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Picture Credit: The Routine   The Routine - Under the Circumstances Release Date: August 06, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 25:29 Genre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock Origin: Cambridge , England Founded in 2019, Cambridge-based quartet The Routine used the era of the virus with its side effects such as standstill, lockdowns, and restrictions on normality to work on their sound. Writing songs, optimizing their skills as musicians and as a band likewise, and refining their previous works, The Routine prepared for the end of the lockdowns. The result of this process is the six-track EP on hand that openly tells us when and how it was produced: "Under the Circumstances". The vernier adjustment has been successful, and "Under the Circumstances" has become a round and wholesome release. The Routine provide our ears with Alternative Rock that is melodic and soulful but does not forget that heavy sounds are important, too. Songs such as 'Rest' or ...

Picture Credit: Regine Ray Photography   Flaming June - Paralyse me where I stand Release Date: August 12, 2021 Length: 02:53 Genre:  Folk Rock  /  Indie Folk Origin:  Cambridge ,  England Lousie Eatock , also known as Flaming June, might be one of the greatest musical discoveries that I made this year. The previous single 'The Ballad of Daniel Dawson' completely blew my mind ( read the review here ), and ' The Firework Maker's Daughter ' is on hot rotation whenever I work at the hostel. Some weeks ago, Flaming June released a new single, 'Paralyse me where I stand', which will be featured on the upcoming album " Hope in a Jar " together with 'The Ballad of Daniel Dawson' and eight other tracks. You can already pre-order the CD, and here is another good reason why to do so: Dark harmonies and a melancholic theme open the song, and in its beginning it partially reminds of the stunning duo Molosser . With the dynamic chorus, Flaming June adds...

Picture Credit: Flaming June   Flaming June - The Ballad of Daniel Dawson Release Date: June 18, 2021 Length: 03:51 Genre: Folk Rock / Indie Folk Origin: Cambridge , England First things first, this song is not about the boxer called Daniel Dawson . In the year 1812, Daniel Dawson  attended the horse races in Newmarket, Suffolk. Allegedly, he poisoned several horses to fix the races. Being put on trial under the Black Act of 1723 , Daniel Dawson was found guilty and consequently faced a death sentence which was executed via hanging in Cambridge's Castle Hill Prison. "The Ballad of Daniel Dawson" is the newest single by Newmarket's Louise Eatock , also known as Flaming June. The powerfully dynamic Folk song will be featured on Flaming June's upcoming album "Hope in a Jar" which is expected to be released this Autumn (Northern hemisphere). "The Ballad of Daniel Dawson" is a song driven by an amazing harmony and energetic movement. Flaming June h...

Picture Credit: Model Village Model Village - World of Carp Release Date: 05 March, 2021 Label: Kingfisher Bluez / towed by the ghost Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 40:44 Genre: Jangle Pop / Indie Folk Origin: Cambridge , England Welcome to the "World of Carp"! This is the fourth album by Cambridge's Jangle Pop band Model Village. Get ready for some smooth and washed out sounds, little to no distortion, dreamy atmosphere, and soothingly melodic melancholy. Model Village's "World of Carp" is soulful package of real emotions, honesty, and desire. They play the soundtrack for bouyant dance steps between kitchen and living room, for the last glass of wine before the candles go out, or for many other situations in this crazy thing called life. If the music on "World of Carp" had to be described with one word, then that could be 'touching'. Picture Credit: Model Village Model Village are both boppy and authochthonous. They merge the poten...

As you might assume from the title of the LP this is live footage from Psychic Lemon's gig at The Smokehouse, Ipswich in August 2018; forty-two minutes of progressive, funky, psychedelic, and krauty Space Rock from a fantastic show in Suffolk. Cambridge-based trio Psychic Lemon played five of their greatest songs at this gig, and the outcome is an amazing experience of pure psychedelic energy. The opening track "Interstellar Fuzz Star" offers a clear impression of what the audience has to expect during this journey: Psychic Lemon are a fuzz-driven funky rocket shooting for uncharted corners of far galaxies. With ease they travel along meteor showers, lost planets, glowing suns, and beautiful images. You better fasten your seatbelts since Psychic Lemon are rocketing through the sky with ludacris speed. The driving drum patterns create both solid speed and variety which eventually receive every part of your body and haul you towards the stage. The bass meanwhile build...