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So Young Magazine - Listen - mary in the junkyard - Crash Landing

mary in the junkyard announce their debut album, ‘Role Model Hermit’, with the release of its first single, ‘Crash Landing’ out on AMF Records.
mary in the junkyard have been patient – if patience is not understood as inaction and inertia, but the combination of arduous labour and waiting for the moment – in releasing their first longer body of work. As opposed to their initiation being a record, they have put out a smattering of releases, singles here, an EP there, honing their skills and soun...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure

Madra Salach release their latest single, ‘The Man Who Seeks Pleasure’, the self-coined focus track for the EP, ‘It’s a Hell of an Age’. A swooning and hypnotic alternative-folk ballad with its droning harmonium, delicate fingerpicking, and honestly spoken delivery. Gives the sensation that arises from a keening, harkening through and beyond time – a sound out of time, but that is situated perfectly for this moment. 
The lyric from the song goes – “The Man Who Seeks Pleasure is the Man Who Seeks...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Pem - milk, blue

Pem releases, ‘milk, blue’, the latest single in the upcoming EP, ‘Other Ways of Landing’, out January 30th on Fascination Street Records. 
Pem’s methodological approach to song-writing is organic, tactile and unconscious. It begins in the garden, as ‘pocket sketches’, where she captures phrases, lines and melodies on a handheld recorder, her mind and body wandering in harmony through the natural world. As Simone Weil wrote, “Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions, reality can be obtain...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Bleech 9:3 - Jacky

As the murmurs surrounding Bleech 9:3 grow, beginning before any music was released their name became a constant presence in conversations about the next band you must go and see live. After releasing their debut single, ‘Ceiling’, they have now shared their second song – ‘Jacky’ – on Ra-Ra Rok Records. 
Although their sound can be generally described as heavy alt-grunge, reminiscent of the 90s, to entirely designate their music to such a realm would be of insult to the emotive capabilities with...
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So Young Magazine - Review - The Orchestra (For Now) - Plan 76

The Orchestra (For Now) release their second EP, ‘Plan 76’. A follow-up from their much applauded and well-regarded debut EP, ‘Plan 75’. These two projects share more than just a name; ‘Plan 76’ can be understood as both a continuation of, and confrontation with its predecessor – toying with the possibilities of the self-proposed sound of ‘London Prog’ – testing the boundaries of it as a musical identity. Where does it fragment and break? What occurs at its periphery? Can the centre hold or does...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Black Country, New Road - Besties

Black Country, New Road have released their latest single, ‘Besties’ on Ninja Tune.
A stirring single, that excites with a vibrational tension. Rising from the beginning, with its use of, what I believe, is a harpsicord – the sort of instrumental addition that belongs perfectly to Black Country, New Road – rising with intensifying velocity before that burst of flavour as the other elements lurch into the song, before breaking into the delicate introspection of the sung-lyrics. It seems at odds...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Sorry - Waxwing

Sorry have returned. For some, like myself, this means something. It may not feel as if two years have passed since Sorry released, their last ‘Anywhere But Here’, at least for those for whom it has remained as a part of their permanent rotation, it returns exciting the sensations or desire to listen to it; these desires may not occur cyclically, not belonging to a cycadean or liberatory rhythms, rather they are inspired through experience – a desire to return to the known, the emotions to which...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Cardinals - Get It

Cork band Cardinals return with the single ‘Get It’, continuing with their sound, which appears to be found evermore with each release. Cardinals sound is melodic, exciting and personalised with their hearts. 
Frontman Euan Manning wrote ‘Get It’ whilst reflecting on love, the positives and negatives whilst maintaining that love is “an overwhelmingly positive force”. ‘Get It’ although immediately a Cardinals tracks is certainly a change of pace; the rhythm and personality remains; the joyous gui...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Geordie Greep - Holy, Holy

Geordie Greep (of Black Midi) announces solo album, ‘The New Sound’, introducing the project with the release of the single, ‘Holy, Holy’.
An audacious theatrical tale of late-night escapades, illusions of reality and the fragility of ego – lost in the glamour of intoxication and romance – embracing the shadow, indulging in morally reprehensible tendencies whilst giving entrance to instinct and lust. Creating a scene which flutters, dancing in and around the oneiric and the obscene. Greep maint...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Hank - DYLM

Hank are announcing their debut EP, ‘Twist Grip’ (out September 12th on Dalliance Recordings). Following on from their first instalment ‘Angel Says’ with the release of ‘DYLM’; an acronym for ‘Do You Love Me?’. Continuing on with some of the post-punk, noise rock elements of ‘Angel Says’, Hank have shown their sound to be diverse and developing; through the much-adored medium of a break-up song. 
Rather than the soft, delicate music that can often accompany heartbreak songs, the heavier side of...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - LICE - Mown In Circles

After announcing the release of their sophomore album, ‘Third Time At The Beach’ with the release of ‘Red Fibres’; LICE are back with the subsequent single ‘Mown In Circles’, released via AD93. Once again casting convention to the periphery and placing a continued importance on striving towards both lyrical and melodic extremity. Where others may feel understandably overwhelmed, a dizzying nausea in the versatile sonic somersaults; LICE truly have made their nest and are thriving, assaulting tho...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Crack Cloud - Blue Kite

Crack Cloud return with their latest release, ‘Blue Kite’, finding positivity in punk, potency in the moment; moving away from the destructive urgency that epitomised their past.
Crack Cloud are looking inwards with insightful introspection, “born to make this song”, a critical but collective effort; one filled with forgiveness and a desire to move forwards, “road to recovery an early talking point, new sensations but still broken at the joint.” through life-affirming escapades; Such as the mak...
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Review: Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues - Erazer

