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Broken Empire – ‘Fractures’ EP (Self-Released)

Oxford-based Broken Empire originally came together in 2017 as three instrumentalists, before making the highly sensible decision to add vocalist and rhythm guitarist Ieuan Owen to their ranks to take their material to the next level. Now, with this, their second EP release in little more than a year, they are seeking to do the same with their career – and, to be honest, this is not a bad presentation of their collective and individual skills.

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Satan Takes a Holiday – ‘A New Sensation’ (Despotz)

Even the Dark Lord needs some time off, but have you ever wondered what that might sound like? Well, we’re able to find out with ‘A New Sensation’, the latest album from Swedish groove rockers, Satan Takes A Holiday. ‘A New Sensation’ is the follow up to 2017’s ‘Aliens’ and is the fifth album for the three-piece, involving collaborations with the likes of Royal Blood among others. 

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Bowling For Soup/Lacey – Belfast, The Telegraph – 24 April 2019

Three years after their last visit to the island of Ireland, and some five since they last ventured north of the soon-to-be Brexit-enforced border, those madcap Texans Bowling For Soup – often branded as “comedy rock” by other media outlets less well-informed than ourselves – returned to Belfast and Dublin this past week, by way of penance for not being able to make it as far as this particular corner of the Überverse on their last couple of trips across the Atlantic. Such was the anticipation around their return that the original venue sold out in seconds flat, forcing an immediate upgrade to this former printworks-come-pop-up venue.

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