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THIS TIME LAST YEAR – ADOLESCENCE out FRIDAY 26TH

Since the release of their last EP Count Yourself Lucky, Leeds based pop punk band, This Time Last Year have been busy creating instalments for their discography such as 2018’s ‘Where Did The Time Go?’ and ‘Just Talk,’ and now, coming this Friday is their latest collection of tracks for upcoming EP, Adolescence. Featuring their latest released track, ‘Limbo,’ the EP was recorded and mixed by Oskar Sutton, a producer known for his work with bands such as Asleep At The Helm and Solarshift at the studio in Manchester.

Adolescence sees the progress that This Time Last Year has made since their initial release, creating distinctive elements of melodic riffs atop bouncing bass. Chord changes dictate the fluctuation of emotion, driven by infectious lyrics to emphasise. If there’s one thing This Time Last Year has truly mastered during their time as a band, is the ability to grab attention – and keep it. ‘Better Off Alone’ toys with heavier elements, powerful in tones tied with intensity as we see harmonised chorus’s, pitch changes and a bridge full of behemothic properties. It’s the connection of playful pop punk characteristics weaved with a substantial amount of angst reminiscent of mid 90’s punk rock. Lyrically, the track feels privatised, displaying a sense of vulnerability behind walls, correlating with a combative tone that truly brings an emphasis to the overall authenticity of the song.

‘These Days’ features a variety of talent seen in high-energy instrumentals, displayed with rapid drumming techniques and calculated picking. It’s a track filled with atmosphere, plucking at creative heartstrings as it moves through its structure. Much like the previous, we hear aspects of a heavier nature burst through in a deepened tone and tremendous drums. Throughout ‘These Days,’ each instrument has its fair share of spotlight, building and proving their vitality to the overall track.

This Time Last Year has built a foundation for themselves, with Adolescence offering a more formative established sound. Holding onto pivotal components from Count Yourself Lucky that brought This Time Last Year onto the scene, their progression since 2017 is sizeable with distinct talent for energetic tracks touching upon emotion.

Adolescence is due for release this Friday, the 26th of July and will be available across streaming platforms.

Visit the official website for merch and check out their Facebook and Instagram for updates.

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FOXBITE – Hardly Slept At All [Single & Video]

Released last month, Foxbite’s latest single ‘Hardly Slept At All’ is a display of talent for lively pop punk from the Hereford quintet. Following on from their single ‘Nauticus’ that was released in February, ‘Hardly Slept At All’ extends the ground on which the band currently stands on, providing hard evidence that the band has a real knack at melodies, harmonics and the ability to create a infectious tracks in a variety of tempos. ‘Hardly Slept At All’ features calculated line structure, using a steady stream of fluctuating instruments to keep the track moving in fluid motion. Intricately put together and tied by the use of catchy vocals, ‘Hardly Slept At All’ brings more excitement to the following of Foxbite.

 

Foxbite are currently playing select shows across the UK, you can follow them on Facebook or check out their official website for more information.SpotifyiTunes

 

 

 

 

 

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THIS TIME LAST YEAR release new track & video ‘LIMBO’

Leeds quartet, This Time Last Year have released their latest track Limbo, along with a music video.

The track features melodic riffs accompanied by hard hitting drums and a deep bass. Known for their anthemic style of writing, creating infectious music, Limbo delivers in all areas. It encompasses the true nature of This Time Last Year, including their unparalleled style of lyrical writing and calculated instrumentals. Since their release of Just Talk and Maple last year, Limbo emphasizes their established sound and talent, with clear production that even the slight guitar note changes brings their own intensity.

Accompanied with a music video that magnifies the guys’ passion for their music, it brings along an added tug of emotion. Taking place in a living room, switching through scenes of separate instruments, it portrays imagery of time moving as well as the effects of an overactive mind.

Limbo is now available on all streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music.

This Time Last Year has a select few concert dates upcoming, including Leeds, Cardiff and Sheffield.

Like the band on Facebook for more information.

 

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SLACKRR – Time, It Waits For No One REVIEW & Festival Announcement!

Bursting with energy and melodic riffs complemented by cadenced drumming, Time, It Waits For No One, is one that is riddled with heavy talent. In the upcoming addition to Slackrr’s discography, the ten track album is brimming with flirtatious instrumentals topped with infectious vocals conveyed in such intricate harmonics, tying the tracks together in perfect symmetry. Time moves in fluid motion, exploring changes in their tempo and momentum’s.

Intensity heightened by deep bass, the counter frequency of the vocals ricochet, combining together with bouncy guitar riffs and calculated drums. ‘Asleep At The Wheel’ portrays lyrical flair in canorous rhythm. If there’s one thing to say about Time, is that it’s completely infectious in nature. Movement promoting, the bands visionary of direction in their instrumentals toys with modern techniques, establishing themselves as a staple in the current rising pop punk bands of the UK. ‘Closest To Perfect’ demonstrates Slackrr’s comfort in their talents ability, generating atmosphere suited to the theme. Producing a plethora of quality material, third track ‘Nerve’ portrays another dimension of the bands dexterity to push the boat out, featuring a more raucous tone alongside a combative attitude. In the first three tracks, it’s clear to see the intricate use of melodies drive the tracks forth, giving it a signature sound stamped sincerely, Slackrr.

