Seeing Red

Fierce and fiery is the perfect words to describe the debut single from new age rocker, Blake Red.

The hot ‘n’ fresh track, ‘Face It’ is burning through everyone’s playlist as one to hear and repeat. Like the songs title and lyrics suggest, you can’t resist, you must listen and face the shear passion of this marvellous artists performance.

 

Judging Blake by the debut track may leave some to question, why they haven’t heard of her before as it sounds mature and professional. But it was musical influences that shaped her; Blake grew up in the “angst-filled 90s”, developing a “rebellious spirit from her metal forefathers of Alice in Chains and Tool”. Not settling for anything short of loud Blake has started to built up a torrent of since releasing her epic single and video teaser.

 

Blake Red is just getting started and is almost ready to unleash her debut EP onto the world so watch out because this one star that will make you hear and feel the music every time.

The Man With Stars On His Knees

Aaron Buchanan And The Cult Classics – The Man With Stars On His Knees album review.

‘Aaron Buchanan’ has stars on his knees and superstar status in his mind with this debut album shooting him skywards. The album entitled "The Man With Stars On His Knees" is fuelled by explosive and melodic rock from start to finish, with the help of Aarons’ band, ‘The Cult Classics’.

Aaron is no stranger to the rock scene being in various projects and bands including, the ever changing, Heavens Basement. The experiences he has had and the background growing up in the music scene shine through his debut solo work as it pays homage to late generations of rock n roll. After listening to the album in full one can truly appreciate the eclectic and brilliant sound that has been crafted. Tracks like ‘All The Things You Have Said And Done’ and ‘Dancin’ Down Below’ are made for anyone to shake out their vocal cords, while title track ‘The Man With Stars On His Knees’ will get everyone reaching for their air guitars.

The pinnacle track would be ‘Journey Out Of Here’ as it combines all the best aspects of the artist and band. The track starts as an angelic poetic love affair with Aaron’s unique voice and lyrics before being treated to a heavy grinding riff. All the tracks from this debut solo project are worth having on repeat and certainly will be an experience when transformed into a live format.

A perfect comparison of this music to any others would be the love child of ‘Rise Against’ and ‘Queen’.  ‘The Man With Stars On His Knees’ drops to earth at the end of May so sit down, pick up the album and prepare for an intergalactic thrill ride from the next generation of rock star.

Feel The Love This Summer

Clean Cut Kid – Felt album review

Feel the love this summer. After working relentlessly for almost two years, hoping on tours and teasing us with singles, ‘Clean Cut Kid’ has finally released a debut album, ‘Felt’.  Just like the name suggests it is a feel good album bursting with life and colour for people of all ages.

The passion these four “Liverpodlian” musicians have for music can be ‘Felt’ throughout this exciting body of work, as they prove they are more than capable of writing more than one hit. After picking up the album you will realise that ‘Felt’ is a collection of sing-along singles that you have constantly been humming to over the last year, all produced by the same band.  From ‘Vitamin C’ to ‘Runaway’, ‘Make Believe’ to ‘Pick Me Up’ these songs just leave you filled with joy and will certainly put a smile on your face. Just like their live shows, the album never has a dull moment. Even when the tempo drops to the slower ballads of ‘Evelyn’ and ‘Brother Of Mine’, your audio senses are captured into the tracks narratives.  

A stand out track is really hard on this solid piece of work, but the title track of, ‘Felt’ would be up there. Due to it being a master piece of a pop song, showing depth and love backed up by a catchy chorus, as per. If you want to impress a significant other, make sure to check out this super charged debut album as it will help cement anyone’s coolness as “I heard them first”. For fans of ‘The 1975’, ‘Michael Jackson’ &  huge sing-alongs’.  ‘Felt’ is an album full of intertwining musical gems resulting in a smooth standout album, which will be THE debut of the year.