‘Madness’ spotlights the quartet’s ability to effortlessly flit between 70s punk and country, adorned with harmonies akin to a 60s pop rock band.
A generous amount of guitars, drums and synth blend into one for VALA’s return.
‘PHD’ plays around with elements of stripped-back indie-pop, but with grungey tints and an Elliott Smith-esque vocal, it’s hardly strait-laced.
Refusing to be bound by genre or fall into tropes, the tracks swell and ooze as they trawl through vivid emotions and unspoken truths.
London’s Folly Group unleash the scintillating afro punk of ‘Big Ground’ and announce debut album ‘Down There!’
Putting the misgivings of adulthood back under this microscope, are the disgruntled raconteurs of South London five-piece, YOWL, and their debut album ‘Milksick’.