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The Warning

The Warning

‘Everything’s Falling’

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THE WARNING – EVERYTHING’S FALLING – ALBUM REVIEW

2024’s ‘Keep Me Fed’ found The Warning making their mark and now they are back to take things to the next level.

Their latest album, ‘Everything’s Falling’, finds the Villarreal sisters in the finest of form and is full throttle from the very beginning. There is very little let up during the ensuing twelve tracks, with the album concluding with the massive single ‘Kerosene’.

This is definitely an album for when you’re looking for a shot of adrenaline and that’s only fitting given the quick ascent of the trio. Indeed, thematically this album is born of the ride that they’ve been on.

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Alongside that reflective viewpoint comes an acceptance of the unpredictability of life and that resilience reinforces the backbone of what is a record that resonates with that fabled maturity that often comes with career longevity.

The songs are carefully crafted to rock hard and rock hard is what they do. This is after all a band coming of a major arena tour with YUNGBLUD and these songs feel ready for the biggest of stages.

The Warning in full flow are hard to parallel, and this album is the band putting their foot to the floor!

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Beartooth

Beartooth

‘Pure Ecstasy’

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BEARTOOTH – Pure ecstasy – album review

To say the reaction to lead single, ‘Free’, was polarising would be enormously understated whilst also failing to properly acknowledge the toxicity of portions of those reacting. Frontman Caleb Shomo would even step back from social media due to the negativity surrounding the track.

Through all of this noise, Beartooth now finally unleash their sixth studio album, ‘Pure Ecstasy’ and take their biggest sonic leap since their inception. That’s not to say that the band hasn’t shown progression across their first five records, but fans will find this album just as polarising as its first single.

With ex-Bring Me The Horizon member and in-demand producer Jordan Fish continuing his tour of the scene, the album always looked to be a new take on what Beartooth can be. When you then factor in the personal metamorphosis unveiled by Shomo during this time, then this was always going to be a giant evolutionary step for Beartooth.

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Coming to terms with who he is, coming out as gay and getting divorced is the backdrop to this album release for Shomo and you can feel the emotion pouring out of each song and each lyric.

This album will forever be a moment in time for Shomo, the band and diehard fans and the album is good enough to cope with that weight. This is Beartooth evolving sure, but there are still catchy choruses, crushing riffs and headbang worthy moments galore.

If you feel that this is a step-off point in your Beartooth fandom then that’s on you but for those willing to indulge the band in a rhythm change then the rewards await!

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Vol. 149

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Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

‘THRASHER’

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BRANDON FLOWERS – THRASHER – ALBUM REVIEW

This isn’t the first time that Brandon Flowers has stepped away from the comfort blanket of his day job, but ‘THRASHER’ does represent a new direction for the frontman of rock n roll icons The Killers.

It is however a direction that it rooted in the past with Flowers leaning into the country influences of his upbringing and his father’s musical tastes. With country music continuing to take over the world, you can cynically say that there’s no better time than now for him to do so.

Flowers though as always proven himself to be a musical chameleon of sorts, effortlessly transitioning between genres and aesthetics.

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Country has always been present in his work both solo and with The Killers, but it isn’t just an influence or an echo on ‘THRASHER’, it is the essence of the record. Fans looking for big stadium anthems then will be disappointed, but for music fans eager to see Flowers get deep and personal then this is a brilliant opportunity.

At its core ‘THRASHER’ is a simple and fun country romp as Flowers welcomes us all to his latest rodeo.

When you holistically look at his solo career and The Killers catalogue, this has been the longest gap between new albums in his career. It’s great to have Flowers doing what he loves and still able to surprise two decades in!

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Weezer

Weezer

‘Weezer (Gold Album)’

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Weezer – weezer (Gold Album) – ALBUM REVIEW

Whether or not their latest album is their twentieth or not will depend on your personal penchant for release designation. We won’t be getting into the weeds of EP’s and LP’s however and will take the band at their word.

The difficulty is that Weezer have been so prolific over the past three decades it can be hard even for big Weezer fans to keep up. This latest self-titled album, affectionately known as the Gold Album, is however well placed within the context of their career.

