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Tag: Album Of The Week

Album Review: Maddox Jones – (Still) Waiting For The World To Turn [Deluxe Edition]

April 18, 2025

There’s something really special about watching an artist grow in real time – and with ‘(Still) Waiting For The World To Turn [Deluxe Edition]’, Maddox Jones is glowing.

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Denise Marsa’s Bold Pop Exploration: ‘PIVOTAL’

July 23, 2024

Denise Marsa’s PIVOTAL, her first full-length release in years, is a extravagant collection of pop songs that maintains vibrancy and self-expression like no other. Admired for branching out into various genres and refusing to be pigeonholed, Marsa is a breath of fresh air in the contemporary music scene – this album is here to prove why.

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A SLIGHT RETURN – ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying,’ PJ Harvey’s First Album In Seven Years, Is A Spooky, Stripped Back, Ethereal Song Cycle

July 14, 2023

I Inside The Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey‘s first proper album in seven years follows a period of intense introspection. One of the UK’s…

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Gabrielle Aplin Positively Glows With New Album ‘Phosphorescent’ Out Today

January 6, 2023

With her first album since 2020s ‘Dear Happy’, Gabrielle Aplin bursts back onto the charts with ‘Phosphorescent’. The new album, out today, is out through Never Fade Records.

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RONAN KEATING JOURNEYS THROUGH IRELAND’S MUSICAL HISTORY WITH NEW ALBUM SONGS FROM HOME OUT NOW

November 12, 2021

Celebrated international Irish artist Ronan Keating has defined more than two decades of pop music. Now he has hand-picked twelve songs of his homeland that he was born to sing.

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Diana Ross Is Grateful To God, Her Fans, Her Friends, And Family In New Album, ‘Thank You’

November 9, 2021

‘Thank You’ is the new album from Diana Ross. 13 tracks in a variety of musical styles, it’s got something for probably everyone in it, and it’s very easy to lose yourself in the music.

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Sweet Like Candy: Peppermint Heaven Release Eponymous New Album Today

October 29, 2021

Released through Megahit Records, ‘Peppermint Heaven’ is the much-awaited long player from the Los Angeles based duo of the same name.

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Mild Horses – ‘Ignorance to Enlightenment and Back Again’

October 1, 2021

Mild Horses, the newish incarnation of Matthew Leuw (Crest, Coin-op, 2 Hot 2 Sweat), blends dream pop guitar, synths and electronics to create his brand new 8 track album ‘Ignorance to Enlightenment and Back Again’.

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‘Progress’ Is The New Album From Genre-Fluid Project MASS!VE DYNAM!C

September 23, 2021

No matter what style of music you’re into, ‘Progress’, the new album from UK artist MASS!VE DYNAM!C has something for you.

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Tunes For The Summertime: D:Ream returns with OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS

July 28, 2021

Our favourite cheeky chaps are back with their first new music in over a decade. That’s right, UK House Music legends D:Ream return with OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, just in time for the openings scheduled for this summer.

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‘Carnival Of The Animals’ – The Kanneh-Masons Breathe New Life Into Saint-Saëns’ Zoological Classic With Help From Michael Morpurgo And Olivia Colman

December 1, 2020

I have to admit something – I’d never heard of The Kanneh-Masons before being given the opportunity to review this album, released via Decca. But I *had* heard, and heard OF ‘Carnival Of The Animals’. And I’d heard of Michael Morpurgo, and Olivia Colman.

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Friday 13th Can’t Be Considered Unlucky As Chris Stapleton Releases New Album ‘Starting Over’

November 13, 2020

Chris Stapleton is a five time Grammy winner, ten time CMA award and seven time ACM award winner. So to say that a new album from him is a Country music event is an understatement. In fact, such is the respect that this Kentucky born artist is held in across the board, this is quite simply a music event.

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