Recounting: Terrain by Portico Quartet
"It’s a world of changing landscapes and experiences that we traversed through June-November 2020, both emotionally and physically... It’s also a dialogue between me…
Recounting: Second Line by Dawn Richard
"We were in the middle of finishing the album when the pandemic hit. I remember feeling like maybe it was a sign for me to stop…
Recounting: Truly by Caoilfhionn Rose
"In the middle of making the album, I had a period of illness, where I was hospitalised for several months. Looking back it feels like quite…
Recounting: Rehearsal by Skegss
"My dog Blaze was there which was nice. My song Fade Away is about how much I love him and he was in my arms when…
Recounting: Emergency Telephone by Billy Nomates
"No one's ever gonna wanna go for a walk ever again after this are they."Off the back of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album released…
Recounting: Sometimes I Forget You're Human Too by Bored At My Grandmas House
"I remember Priti Patel saying some ridiculous things about refugees and it really really pissed me off so I came up with the metaphor ‘Safer at…
Recounting: Spare Ribs by Sleaford Mods
"I wrote the lyrics for both tracks in a couple of hours sat in my car outside my house. When we got them into the studio…
Recounting: Bedroom by bdrmm
"Imagine the film The Hangover but set in Leeds with no actual consequences except an unhappy recording engineer." Jordan Smith, bassist of Hull/Leeds five-piece bdrmm,…