Bittersweet’s Albums Of The Year 2022!
2022 has been one hell of a year for music, if you ask us. With the 'emo renaissance' in full swing, as well as some absolutely lethal genre-blending at play, t...
Emily Swingle
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Born Without Bones – Dancer
Born Without Bones, Dancer
Pure Noise Records
Born Without Bones are back to tug on our heartstrings. Five years on from 2017’s Young at the Bend, new album...
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Pinkshift – Love Me Forever
Pink Shift, Love Me Forever
Hopeless Records
It’s official: the kids are most certainly not alright. In a snarl of punk-rock attitude and a clap o...
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The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist
The Callous Daoboys are a sasscore pack of thieves; brash, confrontational and sharp-tongued to the core, this post-hardcore collective are tearing up the ruleb...
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Ithaca – They Fear Us
Ithaca, They Fear Us
Hassle Records
Bow before your blood - the reign of Ithaca is upon us. In a blaze of fury, Ithaca are burning hardcore to the ground an...
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You Me At Six – Deep Cuts
You Me At Six, Deep Cuts
AWAL Recordings
You Me At Six are back and they’re digging deep; with their eighth album Truth Decay set for release early next yea...
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Architects – tear gas
Architects, tear gas
Epitaph
Architects are proving that anything is possible; following on from the mighty when we were young, the metalcore juggernauts ar...
2000Trees 2022: Saturday
On our final morning of a festival, you usually get a little sense of bittersweet sadness that another year is almost over. At 2000Trees on this fine Saturday m...
2000Trees 2022: Friday
2000Trees’s second morning waits for no-one - the sun is beating down, that all-too-familiar feeling of being slowly baked out of your tent is here with a venge...
2000Trees 2022: Thursday
After three long years, the wait is finally over. Yes, live music has been back in the swing of things for a little while now, and we’ve had many a can’t-quite-...
Emily Swingle
Editor
Favourite bands: Muse, Taking Back Sunday, Enter Shikari, Architects, Death Spells Favourite album: Origin of Symmetry - Muse Best gig: Enter Shikari @ Leeds O2 Academy 2019 Most likely to: Drink wine at 2pm