EP and Single Reviews

EP and single reviews for some of the best new music releases. With the singles chart a pale shade of what it used to be, we’re here to look at some of the real contenders for EP and single high fives.

Blood Orange Champagne Coast video single review

Fusing all kinds of brilliance into one track isn’t an easy thing to do, but Blood Orange’s Champagne Coast pulls it off with ease. It’s like the illegitimate love child of Prince

Maximo Park, Hips and Lips single review

Maximo Park return to the music machine this summer with new singles, their first gigs of the year and a new album, The National Health. With the record due for release on

Arctic Monkeys, Are U Mine

Back with another single on the back of last year’s album release, Suck It And See, the Arctic Monkeys return with another big hitter in Are U Mine. Dark and laced with

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Morning Thought

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. releases new single Morning Thought on the 27th February on Warner Bros.  Records, which sort of sounds as though it should be a bit Daffy Ducked right from

Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Les Plus Beaux

Released yesterday (23rd January 2012) on Domino records along with their debut album, E Volo Love, Francois & The Atlas Mountains’ Les Plus Beaux isn’t necessarily an instant winner.

The Magnetic Fields, Andrew in Drag

The Magnetic Fields will be releasing their 10th full-length album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea, later this year and the first single from the upcoming album, Andrew in Drag, is

S.C.U.M. Faith Unfolds single review

S.C.U.M. will be releasing Faith Unfolds, the second single from their debut album Again Into Eyes, on the 2nd January 2012 and it’s topped out with dramatic vocals and sprawling sounds.

Arctic Monkeys, Suck It and See single review and video

Suck It and See is by far the best single to be released from Arctic Monkeys’ album of the same name, and with a Suck It and See rock and roll video

Trailer Trash Tracys, Wish You Were Red / Engelhardt’s Arizona Double A side single

Following on from the release Dies in 55 earlier in the month, Trailer Trash Tracys release double A side single Wish You Were Red / Englhardt’s Arizona on digital download and 7″