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Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Review

Tame  Impala - The Slow Rush Review Australian genius Kevin Parker returns with his first album in nearly  five years, The Slow Rush In 2018, Tame Impala released two singles, Patience and Borderline, with no announcement of an album in sight. Fast forward to the 14th of February, 2020, and after a long wait, The Slow Rush has been released. Full of progressive rock riffs and drums reminiscent of 2012 album Lonerism, especially on songs like first single It Might Be Time, Lost In Yesterday and On Track. However, the album also has it's pop moments, not too dissimilar from third record Currents. This is most obvious on Breathe Deeper, which is sure to be a massive hit, similar to The Less I Know The Better from Currents. This is also Kevin Parker's most personal record to date, with one of the songs, entitled Posthumous Forgiveness, in which he talks about his strained relationship with his late...

Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces review

Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces review Stockport quintet celebrate love and the feelings that come with it on excellent third record. Blossoms have released their third album, entitled Foolish Loving Spaces, and as frontman Tom Ogden described it, it's a 'celebration of love' and that shows in songs like Oh No (I Think I'm In Love), Falling For Someone, The Keeper and Romance, Eh?. It also continues the regular theme in Blossoms albums of heartbreak and that shows in lyrics like 'You said that I was unfair, your words, they poison the air' from opening track If You Think This Is Real Life. Blossoms have also broken free from the previous styles they've specialised in on their last two records, especially second album Cool Like You, the band has described it as their most 'band-y record' which shows on songs like The Keeper, which could be mistaken for a song from Screamadelica by Primal Scream with its jangly piano s...