, chunky, upbeat number somewhat reminiscent of Django Django, that instantly had me excitedly rootling around to check out the rest of their material. Oh – and the song’s about playing table tennis all night in…
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