In a complete one-eighty, ‘Mope’ emphasises Slackrr’s talent for a multitude of writing styles. Slowing down the tempo and softening the vocals, ‘Mope’ takes the spotlight of the album. Introducing that deep bass line, it moves in such rolling development prior to interjecting the driven pop punk sound that the rest of the album has. Instrumentally, ‘Mope’ fits perfectly to its lyrics, provoking imagery and emotion. It’s one of the most impressive aspects of Time before it throws you back into the upbeat undertones accompanied by overwhelming emotional spirit. ‘I Know’ confirms the lyrical genius behind the album, flirtatiously playing with rhymes and premeditated worded structure. It truly is an album that contorts to a multitude of playlists, expressing plenty of temperaments, posing in big attitude vital in the planning and production of any album.

In recent days, Slackrr has been announced for a headline slot for the upcoming Isle Of Wight festival on Friday, 14th June, the same day that Time, It Waits For No One is released. Isle Of Wight festival tickets can be bought here.

You can like Slackrr on Facebook and keep updated with the band on Instagram and Twitter.

You can preorder Time, It Waits For No One via the bands BigCartel.

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LAKE SYCAMORE release LOATHE ahead of Swansea and Cardiff shows

Cardiff based pop punk outfit, Lake Sycamore has released their latest addition to their discography, ‘Loathe’ that’s currently available on YouTube and soon to be across various streaming platforms. Since their appearance in London’s The Slaughtered Lamb, Lake Sycamore has been building anticipation for upcoming material, with the band releasing an update earlier this year displaying plans for an upcoming album alongside a 30 second teaser for ‘Loathe,” that was due for release in June. Thankfully for us, Lake Sycamore put that long wait to one side and has released the track for early listening prior to forthcoming gigs in Swansea’s The Bunkhouse and Cardiff’s Fuel Rock Club.

Featuring a melodic structure in tone, ‘Loathe’ sees Lake Sycamore contouring a canorous rhythm of guitar around a cadenced percussion, impressively tying together in a complemented ricochet. The distortion of instruments adorns the raucous vocals and magnifies the lyrical intensity, sealed together in a buoyant demonstration of apparatus. ‘Loathe’ conceives an impression of nostalgia, ostensible of influences such as TSSF and Four Year Strong, weaving through a plethora of individual seductions to manipulate the collective of the current pop punk.

To hear more of Lake Sycamore, you can find their uploaded material via Apple Music or Spotify.

To keep updated with Lake Sycamore, follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

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TAKING BACK SUNDAY to play Tell All Your Friends in full this upcoming UK and EU tour!

HOLD UP. This could be the best news we’ve heard – not only has the UK seen some pretty hefty bands this year already but to hear the epitome of TBS’a discography played in full?! It’s a dream come true.

You can catch TBS on their tour for the following dates:

JUNE

13 – BIRMINGHAM Institute

14 – GLASGOW Barrowlands

15 – BELFAST Limelight

16 – DUBLIN Vicar Street

18 – LONDON Troxy

19 – MANCHESTER Academy

20 – BRISTOL Academy

23 – AMSTERDAM Melkweg

24 – COLOGNE Gloria

25 – BERLIN SO36

26 – HAMBURG Gruenspan

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[REVIEW] Pioneers – Insecurities RELEASED TODAY

Released today, Pioneers have concluded their debut EP, Insecurities, with an established and solid sound that forcefully pushes them into the metal core scene as the ones to watch out for. Formed in 2016 in Southampton, Pioneers have garnered attention for their impressive display of energy on stage and weaved thematics reminiscent of Architects. Bordering upon industrial, Insecurities shows the passionate fury that the five-piece have come to master over the three years of conjunction, with instruments chemically fusing and boiling over in timed breakdowns, synchronisation and combative fluidity bound by creative talent. It’s an alchemic masterpiece for their debut release, and the momentum to rise in its stead will take Pioneers to undoubtedly deserved lengths. Album of the year? It’s a contender.

The 9 track album is one that builds an epic suspense, harbouring and releasing its acrimony in indefectible timing. It manufactures anticipation like a machine, using distortion and truculent styles of drumming techniques. Opening with an elongated intro, Insecurities builds upon atmosphere with the use of heavy drumming ricocheting from a weighted bass. Checkpoint brings a gnarly breakdown worthy of a circle pit, but ultimately has a balanced alignment of instruments that pulls throughout. What Pioneers have managed to achieve throughout Insecurities is equitable stabilisation that displays talent of each vital note that comes together to create this overall ominous ambience surrounding their combative technique. The mixture of pugnacious and clean vocals give Insecurities a narrative, generating pertinent bridges that ties it together in solid structure. A favourite taken from Insecurities is Shadow Link, pushing forth the use of guitar to open the track and slow down the tempo for an infectious intro.

The album varies in tone, experiments and pushes boundaries within their chosen direction. Insecurities feels like the love child of Fear Factory’s The Industrialist and Architects Holy Hell, layering nostalgic hints towards nu-metal like sprinkles on a cake. It could easily be considered an essential feature in any metal playlist, bringing a combination of fundamental components that metal fans have become accustomed to over the years. Taking a hybrid-style approach, Insecurities is a must listen, and the creativity that Pioneers have displayed is nothing short of astonishing.

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