A mildly passionate experiment: Rostam – American Stories *ALBUM REVIEW*

| ⭐⭐⭐ | The ex-Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist melds folktronica and Americana for a project that is suitably warming, though is perhaps strongest in its most pared-down moments. His third studio album since his departure from the band, it is a relatively sharp left turn into a more subtle approach. As much Grizzly Bear in thisContinueContinue reading “A mildly passionate experiment: Rostam – American Stories *ALBUM REVIEW*”

The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*

| ⭐⭐✨ | The indie singer-songwriter has almost become a trope in and of itself over the last decade or so. The image of a weathered looking guy or girl with a beaten-up acoustic guitar, sporting torn items of clothing and crooning in painful detail about love in the philosophical sense is not a rarity.ContinueContinue reading “The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*”