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Focus track: “Gang Signs” Our Rating: 7/10 THUMPER have always understood impact. Density. Volume. The physicality of sound. But Sleeping With The Light On suggests something more interesting than just noise. It suggests discipline. The album opens with “The Rip,” and the name is apt. It does not ease you in. It arrives with crunch…
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Our Rating: 7/10 Some artists chase reinvention. Olivia Dean chose refinement. The Art of Loving is not an album built on shock or spectacle. It is built on emotional steadiness. On craft. On the decision to explore love as something complex and negotiated rather than cinematic and chaotic. From the first track, the tone is…
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Our Rating 7/10 There is a particular kind of silence that happens just before morning. Not peaceful. Not calm. Suspended. That unsettled space is where Iarmhaireacht lives. A little bit of an Irish language breakdown before we break into the music here: Iarmhaireacht comes from Irish Gaeilge. “Iar” means ‘after’ or ‘behind’. “Mhaireacht” relates to…
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