I feel like I say it every year, but this year it feels worth saying louder than ever. THESE ARE NOT THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR! There’s no way I (or I believe anyone) could write a list that could claim to be correct about that kind of personal, indefinable, impossible thing. There’s been too much music, and not enough […]
Read moreSince calling it quits in 2015, Maybeshewill have played a farewell tour, been hand-picked by Robert Smith to headline a festival, and then, over a year ago now, the boys in the band teased a slight return with an enigmatic video. I was one of the grown men crying at their final London show but it’s almost like the band […]
Read moreLovely, this. Across five tracks of Eno-esque ambience, gently cinematic synths, and birdsong samples, erstwhile Maybeshewill man Robin Southby (the second member of the band to release solo work this spring) evokes the sounds and sensations of walking through the forests and hills of the Peak District. Despite its ominous title, ‘The Forest Swallows Us Whole’ is lively, sunny and […]
Read moreListen, this whole thing has been horrible. There really are no bright sides to a global pandemic. But maybe, just maybe, we’ll get to hear some music that might not otherwise have been made. Châtelet is one such example. This solo electronic project from erstwhile Maybeshewill member John Helps was actually conceived a decade ago but has lain largely dormant until […]
Read moreThe boys are back in town? Maybe, just maybe, Maybeshewill might be back. The Leicester outfit posted the video below midweek and, for the minute, that’s it. Whether it means more live shows, (maybe an ArcTanGent headline slot?) or, whisper it, new music, remains to be seen, but right now i’ll take what I can get.
Read moreAnd now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain. It’s been coming for a while of course, Maybeshewill announced their split in September last year and the farewell tour has been halfway around the world since then, but that doesn’t make this any easier. They’ve always been such a reliable, consistent outfit, the kind of band […]
Read moreMusic can move walls. And you need look no further than Maybeshewill for proof of that power. For an all too brief half hour tonight the Leicester lads transform the sterile confines of the Garage into a grand arena, a gig for everyone, an almost-Nirvana. Big words, sure, but that’s all that’s left after you run out of superlatives and […]
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