Alex Curle

1 month ago | whenthehornblows.com | Alex Curle

A new line-up and a new sound: A sixth weighs in delightful ambience. Twenty years since their conception, The Horrors reprise their role as a definitive sound of the decade with their sixth, Night Life. The outfit behind Still Life and Sea Within a Sea, not only return with a new look but with a whole new line-up too- founding members vocalist Faris Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb remain at the core, but are joined by Amelia Kidd on keys and Telegram's Jordan Cook on drums.

1 month ago | whenthehornblows.com | Alex Curle

Liverpool up-and-comers release third "Lust for Life..." in a sprawling collage of indie, post-rock and hyper-pop destined to hit you in the face and leave. Courting have been an experimental tour-de-force since coming out of the underground a few years back.

1 month ago | whenthehornblows.com | Alex Curle

Toronto duo return with their low poly 8-bit bite of doom and sadness in Fake Moon. When you first stick on Fake Moon, no one can judge you for thinking your speakers were playing up. Ian's fat snare spikes and Luke's glitched guitar throws have become a staple to the duo's sound since their tenure. The mammoth debut of BUMMER soon jettisoned the duo as one of the most in-demand rising rock bands on the planet.

1 month ago | whenthehornblows.com | Alex Curle

Yearning debut from Nottingham-based alt-country/indie quartet Divorce plays homage to place and home. This one has been circulating for a while since its release was heard on the streets of the 0114. Set as Nottingham's poster child, Divorce's debut album has been a long time coming. Formed after a quarter life crisis in 2021, their first role was setting standards in terms of sound. We were met with Get Mean the year following, its crunchy guitar and warming vocals a soon-to-be-staple.

2 months ago | stilllisteningmagazine.com | Alex Curle

It can be said that the five-piece group of Squid have come a long way since their instrumental jazz days in Brighton playing and paying off their cheap rent way back in 2016. Since then, their broody, angular tropes of British colloquialisms within their Fourth World art-rock arrangements have dazzled and delighted audiences worldwide. Their breakthrough debut Bright Green Field in 2021 arrived off the coattails of post-pandemic with an experimental jazzy avant-garde affair.