Darlings
Warma
Famous Class Records
6/10
There’s something very likable about Darlings, and it’s not just the urge to spoon that their name conjures up. I think, partly, it’s because I like to be surprised by music and the female lead I was expecting on this release just wasn’t so…leading – though she was there in the background. The rest of these warm fuzzy feelings stem from the vague sense of familiarity about this record; Warma is a sort of “smoosh” of ideas, sounds and other bands – and, yet, it seems to work.
When …

Tony Castles
No Service
Famous Class Records
8/10
At the very least, Tony Castles’ No Service is a pick ‘n’ mix of eclecticism with each track being a mile or two apart from the last. On listening to the first track, I was pretty sure that – at best – it was a full on shitter. But, while it’s too painful to use the ‘w’ word here, I’m pleased to say I…wasn’t quite right.  It’s really an interesting sound that Brooklyn’s Tony Castles have cultivated for themselves; it’s fuzzy and disjointed in a way …