Music with Moloney

Foals- Black Bull review Score: 4 stars Oxford quartet kick off next album in the duology of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost with a heavy rock track which continues the evolution of Foals, carrying them to new heights. After weeks of teasing, Foals finally released the title track from the second of two albums in the Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost saga. The song is entitled Black Bull and it immediately goes into a heavy rock instrumental, which is new territory for the Oxford group. This is to be expected at this point in the band’s career, as they have been known to experiment with new styles. This track in particular gives a throwback to the 2015 album ‘What Went Down’ but at the same time they make it seem new and fresh. The band have been playing the song live for a while now and it seems to fit in quite with the rest of their setlist, especially with tracks such as What Went Down and Inhaler which also give off quite heavy rock vibes. It also seems to really ...

Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride Review Score: 4 stars   Ezra   Koenig and co. bring the long-awaited fourth album with a vast departure from the Vampire Weekend of old but still contains fragments from their previous albums. So, its been six years since Vampire Weekend's last album, Modern Vampires of the City was released, and now they are back and better than ever with their impressive fourth album, entitled Father of the Bride. A lot has happened since their third album was released, longtime member Rostam Batamanglij left the band, Ezra Koenig had a child with Parks And Recreation star Rashida Jones. As for Vampire Weekend, they have introduced a whole new host of touring members to make up for Rostam's departure.  There was a lot of doubt over whether Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson could even bring the band back after Batamanglij left in 2016, never mind release a new album, but they have ...

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships Review Score: 5 stars The band from Manchester seem to secure their place in the music world while also propelling themselves to new heights in their genre-hopping third album With their third album, entitled A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, The 1975 continue their trend of creating songs that are completely different from each other while also managing to make it seem new and fresh. They also seem to have pushed themselves even further with songs like I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) and Love It If We Made It which makes this album one of the most politically sound albums of this generation. Matty Healy really seems to have an understanding of the power he has in his position as a musician and utilises to the full extent on this record, and that comes out on songs such as Love It If We Made It with lyrics like ‘Selling melanin and then suffocate the black men’ and ‘Rest in peace, Lil Peep’ which shows H...