Album Reviews | MTTM - More Than The Music

Mar 17, 2011

The Epstein – I Held You Once EP

EPs are great, aren’t they? The band have to convey to the listener what they’re all about in just a few tracks, so there’s no time for filler. Or those annoying intro tracks that don’t feel as though they qualify as songs, but you feel obliged to listen to, at least the first time, for fear of being rude. No, with an EP you get ploughed right into the music, and if you...

Mar 17, 2011

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Beardyman – I Done a Album

The highly anticipated Beardyman album is here but will it live up to all the hype? I have been an admirer of Beardyman since I first heard his beatbox style on BBC6 music and was personally quite excited when it was rumoured the “king of sound and the ruler of beats,” was finally making a release. Previously Beardyman is known as a live act musically and comically. A solo...

Mar 16, 2011

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Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight – The Days That...

The long awaited debut album from Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight is released later this month. An album 3 years and a lifetime in the making, The Days That Shaped Me is the latest release in a line up of albums from the folk favourite family. Steeped in rich musical heritage it is impossible not to mention the family links to The Watersons. Lal Waterson, singer with the group...

Mar 16, 2011

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The Strokes – Angles

I often find that the most frustrating thing as a music fan is waiting for my favourite artists to produce and release new material. Imagine my shock and dismay back in 2006 when The Strokes announced they were ‘taking a break’ from the band for a while. Sadness, desperation and depression all swept over me…ok maybe not depression but I certainly wasn’t...

Mar 14, 2011

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Agnes Obel – Philharmonics

It is often difficult to categorize certain artists. Agnes Obel definitely falls into this bracket. The Danish singer/songwriter has just released her first album, Philharmonics. It is an interesting title choice for a recording that is anything but Philharmonic in scale. Obel‘s music is sparse to say the least but it does have an innovative quality that certainly appeals. Born...

Mar 13, 2011

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Peter and Kerry – Clothes, Friends, Photos EP

Six track EP Clothes, Friends, Photos marks the first collaborative effort of Kerry Leatham and Peter Lyons, both successful in their own right. With a plethora of instrumentation on the songs including acoustic guitars, maracas and piano (among many others) alongside the experimental sounds that Lyons is known for and rich folksy vocals provided by both artists it is an...

Mar 12, 2011

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Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pictures EP

Ringing with haunting melodies and sweetly soft words this music can actually stun you into silence of appreciation. The single acoustic guitar is reminiscent of a music box, its metre so perfectly in time, you don’t have to be a musician to appreciate a great heart-warming sense through such intricate simplicity. His voice has echoing undertones cementing meaning in every word...

Mar 11, 2011

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Noah and the Whale – Last Night On Earth

Noah and the Whale started off their career making chirpy, sunny indie-pop, meaning that they were pigeonholed in that genre for a little while. But with their second album, The First Days of Spring, they surprised critics by choosing to go in a completely different direction. The heartbreaking LP documenting the demise of a relationship, that was difficult to listen to at times,...

Mar 11, 2011

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Sucioperro – The Reflexes of the Dead EP

I love a good accent on a song. More specifically a Scottish accent, and even more specifically a West of Scotland accent; basically, if you’re from one of the Scottish towns that I can reach from Glasgow Central, I’m going to like your voice. So imagine my joy when I hit play on the first track of this EP (or single as its described on the band’s website) and a braw Ayrshire...

Mar 11, 2011

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Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost!

The electro duo that is Holy Ghost! have been around for a couple of years now within the Brooklyn scene, creating acclaimed remixes of artist such as MGMT and Phoenix. 2011 see the long awaited release of their debut album, which is their first full-length exploration into writing and recording their own original work. Signed to DFA, musically the group are certainly cut from the...