Halifax duo Lashes is nothing if not complicated. Formerly known as Lvbor Cvmp, the band has made efforts to soften their image in time for the release of their new album When The Internet Calls—which leans so far into the realm of a concept album that it plays like an uncomfortable manifesto. Continue reading Lashes Play Devil’s Advocate With Controversial Album ‘When The Internet Calls’
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Hillsburn Offer a Glimmer of Hope in the Midst of Despair on ‘Slipping Away’
Day-to-day living has become such a burden for so many of us in recent years, and for a sadly growing variety of reasons. The struggles, hardships, and barriers (sometimes self-inflicted as Hillsburn will address) have become a horrendously relatable weight we all rise to. Yet amidst all the depression, detachment, disenchantment, and despair; we find glimmers of hope and hopefully that is what Slipping Away leaves listeners feeling. Continue reading Hillsburn Offer a Glimmer of Hope in the Midst of Despair on ‘Slipping Away’
June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
At the moment, there’s an inherent problem with releasing an album with even the faintest whiff of emo lament to it: it will, inevitably, be seen and measured through the lens of our dystopian present. Every track will be shoehorned into the context of a world disaster and the whole thing cheapened for being so overly apropos.
Where Never Here For Long, the new album from June Body, may have been shaped by those events and the weight that comes with them, it stands as a testament to the band’s ability to persevere through those challenges and deserves to be remembered for that, rather than despite those reasons. Continue reading June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
Lizzie Loveless Reflects and Reinvents on Debut Album ‘You Don’t Know’
Setting off on your own can be a scary and uncertain thing, but former TEEN member Lizzie Lieberson makes it look effortless. Now going by the moniker Lizzie Loveless, she has released her debut solo album, You Don’t Know, a poignant collection of dreamy ponderings that serves as an exhale of the past. Continue reading Lizzie Loveless Reflects and Reinvents on Debut Album ‘You Don’t Know’
Everything Old Feels New Again on Séan McCann’s Latest Release ‘Shantyman’
Séan McCann works harder than you. Now don’t go getting all up in arms. It’s just a fact. Yes, you work hard too. We’re not arguing that, but just writing about McCann proves exhausting. Continue reading Everything Old Feels New Again on Séan McCann’s Latest Release ‘Shantyman’