Single and EP Reviews

Blues songstress Joanne Shaw Taylor is not one for resting on her laurels from her last, widely acclaimed studio album, Heavy Soul as she has just released a very powerful single called Hold Of My Heart, taken from a forthcoming, as yet untitled studio album in 2025. It’s available now …

Mojo Thunder, Kentucky’s renegade rock and roll band release their third single ‘Let It Fall’, taken from their new sophomore album The Infinite Hope, is released digitally on August 16th and on CD/VINYL on August 30th 2024. It’s a totally captivating song, point proven by beautiful earworms that come from …

Massive Wagons massively return with ‘Night Skies’, a powerful song that delivers a powerful message that it’s ok not to be ok sometimes and it’s sometimes that the small things hit just as hard to our psyche, but there is help out there if needed! The new single comes from …

Birmingham based Vanitas have stuck to their word as they pronounced, “In 2024, Vanitas return matured and dangerous, promising to deliver their heaviest release yet”, which they have achieved effortlessly with their sophomore, released The Chaos Therapy EP on August 2nd 2024. A successfully attended launch party the following day …

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s only a few days until Elles Bailey releases her eagerly awaited fourth studio album Beneath The Neon Glow on August 9th 2024 via Cooking Vinyl Records and has also released a single taken from it, ‘1972’. The song and accompanying video perfectly …

Welcome back to The Midwich Affair, the Staffordshire based ankle biters who have sussed that living deliciously is a far better choice than living dangerously, point proven by the release of their brand new single, ‘The Art Of Living Deliciousy’. Their metamorphosis transition from being a covers band to originals …

Welcome back Chasing The Fall, self proclaimed “Pop Punk/Rock band from Cheshire,UK” as they don’t just release their latest single “SH*THEAD”,they unleash it with a barrage of teenage, angst ridden rejection, point proven by the barrage of love lost lyrics in the above official lyric video. It’s a bonus song …

Welcome back to Swansea, South Wales noisemongers Scarlet Rebels as they release a new single taken from their upcoming studio album Where The Colours Meet, ‘It Was Beautiful’. The album will be released on August 16th via Earache Records, available in several exclusive formats. It’s a song of two breathtaking …

They sure do like their rock and roll in Toronto, Canada, point proven by roots, rock, blues and soul band Bywater Call, releasing their fourth single ‘Everybody Knows’, taken from new studio album Shepherd on August 9th, 2024. My first spin of it brought to mind Janis Joplin jamming with …

Stoke based hard rockers Magic Mary are now down to a four piece band, not five, but have not lost any of their power and precision, point well and truly proven by ‘Gaslight’, recently released single and are taking 2024 by the scruff of the neck with an extensive tour. …

Fresh from her debut performance at the Glastonbury festival recently, Elles Bailey releases her ‘Ballad Of A Broken Dream’ single, taken from her forthcoming album Beneath The Neon Glow via Cooking Vinyl Records on August 9th, 2024 as well as a lengthy headlining UK tour. Considering the songs subject about …

All hail Birmingam based noisemongers Gnawing Hunger as they spew out the venom with brand new single ‘Insidious’, another ferocious offering, hot on the heels following their April release of, ‘The Great Illusion’. Jackhammer blow drum assaults caught my attention from the off, pounding and pummeling with no respite throughout …

Welcome back to the dynamic duo of The Virginmarys, unleashing a brand new single ‘Northwest Coast’, taken from an upcoming studio album The House Beyond The Fires via Rock People Management on November 1st 2024. It’s basically an ode to the ‘Northwest Coast’, and are also undertaking an extensive 19 …

As if debut single ‘War Before Peace’ wasn’t enough to impress highly, Maatkare come back raging with their follow up single ‘May The Gods Bear Witness’. It took me a few spins to get my head around the tumultuous hate spewed out from the all female line up, channeling the …

Kentucky’s renegade rock and rollers, Mojo Thunder release ‘Step By Step’, follow up single to the previous ‘Holy Ghost’. Formed in 2018, they release their sophomore studio album ‘The Infinite Hope’ on Friday, August 16th. With the new single, they will not be taking small steps, but giant strides courtesy …

It’s time to rattle those crates as The Milk Men return with ‘Give A Little Love’, third single taken from their recently released fifth studio album “Holy Cow!”, following the previous single ‘One Man Band’ and ‘Hungover’. ‘Give A Little Love’ is a bit more restrained, but still packs a …

The unrivalled Brave Rival return with ‘Stand Up’, third single taking from their upcoming sophomore studio album Fight Or Flight on August 16th 2024. They have supported FM on their 40th anniversary tour and are also to undertake extensive headlining shows of their own, also in 2024. ‘Stand Up’ is …

Demon, the iconic British heavy metal band, as well as being one of the leading NWOBHM bands unveil a new lyric video for ‘Beyond The Dark Side’, one of the heavier songs taken from recent studio album Invincible, released by Frontiers Music s.r.l. They kick out the jams full throttle …

I’ve followed the progress made by Birmingham based, formed in 2022 band Vanitas with their now well used cinematic djent style for quite some time, getting heavier and heavier with each release, point proven by their major raging new single ‘E.D.G’, third track, that follows ‘Grey Morality’ and ‘Lies’, taken …

Toronto, Canada based roots rockers The Commoners, release ‘Shake You Off’, the final single taken from their highly anticipated third studio album, Restless, released by Gypsy Soul Records, Friday, July 5th,2024. To my ears this is four fiery minutes of cocksure, chest beating bravado that walks the walk, and talks …