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Watchhouse
Watchhouse
Watchhouse gives Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz's acoustic music more room to develop. Previously known as Mandolin Orange, the duo keep their gentle singing and careful strin…
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Revolution Come...Revolution Go
Gov't Mule
Revolution Come...Revolution Go has plenty of anger, but Gov't Mule give that energy more than one musical outlet. Heavy guitar riffs sit beside soul ballads, country touches …
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Through Shaded Woods
Lunatic Soul
Through Shaded Woods gives Lunatic Soul a more acoustic, folk-influenced setting. Mariusz Duda builds much of the music around repeating figures, percussion and layered voices…
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Acheron
King Buffalo
The sound of running water opens Acheron, placing King Buffalo's music inside the setting where it was recorded. The trio performed these four long pieces live at Howe Caverns…
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Fym
Azure
Azure do not lack ideas. Fym brings together progressive rock, power metal and a fantasy story, then gives the whole thing almost eighty minutes to unfold. There are fast guit…
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Bridge Across Forever
Transatlantic
Bridge Across Forever gives Transatlantic's ambitious progressive rock a strong melodic foundation. Across four tracks, the group combine long instrumental passages with expre…
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Basking in the Glow
Oso Oso
Basking in the Glow gives Oso Oso's melodic rock a bright, open sound without removing the uncertainty underneath it. Jade Lilitri writes songs that are easy to enter, with cl…
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Such Jubilee
Watchhouse
Such Jubilee makes its strongest impression through the connection between its two voices. Mandolin Orange keep the music gentle, with acoustic instruments and small arrangeme…
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Heavy Pendulum
Cave In
Heavy Pendulum has a lot to carry, and Cave In give it the space to do so. Fourteen tracks stretch past seventy minutes, bringing together heavy riffs, broad rock melodies and…
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Feel It All Around
Soul Blind
Soul Blind understand the value of leaving room around a heavy riff. Feel It All Around uses dense guitars and strong grooves, but the New York band's debut rarely needs to mo…
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Colter Wall
Colter Wall
Colter Wall's low voice gives his self-titled album a strong identity before the arrangements need to do very much. Rough and heavy, it can make a simple line sound worn by ex…
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Undercurrent
Sarah Jarosz
Undercurrent finds Sarah Jarosz doing more with a smaller sound. Guitar takes a central place alongside her banjo and octave mandolin, while the arrangements leave her voice c…
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Stupid Dream
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree bring their melodies closer to the foreground on Stupid Dream. The British band’s fifth album keeps the atmosphere and instrumental detail of their progressive …
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Happiness Bastards
The Black Crowes
Happiness Bastards puts the Black Crowes' rock songs ahead of their more extended instrumental habits. The ten tracks move quickly, with producer Jay Joyce keeping the sound d…
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Holocene
The Ocean
Holocene puts electronic sound near the centre of The Ocean's music. Synthesizers, brass colour and cleaner singing create a darker, more restrained setting than a constant se…
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Wonder What's Next
Chevelle
Wonder What's Next gives Chevelle's heavy rock a clear sense of purpose. The riffs are simple enough to follow quickly, but the band use changes in pressure and a strong vocal…
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Ghost Code
Smash Into Pieces
Smash Into Pieces is back with a new album. Full disclosure: I've been a fan of theirs for years, but for me they've never topped their album Rise and Shine, which is probably…
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The Perfume of Decay
Tigercub
The Perfume of Decay puts a darker tone around Tigercub's heavy rock. Fuzzy guitars and thick bass lines carry most of the weight, while Jamie Hall's voice often stays softer …
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Guilty of Everything
Nothing
Guilty of Everything finds a powerful balance between a gentle voice and a heavy band. Nothing place hushed melodies inside layers of distorted guitar, with bass and drums giv…
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Dealer
Foxing
Dealer makes Foxing's emotional rock feel more contained and detailed. The songs leave room between the instruments, letting Conor Murphy's voice move from a delicate murmur t…
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A Place of Our Own
Have Mercy
A Place of Our Own gives Have Mercy's emotional rock a more polished outline. The guitars sound firm and the songs move towards their strongest moments with greater certainty.…
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The Things We Think We're Missing
Balance and Composure
The Things We Think We're Missing surrounds its melodies with a thick layer of guitar. Balance and Composure mix the directness of emo with slower alternative rock, leaving Jo…
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Habits
Elephant Tree
Habits makes room for a surprisingly gentle side of heavy rock. Elephant Tree keep the thick guitar sound and firm rhythms of stoner music, then add melodic voices, warm synth…
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Déjà Vu (Première Partie)
Novelists
Novelists move towards a more electronic, chorus-led sound on Déjà Vu (Première Partie). The French band still use technical guitar playing and heavy metalcore riffs, but the …
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