Category Archives: Current distractions

Future Of The Left / Travels With Myself And Another

I listened to this album 20 times straight on receiving it. Noisy and angry and huge sounding, with an amused sense of its own pomposity. The best 33 minutes you’ll have this summer.

Metric / Fantasies

Synthier and more anthemic than Live It Out. You can almost hear where the strobe lights kick in live. Emily Haines is my new rock crush

Bat For Lashes / Two Suns

Natasha Khan throws off the Bjork / Kate Bush shackles to produce a classy second record, all thumping tribal drums and shimmering vocals.

PJ Harvey & John Parish / A Woman A Man Walked By

Long-awaited follow up to ‘Dance Hall at Louse Point’ doesn’t disappoint. A three-listen record, looking forward to seeing it live now.