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Eric Brace and Last Train Home “Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows” (Red Beet Records, 2020)

February 7, 2020 Clint West 2

Last Train Home formed in Washington DC in the 1990s, releasing six well-received albums between 1997 and 2008. ‘Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows’ is their first release for 11 years. Having moved to Nashville in 2004 […]

Pinegrove “Marigold” (Rough Trade, 2020)

February 7, 2020 Clint West 0

In 2017, Pinegrove founder and principle songwriter Evan Stephens Hall issued a statement saying that a woman with whom he’d had a brief relationship, had accused him of “sexual coercion”. The band’s ‘Skylight’ album was put […]

The Epstein “Burn The Branches” (Zawinal Records/PinDrop Records, 2020)

February 7, 2020 Harold Hogan 0

Oxfordshire natives The Epstein return for their third album, which transcends genre-limitations with surety and flair. To say they are an alt-folk band or an indie-rock band is probably accurate, but to put them in either […]

Matt McGinn “Lessons of War” (Binlid Records)

February 7, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

If there were an award given for the most earnest album of the year, then ‘Lessons of War’ by Matt McGinn would be a shoo-in. For his fourth record, the Irish singer-songwriter has collaborated with musicians […]

David Keenan “A Beginner’s Guide To Bravery” (Rubyworks, 2020)

February 6, 2020 Linda Jameson 0

This is not a beginner’s guide to anything. From the outset it’s clear that David Keenan is an accomplished singer, nay poet, who is confident in his style and ability. Every song on ‘Beginner’s Guide to […]