Can you really have too much of a good thing? Not when it comes to good music you can't.
One of my not so guilty pleasures is finding a new act and following them on their journey to finding their sound, listening to it evolve with each new release.
However, when the act is fresh on the scene waiting to see this progress is a labour of love. Recently, the majority of artists I've been listening to have only released EPs or their début album. A select few have gotten me hooked and have my twitter set on the alert for details about their next album.
And without further ado, here are the musicians that have me hungry for a second helping:
Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony
Guitar rock is back with vengeance with these skinny jeaned and leather clad lads- 'The Balcony' is the quintessential indie rock album. Front man Van McCann is renowned for his poetic lyrics which radiate emotion without being overloaded with pretentious metaphors or annoyingly catchy ear worm melodies. They're a band with a simple 'just put on a good show' ethos and have created a superb album orientated around the struggles of love, the mornings after and everything in between that we all know far too well. They'll have you belting out and in a risqué t-shirt in no time.
Don Broco - Priorities
The riffs and baseline to their music is just divine. If it doesn't evoke a gutsy bad ass vibe for you then adjust your ear phones this second. 'Whole truth' is particularly excellent, but there latest single 'You wanna know' is my personal favourite of their's and has given me rather high expectations of their next album.
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
This dynamic duo have achieved a lot recently, their self entitled album achieved the number one spot and the 'Best British Group' award at the Brits this year, their album is obviously one of colossal quality. The Brighton boys are the front men of the rock revival and are packing a powerful sound, equivalent to a band three times there size. Whatever 'it' is, these lads have found it and turned it up to 11 on the amp.
Little Green Cars - Absolute Zero
Imagine Bombay Bicycle Club and Fun gave birth to an edgy and energetic child who was mates with Alt-J. That's the diverse but definitively characterised album from Little Green Cars. The band are still relatively unheard of but when they make their mark on the indie scene, everyone will have Absolute Zero on vinyl. It's rare that an album has such diversity without being fragmented. With a song to pander to everyone's tastes ,it's how alt music should be.
Hozier - Hozier
Hozier is no one trick pony, even if we erased the phenomenon that is 'Take me to Church' from his album, it would still be one of the strongest and beautifully composed of 2014. This man has talent tattooed across him, so much so that legends like Annie Lennox wanted to work with him. The highlights of his album for me have to be 'Cherry Wine', 'Jackie and Wilson' and 'Someone New'. His voice is deliciously soulful and can master perfectly catchy tunes and modest but profoundly moving ballads. Check out his makeover of Ariana Grande's 'Problem' - he transformed it from a pop monstrosity into sheer genius.
George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage
Georgie-boy has charmed the nation with is acoustic guitar and low mellow voice. 'Wanted on voyage' is the perfect mix of preppy feel good songs like 'Budpaest' and 'Listen to the man' that'll "Keep your pecker up" and soulful anthems like 'Leaving it up to you' and 'Did you hear the rain'. Ezra is the embodiment of the wholesome but incredibly talented boy next door musician, gaining the seal of approval from young and old. There's big things on the horizon for this cheeky chappy.
So keep an ear out for the return of these superb artists and if you haven't heard their material yet, go do it now. Open up Spotify or YouTube or ITunes and have a heavenly binge on this fine selection of musical delights.
One of my not so guilty pleasures is finding a new act and following them on their journey to finding their sound, listening to it evolve with each new release.
However, when the act is fresh on the scene waiting to see this progress is a labour of love. Recently, the majority of artists I've been listening to have only released EPs or their début album. A select few have gotten me hooked and have my twitter set on the alert for details about their next album.
And without further ado, here are the musicians that have me hungry for a second helping:
Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony
Guitar rock is back with vengeance with these skinny jeaned and leather clad lads- 'The Balcony' is the quintessential indie rock album. Front man Van McCann is renowned for his poetic lyrics which radiate emotion without being overloaded with pretentious metaphors or annoyingly catchy ear worm melodies. They're a band with a simple 'just put on a good show' ethos and have created a superb album orientated around the struggles of love, the mornings after and everything in between that we all know far too well. They'll have you belting out and in a risqué t-shirt in no time.
Don Broco - Priorities
The riffs and baseline to their music is just divine. If it doesn't evoke a gutsy bad ass vibe for you then adjust your ear phones this second. 'Whole truth' is particularly excellent, but there latest single 'You wanna know' is my personal favourite of their's and has given me rather high expectations of their next album.
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
This dynamic duo have achieved a lot recently, their self entitled album achieved the number one spot and the 'Best British Group' award at the Brits this year, their album is obviously one of colossal quality. The Brighton boys are the front men of the rock revival and are packing a powerful sound, equivalent to a band three times there size. Whatever 'it' is, these lads have found it and turned it up to 11 on the amp.
Little Green Cars - Absolute Zero
Imagine Bombay Bicycle Club and Fun gave birth to an edgy and energetic child who was mates with Alt-J. That's the diverse but definitively characterised album from Little Green Cars. The band are still relatively unheard of but when they make their mark on the indie scene, everyone will have Absolute Zero on vinyl. It's rare that an album has such diversity without being fragmented. With a song to pander to everyone's tastes ,it's how alt music should be.
Hozier - Hozier
Hozier is no one trick pony, even if we erased the phenomenon that is 'Take me to Church' from his album, it would still be one of the strongest and beautifully composed of 2014. This man has talent tattooed across him, so much so that legends like Annie Lennox wanted to work with him. The highlights of his album for me have to be 'Cherry Wine', 'Jackie and Wilson' and 'Someone New'. His voice is deliciously soulful and can master perfectly catchy tunes and modest but profoundly moving ballads. Check out his makeover of Ariana Grande's 'Problem' - he transformed it from a pop monstrosity into sheer genius.
George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage
Georgie-boy has charmed the nation with is acoustic guitar and low mellow voice. 'Wanted on voyage' is the perfect mix of preppy feel good songs like 'Budpaest' and 'Listen to the man' that'll "Keep your pecker up" and soulful anthems like 'Leaving it up to you' and 'Did you hear the rain'. Ezra is the embodiment of the wholesome but incredibly talented boy next door musician, gaining the seal of approval from young and old. There's big things on the horizon for this cheeky chappy.
So keep an ear out for the return of these superb artists and if you haven't heard their material yet, go do it now. Open up Spotify or YouTube or ITunes and have a heavenly binge on this fine selection of musical delights.
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