Tag: band

Categories
Music

Cannons – Sweeter

I absolutely rinsed Cannons’ 2022 album Fever Dream. It wasn’t the best album of the year by any means, but it was far and away my favourite, and already, less than a year later, evokes feelings of deep nostalgia, which is pretty impressive given that my life is essentially exactly the same now as it was 12 months ago. Anyway, their new album Heartbeat Highway has a lot to live up to, and on the first couple of listens Sweeter – a perfect, yearning, synthpop melter – has emerged as the clear stand-out.

https://www.cannonstheband.com/highway/

Categories
Music

Low – The Innocents

I was a latecomer to Low: I only really started paying attention around the release of Double Negative, but I would now consider myself a huge fan, not just of their music, but of Alan and Mimi themselves. From afar they seemed like decent, loving, compassionate people, and from what I’ve read from those who knew them well, this was all true. Their music is extraordinary, like nothing else out there, and I was so sad to learn of Mimi’s death yesterday.

This is one of my favourite songs of theirs, and exemplifies everything I love about Low. Crunchy, bleak and foreboding but also – possibly – quietly hopeful, and one on which Mimi’s vocal takes centre stage and is pushed to its emotional limits. Together, they have delivered some utterly timeless, genuinely phenomenal music that will never be forgotten, and she will be greatly missed by many.