Having just celebrated their 30th anniversary, it is fitting that this is as close to their early sound as we’ve had for some time.

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This might be because the album is their most collaborative in recent memory. The four members shared the creative process with original member Patrick Wilson notably taking a much more active role alongside frontman Rivers Cuomo.

The result is a really fun collection with all ten tracks earning their place on the record. Opener ‘Say Yes’, and singles, ‘Shine Again’ and ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’ may standout, but the half-hour album does fly by for all the right reasons.

It’s great to hear the band in such good form and long-term fans will feel this is an album which represents their best in years.

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Getdown Services

Getdown Services

‘Massive Champion’

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GETDOWN SERVICES – MASSIVE CHAMPION – ALBUM REVIEW

It’s always a good sign when your shows are selling out or getting upgraded. Momentum is certainly on the side of Getdown Services and they look to capitalise on it with their second album, ‘Massive Champion’.

Best friends Ben Sadler and Josh Law released their debut album, ‘Crisps’, to much acclaim in 2023 and now the Minehead duo are back with an even bigger offering that is sure to get people talking.

The joviality of the duo has seen them written off as a joke by some and this album feels like it aims to dispel that assertion whilst also maintaining the overarching fun that their wit and down-to-earth lyricism achieves.

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This is definitely a more serious record and that brings with it a smorgasbord of influences. It may actually be easier to list the genres not touched upon across the thirteen tracks, but throughout the band’s identity is intact and that’s a big achievement.

The duo are making their own mark and stretching themselves to be something bigger and it’s working. This album will only fan the fire that has been lit underneath them. These songs will grow legs in the live realm too and that will only increase the attention the band will be getting.

Getdown Services are certainly worth investing in at this point because ‘Massive Champion’ is a massive success!

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Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats

‘Give Me Dirt’

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CANCER BATS – GIVE ME DIRT – ALBUM REVIEW

Given they are twenty years and seven albums into their career, you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from Cancer Bats and album number eight. Still, ‘Give Me Dirt’ is here to remind you that the band still have plenty of energy to offer.

This record is a simplistic affair with the band having got themselves back into a room and collaborated old school style to create the wall of noise that you know and love.

Lyrically and thematically the album is also rooted in the simple. In no way back to basics, but more back to nature. The themes of ‘Give Me Dirt’ are just that… wanting to leave the modern world behind and retreat to the serenity of the natural world.

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Cancer Bats – ‘Give Me Dirt’

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Of course, there isn’t anything serene about the sonic onslaught that the band produce but you can get a sense for the mindset of the band throughout these eleven songs.

Album opener, ‘World Wild Fire Death Race’ confronts the horrors we are seeing daily on our TV’s and the whole album continues to rue our disrespect towards the planet and how beautiful our connection to nature can be.

You can sense a fire burning inside the band and that results in absolutely one of their best albums to date. Old school fans and new can find something for them with ‘Give Me Dirt’ and that’s a wonderful thing!

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Electric Callboy

Electric Callboy

‘TANZNEID’

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Electric callboy – TANZNEID – album review

The rise of Electric Callboy post name change can only be described as meteoric! The band have ascended festival billings, played bigger and bigger venues and have been on the tip of tongues in the rock world.

Rather than just the normal pre-release rhetoric, new album ‘TANZNEID’, has truly been “long-awaited” and “highly-anticipated”. That’s both due to genuine excitement and also the fact that some songs have been out for up to two years already.

The full album is finally here now albeit by release day only ‘Heartclub’, ‘The Savior’ and four remixes haven’t already been released. There is something special about listening to an album as a whole however that is still meaningful.

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As you’d expect, the overall listening experience is a joyous one. These songs are fun and designed to go off live. We knew that about the likes of BABYMETAL collab mega-hit ‘RATATATA’ and Sum 41 cover ‘Still Waiting’ but these new tracks are just as impressive.

Every one of the ten songs that comprise the main album (excluding the remixes) feel single worthy and maybe that’s why so many have been! Even the remixes tagged on the end manage to add something.

This is the album that it needed to be to continue the rise of Electric Callboy, you’ll just know most of it already!

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