The Splice @TheSplicePaper

All Aboard the Coltrane: Looking Back on the 100th Birthday  of One of Jazz’s Greats (@JohnColtrane) “There isn’t much harmonic ground he hasn’t broken.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/09/27/all…

Album Review: @gurriersband - Nobody's Coming To Save You ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ “I remember reading an interview with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten about how ‘Starburster’ was designed to feel like a panic attack. Well, he wants to get a load of these guys.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/09/21/alb…

Album Review: @beabad00bee - Pylon (@DirtyHit) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “We’re all getting older. Why not put your feet up, and head-bang with me and Bea in the past for a little while?” thesplice.co.uk/2026/09/21/alb…

Album Review: @TokyoTeaRoom - Feel Forever ⭐️½ “One by one, the songs were simply forgettable, but ten in a row, and I was ready to jump out a window.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/09/17/alb…

Album Review: @BrandonFlowers - THRASHER (@IslandRecords) ⭐️⭐️ "You can hear him trying to get inside the genre, like a man breaking in a new pair of boots, and it’s almost convincing. The problem is that the boots belong to somebody else." thesplice.co.uk/2026/09/07/alb…

Album Review: @fletchrfletchr - On The Island We Call Home ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ While Fletchr Fletchr’s latest EP adds relatively little that is ‘new’ to this scene, their contribution is a quality project from a band still early on in their careers.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/20/alb…

Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (@DeadOceans) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Writing from a new, distant place, Bridgers masterfully constructs an image of herself that remains elusive — one half cast in shadow, the other pixelated beyond recognition.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/20/alb…

Book Review: Ashley Kahn - Days of Miracle and Wonder ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kahn’s latest book Days of Miracle and Wonder is as miraculous and wonderful as the title suggests. thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/13/boo…

Album Review: Nina Winder-Lind - Wild Love (@transgressiveHQ) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Generally, the album has a nice rhythm, the songs get better as it progresses, and Winder-Lind experiments with different genres and ways of expressing herself.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/12/alb…

Single Review: @Raydeepeet - Still I Love Him ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Still I Love Him is a haunting ballad that sinks out of the speakers and permeates under your skin. In a good way.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/06/sin…

Album Review: @mwcband_ - Cannonball (@FictionRecords) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 “Go into this one excited and go into it fast because your life is being wasted while this is out in the world and not in your ears.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/08/03/alb…

Album Review: @YardActBand - You're Gonna Need A Little Music ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “break neck punk followed by morose alternative rock… The controlled rage and relentless melancholia it can bubble up inside you at the snap of a snare or the rumble of a bassline” thesplice.co.uk/2026/07/15/alb…

Album Review: @Auntie_Flo - Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 007 (Sunflowers) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “How strange, I thought, that a sunflower could generate a sort of space-age nostalgia for an extraterrestrial future I had never seen.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/07/13/alb…

Live Review: @lilyallen - West End Girl Tour (Dublin/London - 29th/30th June 2026) "The professionalism Allen brings to the performance means the chaotic nature of the album is ironed out into an organised mania" thesplice.co.uk/2026/07/02/liv…

Interview: Vanderwolf - “I’m Not an Optimist” – Max Vanderwolf on Music, Myth and the Algorithm thesplice.co.uk/2026/07/02/int…

Album Review: @oliviarodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (@GeffenRecords) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 “This is pop perfection… Why does a record this sad make you feel this good?” thesplice.co.uk/2026/06/17/alb…

Live Review: The Alternate Escape (May 2026 - via @thegreatescape) “As rain arrived, umbrellas went up and hoods came over heads… Still, Lydia leaned into the chaos with punk defiance, her guitar cutting through the downpour.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/06/11/the…

Live Review: @AliceSKmusic , @thehopeandruin , @thegreatescape (15/05/26) “I notice that throughout the set I’ve not seen that door swing open once. There can be no greater compliment from a festival crowd than that.” thesplice.co.uk/2026/06/04/liv…

Live Review: @flea333 , @KOKOLondon (26/05/2026) 'Rather than dominating the spotlight, Flea respected every musician on stage and locked in constant eye contact with them, communicated through music, and served the groove.' thesplice.co.uk/2026/05/30/liv…

Postcard: The Splice @carolinetheband - Knockdown Center, New York (21/05/26) #caroline #roughtraderecords #musicjournalism