Lee Fisher

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Thrill JockeyReleased 20.06.25You’re lying in the shade by a sun-dappled pool on an Appalachian hillside, watching dragonflies dart across the surface of the cool clear water. The air is as still as your heart. You’re at peace. And that’s just the opening track on Sally Anne Morgan’s remarkable third album, a richly textured immersion in nature and life cycles and the mountain country she’s from.

1 week ago | narcmagazine.com | Lee Fisher

Wrong Speed RecordsReleased: 20.06.25Haress have been creating remarkable music in their base deep in the heart of Shropshire for a few years now, but with interest in things like folk, tradition, reconnecting with the rural and even folk horror seeming to be at a peak right now, Skylarks is appearing at just the right time.

1 week ago | narcmagazine.com | Lee Fisher

Image: Smote by Lee FisherI have to confess Penelope Trappes didn’t connect at all tonight, which was disappointing because I had high hopes. The presentation didn’t help – it was Deeply Serious European Art Goth (think Nina Hagen meets Mrs Havisham) – and it was all very po-faced. To be fair, this all seemed to be very personal and intense and troubled, no complaints about her commitment, but there wasn’t much to hold on to, song wise.

2 weeks ago | narcmagazine.com | Lee Fisher

Cracked AnklesReleased: 13.06.2025Polypores – Preston’s Stephen Buckley – has notched up literally dozens of releases in the decade since he made his debut on the sadly dormant Concrète Tapes. While the quality has been remarkably consistent, his style has shifted and evolved incrementally without ever abandoning his modular synth roots.

3 weeks ago | narcmagazine.com | Lee Fisher

Human WorthReleased: 06.06.25Lower Slaughter have had a fitful ‘career’, with this third album coming almost a decade after their debut and featuring another new line-up. But they now seem to have assumed their ideal form, with former bassist Barney moving to vocals (and lyrics) like he was born to do it. Lower Slaughter have always had a knack for full tilt riffs, equal parts noise rock rumble and garage slash, and Deep Living is full of them.