Julia Brunton

After a transformative period, FREE THROW’S  6th album  Moments Before the Wind captures the static feeling of watching one’s life change around you. It draws on the intricate melodies of emo to take the listener to the liminal spaces that Cory Castro  cites as the inspiration for FREE THROW’S  6th studio album, and delivers on the lyricism to deliver gut punches while chained in these endless hallways.  Sonically, Moments Before the Wind  stays muted through most of its 11-track runtime, yet...

S8NT ELEKTRIC move through decades of rock on their debut album OFF THE EDGE , creating melodies and shreds that take inspiration from every era. OFF THE EDGE  is both distinct in its sound and varied in its structure, providing a listening experience that is notably S8NT ELEKTRIC  and a journey through the boundaries of their sound.  The lead musician of S8NT ELEKTRIC seems to be Niko Tsangaris  on lead guitar, and is the driving force of the push of their sound from the old to the new. The...

The Winter Circus’ debut in the UK was an energetic ska party driven by the 90s ska-punk royalty LESS THAN JAKE . From start to finish, every band was full of energy and love of performance; by the end of the evening the packed O2 Academy was primed for the weekend as they filed out into the crisp Leeds air. The BAR STOOL PREACHERS  set a perfect tone for the evening as they opened the festivities, delivering their 90s punk with peps in their step. After set openers Choose my Friends  and...