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I first witnessed the angular majesty of Glass Angel when my band performed alongside them last year in Bristol at what we always dubbed as ‘the worst gig that we’ve ever played’. We may have stumbled ourselves, but Glass Angel were a gleaming surprise of jerky Indie-Pop, who really stuck… Read more

It’s great when you can say you were there at the start of a bands career, that you were following them before they hit fame and fortune, before they signed a record deal with that mega cool independent record label everyone is talking about. With We’ve Come To Steal Your… Read more

As a rule, I don’t write reviews for artists that exist outside of South Wales, or if I do, I’ll look for a tenuous link, such as a band member once lived in the area, or in this case, if I saw the artist perform in South Wales. Yeah, pretty… Read more

After releasing a trilogy of singles since their formation last year, South Wales three-piece Feverjaw return with brand new track “Bloodwork”, a taster of their upcoming debut album. Feverjaw are a band evidently on a mission. Whereas some bands tend to take their time in discovering, developing and honing their… Read more

Straight from the beautiful hidden landscape of a small village situated in the mountainous valleys of the Rhondda Cynon Taf, “Some Nights I Hear Her Call My Name” is the latest single release from Cwmaman based songsmith Mahouts. I’ve been lucky to witness this particular track’s upcoming music video ahead… Read more

Newport hip-hop band return with a brand-new song and video, their first since last September’s “The Upside of Being Down” Already released, you can check the video out on their Facebook page right here. Much like their last tune, and for that matter, all of their preceding material, new single… Read more

2020 is full of surprises. Granted, most of them are pretty shit and something that we could all do without, but there’s the odd nugget to raise a smile. I’m struggling to think of many right now, but I’m sure there have been some!* MechaStreiSand is the lockdown side project of… Read more

We love a debut single here at About Sound, there’s always a huge sense of privilege to be one of the first people outside an artist’s inner circle to listen to something so new and precious. It’s certainly a perk of running a music blog! Built around a nearly constant,… Read more

Without wishing to sound too sentimental, this is the song EVERYONE needs to hear right now. From this sentence on you have two options, a) finish reading this review right now and click on the video above or b) carry on reading this review and then click on the video… Read more

I first encountered “200,000 Gallons of Oil” and indeed Head Noise when I reviewed their wacky, outlandish and enormously fun new wave/synth debut album “Uber-fantastique” earlier this year. Following this album release I caught them live at the Moon Club on a subdued Wednesday evening supporting a band that, shall… Read more