Reviews
Indie Buddie Review – Fish In The Sea
The Word UK have released their new EP ‘Fish In The Sea’. The Word (UK) are a Pop Rock band from Medway, Kent. They first got together in 2017 due to their mutual love for The Beatles (the name was taken from a Beatles song), which sums up the band well – these four lads aspire to write and perform music to the same standard as the biggest bands around, past and … Read more
A Very British Blues Explosion – Reviewage
…”Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation’s album is a fantastic collection of original and covered songs. So I thought I should write something about it.” Stephe Morris Read the full article by Stephe here on reviewage.net Purchase the album on vinyl or compact disc from the Trouserphonic Records Online Shop
Classic Sounds, March 2018 by Warren Finn
Long before the beat boom generation, there has been a steady flow of creativity seeping into our being. A quality of inventiveness, shaping and altering perspectives, sending feet a tapping, and fashioning our very existence!For the lucky few, riches and plaudits beckon. They lift us, take us with them on their journey, and give us an opportunity to share in a cacophony of platitudes! For others, time mutates, fashion transforms, and they … Read more
Lurching behemoth…
Progressive post-metal / horror-synth / sludge act Upcdownc release their new album I, Awake on 22nd September. Following 17 years of producing constant heavy, instrumental, fuzzy noise this will be the band’s first album as a 3 piece. The change in personnel and dynamics led to the band taking a new approach to their song writing, looking at it from an alternate angle and with it bringing a fresh perspective. Read the … Read more
Blows the doors off every time…
A VERY strong set from beginning to end, “A Clip Round The Ear” is an absolute knockout of an album. Glenn Prangnell continues to amaze with his extremely sharp songwriting skills and sense of melody that carry on and build upon the very best of British Invasion era classic music. The soul and blues that Suzi Chunk bring add a depth and power that very few other current female singers can even … Read more
I, Awake – new UpCDownC release arriving 22 September…
Medway-based instrumental trio Upcdownc have been nudging (sludging?) at the edges of many a rock radar since 2000. But if you’ve never had the pleasure before, now’s the time, with the band’s new album, I, Awake, released on September 22… read the full article here… http://www.kerrang.com/video/dont-cheat-yourself-check-out-some-cool-upcdownc-live-session-sludge/
Newest and Grooviest
Prolific songwriter Glenn Prangnell has released yet another album of fun, classy and well-crafted pop songs under his Groovy Uncle guise and this one may actually be the best yet. Mrs Saywell Says is a real pot-boiler — I mistyped and wrote “pop-boiler”, which is actually an accurate description. Great British pop with echoes of Ray Davies with layers of other influences so that it’s a bit like The Dukes of Stratosphear. Really good. I … Read more