On occasion there comes an album that speaks to the times, resembles the present moment and captures the emotions of a generation. ‘Post Industrial Hometown Blues’ does exactly that, it gives the words to describe the shared malaise, the perils of precarity, daily drudgery and pharmacological escapism. Yet, Big Special are different, they have peered into the soul of the nation by being honest with themselves. Questioning, “Why do sad people lie?” epitomises this honesty – for Big Special know t...
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So Young Magazine - Review - triage - fox hours

Until now one would have had to ventured across Towns to dimly lit venues; or most recently on a tour bill supporting bar italia to experience a body beyond a single of triage’s music. However, having recently released their debut EP, ‘fox hours’,  it has become possible to peer underneath of the veil, faintly hear behind the shrouded murmurs; belong to their clandestine cohort. 
‘fox hours’ is a promising introduction to the sounds and aesthetics of triage. Their allure lies in their mystery, w...
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So Young Magazine - Listen - Orlando Weeks (Ft. Rhian Teasdale) - Dig

Orlando Weeks reinstates his singular place within the British music landscape with the release of ‘Dig’ featuring Rhian Teasdale of Wet Leg, the lead single to his upcoming album ‘LOJA’. Going beneath the surface, Weeks explores the tunnels of his past and the journey ahead with all its obstacles. 
‘LOJA’ situates itself within Weeks’s latest endeavour, a relocation from London to Lisbon. Through such a transition the music has similarly undergone a transformation, removing itself from the synt...

ONLYCHILD From City Kudu to Lorenzo Geary: Unveiling a Newfound Voice

Lorenzo Geary finds his voice with the release of his introductory single ‘Time or Place’, a self-produced song completed in Geary’s home studio. Needing an escape from the daily graft, Geary spent his downtime laying the foundations to this new project. Entwining his passion for poetry, Geary realised the capabilities of words to work within the architecture of his sonics. Familiar with the process of making music and having previously released dance music; this single now marries the merger be

In-Between — Bleach Magazine

Following the events of the 'It' girls through their adventures at a hotel, the photographs offer a story: a two-fold reminiscing of a time gone by and the perspective of it happening nowadays. An in-house project, Wilson worked closely with Montana Cooke, who styled the shoot and is the centre of the project, existing as a creative and the direct product of the creative process.

"In-Between" bridges a gap between periods through the use of lighting, styling and the surrounding elements. The ha
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Artist Feature: Archie Irvine and the Power of Gestures

ONLYCHILD Magazine speaks with Archie Irvine as he delves into his artistic limitations, the power of gestures, and his transition from painter to sculptor. An in-depth conversation with Archie Irvine immediately forces one to reckon with seemingly surreal semiotics, the value we commonly place behind objects, and the structures surrounding our daily lives that we have come to take as intrinsic. However, Irvine does not believe in taking these misguided conceptions for granted. Although early in
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Artist Feature: Taking The Piss with DEADLETTER

Under Westway’s looming motorway that towers over the sprawling garages of West London. An area left partially behind in London’s mass development. An ode to a bygone time, reminiscent of DIY culture, but a community whose philosophy is not forgotten by groups such as DEADLETTER. An area culturally rich with the spectres of groups such as The 101’ers and The Clash placidly dwelling down alley-ways. DEADLETTER keeps the culture of DIY alive.
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Artist Feature: Regarding Reconnection with Noah Guy

Prior to the release of Noah Guy’s EP WHO’S TAKEN TIME ?! (ACT1), ONLYCHILD Magazine was able to have a conversation, talking through the philosophy of egoism, the importance of universalism and reconnection with one’s roots.

Previously Guy spent a lot of time struggling to connect to a lot of his musical output. Having moved to LA with the aid of a growing maturity, Guy has a renewed passion for his sonic exploration and the ability to set the tone.

He has arrived with his latest EP - WHO’S T
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A moment for reflection and reconstruction: Liz leaves, Sunak starts

The British Political landscape is in a period of turmoil. This much is apparent to all people affected by the decisions of Westminster. Liz Truss has stepped down as Prime Minister just 45 days into her premiership. The Conservative Party had reconfigured its Cabinet with Kwasi Kwarteng being released from office. Suella Braverman followed suit mere days later by standing down. This is too much change in a shockingly short period.

Historically, a party popular enough to win such a majority wou
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Will the Conservatives’ Hubris be their downfall?

With a multitude of crises that have spawned throughout the nation, or at least finally come to the surface and thus gained widespread recognition, recent intention polling shows the governing Conservatives to be between 20-30% behind the Labour Party. Many are calling the recent U-turn on the abolition of the 45p tax rate the final blow in the series of continuous Tory premierships which started 12 years ago under David Cameron.

If this is to be the real decline of the Conservative Party, it b
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Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky - Porridge Radio - Album and Live Review

To celebrate and showcase their new album, Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky, released as a follow up to their Mercury nominated, Every Bad, Porridge Radio began with a sold-out show at Night & Day Café. As an album it has a purpose, songs are evidently written as a way of understanding the success that has become synonymous with the group. Having the majority of their rising fame under COVID-19, the group finally is able to connect with fans away from the radio. To share a connection
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Enola Gay Live at Yes Basement

As YES Basement erupted in an enthralling energetic release, I could not help but cast my memory amidst the joy to the previous summer. A summer where the sun finally shone as it appeared initially to the masses that COVID had finally ceased to exist. A summer where I serendipitously stumbled upon Enola Gay at the 100 Club. It was, as I later found out, their first showing in England after attaining a noisy recognition from the likes of Fred Perry Subculture, Iggy Pop and SXSW. It must be stated
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