Now in its fifth year, End Of The Road once more closes the packed festival season with a giant hurrah. Mathew Parri Thomas guides you through the many highlights whilst Leah Pritchard, Paul Bridgewater and Jenny Mollergren supply the photographs.
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SOTD #96 // Crocodiles: ‘Groove Is In The Heart’
he flip of their ‘Sleep Forever’ single, this dirge-filtered cover of the 90′s dance classic perhaps won’t make you want to “dance and have some fun” but it will have the frequenters of indie discos swaying mournfully and partaking in some fairly liberal chin stroking.
SOTD #95 // S. Carey: ‘In The Dirt’
‘In The Dirt’ is a showcase of what to expect on Carey’s debut long player. With it’s dancing, arpeggio piano line, hand-clap rhythms and vocals of close harmonies and mismatched double tracking it’s a warm breeze of a track which draws comparison to the likes of modern classicists such as Efterklang or Balmorhea.
Lone Wolf – The Devil and I
On his second album – or Lone Wolf’s first – Paul Marshall has created work which is bold, assured and focused. It’s dark, foreboding and centred around a theme from which it does not let up.
Final headliner announced for End Of The Road
The final headliner for this year’s End of the Road Festival has been revealed as Modest Mouse, who will be taking to the stage on Friday night with Yo La Tengo and Wilco filling the Saturday and Sunday headline slots respectively.
The Radio Dept. – Clinging To A Scheme
With Clinging To A Scheme, The Radio Dept. have delivered an album full of warmth, tenderness and bucket loads of charm. Worth the four year wait? No question.
Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
Will ‘Wake Up The Nation’ renew the faith of an disillusioned Weller fan of old? Although it’s admittedly a step in the right direction Mathew Parri Thomas is far from excited.
The Last Dinosaur – Hooray! For Happiness
What the world needs now is The Last Dinosaur. A band that will refresh the British music scene that’s become devoid of originality. Matthew Parri Thomas reviews.
We Were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look
We Were Promised Jetpacks are back to bridge the gap between albums with The Last Place You’ll Look EP.
Balmorhea – Constellations
If you give Constellations the time and attention it deserves, it will reveal itself to be one of the best instrumental albums you’re likely to hear this year – post-rock or otherwise.
She & Him – Volume 2
Volume 2 pretty much picks up where Volume 1 left off… but that’s no bad thing when She and Him are involved.
Josiah Wolf – Jet Lag
On Jet Lag Josiah Wolf reprises his role as Why?’s drums and glockenspiel maestro…
TLOBF Interview :: Field Music
Mathew Parri Thomas managed to steal a rare interview with Peter Brewis to talk about double albums, band identity and the pursuit of commercial success.
Shout Out Louds – Work
While the lack of immediacy we’ve come to expect from Shout Out Louds may worry some, Work is a record where the band sounds at their most comfortable.
Frightened Rabbit – The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
Frightened Rabbit have produced a solid album that, even though it may not repeat past glories, still stands head and shoulders above its competition.
