Bloodstock has announced ten more lower order acts for its rescheduled and expanded 2021 iteration, which will take place at Catton Park in Derbyshire over the weekend of 11-15 August.
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Lesley M had not heard of Tallah before now, but was drawn to review their album because of its concept. ‘Matriphagy’ is based around the idea of a son’s catastrophic psychological breakdown having faced years of abuse, torture and imprisonment by his mother. A quick look at some of the live performances from the Pennsylvania-based band as they try to deliver the story of ‘Matriphagy’ reveal chaotic scenes. Highly aggressive and energetic, the first impression of Tallah is that they do a very good job at coming across as unhinged. Based on this album, we wouldn’t like to be there when this young man exacts his retribution…
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Well, John B has been gone for a while, so he had high hopes for the first album he would receive when he came back to reviewing action. When ‘Nil’ landed in his email he was not disappointed. It is one hell of an album to get back into the swing of things with. Aggressive yet grounded, every track keeps your attention – as he now explains…
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The album that Jonny B is checking out today has possibly one of the most appropriate names to describe the world at the moment: it really is quite a ‘Strange Place’. But fortunately for us, even this isn’t stopping the album releases coming through to ÜRHQ, which means it’s time for our man to delve in and get to grips with Magnolia Bayou’s ‘Strange Place’ to see just how strange it is…
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Our resident panda by the name of Hannah has spent a good part of this year reviewing bands and music she’s not heard of before but very quickly grown to enjoy and add into her playlists – and this is another group that falls into this category. Wilmette are an upcoming band from Chicago who combine pop-punk with twists of post hardcore that come together in a fresh new style that you can’t help but fall in love with. For this self-titled EP, the band saw themselves teaming up with a producer Seth Henderson who is known for some great music with pop-punk bands Knuckle Puck and Real Friends, so you’re instantly expecting great things to come…
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