Video Premiere: Wake Up, The Monster Said by Call Me Malcolm

On Friday, Call Me Malcolm released their first single from their upcoming new album, Me, Myself And Something Else. Titled Wake Up, The Monster Said, the band explain "‘Wake Up...’ explores the reality of living with mental health issues, and the impact of depression on the simplest of daily actions."

We're pleased as punch to be premiering the video for Wake Up, The Monster Said on CPRW.

Pre-order Me, Myself And Something Else here.

The song, along with the album, was produced, mixed and mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios.
The video was directed and edited by www.turtlecanyonmedia.com
For everything else visit: www.callmemalcolmband.com

Top Tens: Ten Ways To Support The DIY Punk Scene During Lockdown

COVID-19 has been pretty devastating for the live music scene all over the world with the cancellations of gigs, tours and festivals. This has meant many bands, artists, venues, drivers, tour managers, promoters, sound people and probably a whole host of other folk have lost their main source of income. It's a terrible situation and a lot of great people are going to be struggling. As with any time of struggle, the DIY punk community usually shows what exceptional people they are by finding ways to support their comrades in need. I've put together ten suggestions for helping to support the bands, labels and venues that have really been affected by the pandemic.

Buy Their Music And Merch
This is painstakingly obvious but the best way of helping out the bands you love is by buying their music and merchandise. You don't have to do this at shows – bands have online shops, usually on their Bandcamp pages or on Big Cartel. If you stream a band a lot, why not buy a download from them? They make much much more money this way.

Share Your Favourite Bands On Your Social Media
Another pretty obvious one and the title explains it all. Share your favourite bands on your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Let your followers know what you're enjoying, maybe they'll check the bands out and enjoy them as well.

Watch Live Streams And Donate
What I think is the best thing to come from COVID-19 is the amount of bands who have taken to the Internet to perform live streams shows. It's been a great way to see some form of live music as well as saying hi to friends from all over the world. It's a great way to stay connected to the scene that you love. Most live streams are also requesting people to make donations during the stream, be it to help them out or to donate to a charity. At the moment, it seems as if there's a live stream happening every night – it's a great way to spend an evening indoors.

Let Promoters And Venues Keep Your Refunds
When Manchester Punk Festival had to cancel a couple of weeks ago, it was absolutely wonderful to see the amount of people who messaged the festival to say that they were happy for them to keep their money. I've been doing this for every festival or gig that's been cancelled. The way I see it, if I could afford the ticket in the first place and I can afford to go without the money now, it can go towards supporting something that I love. I appreciate there are a lot of people who have been put in financial bother who could probably do with any refunds they've got coming to them but, if that's not you, please think about letting the promoters/venues hang on to your money to help these events continue after the pandemic has ended.

Check In On Your Friends Who Have Been Affected
This is a way of helping bands without spending any money. It's simple but I think it's such an important thing to do. If you've got any friends who play in bands, or work for venues, or run labels, send them a message and check in on them. Let's be honest, we're all struggling mentally at the moment but these people have had their big passion taken away from them and will be having moments of feeling low. Having people to talk to will go a long way in supporting them mentally which can be just as valuable as supporting them financially.

Buy Things From Online Record Shops
Another self explanatory one. Obviously you can't go into a record shop at the moment but there are still plenty of online record shops around who would love your custom. Go buy a record or two whilst the postal service is still operating. Who knows when they might be forced to stop.

Buy Gift Vouchers For Venues And Labels
Many online shops have gift vouchers you can buy other people for presents. This is a great way to support them. I've also seen that venues such as The Exchange in Bristol and Rad Apples in Dundee, the new vegan restaurant above Conroy's Basement (home of Make-That-A-Take Records), are offering vouchers that you can buy now and redeem later. I think this is a brilliant idea. It supports these places now and gives you something to look forward to in the future.

Spend The Extra Time You Have Now Discovering New Bands
You've probably got plenty of spare time on your hands at the moment. Why not spend some of it looking for new bands to support? Fall in love with a new band and get excited about having the opportunity to see them in the future. The Bandcamp discovery page is the very best tool for finding new bands, especially when you can't go to gigs – why not use it and find your new favourite? Then go buy all their stuff.

Start A Project To Help Raise Money To Support Those In Need
When all this began and the impact that it was going to have on so many of my friends involved in the music "industry" became clear, my first thought was how can I help. Having a project to focus my mind on not only helps distract me from everything that's going on and gives me something positive to work on, but it will also hopefully help those who need it. I'm putting together a massive comp (to be released on April 24th through CPRW Records) to raise some money for Music Venue Trust. Perhaps you could do something to raise some money to help the bands and venues you care about. I'm sure all help no matter how big or small will be greatly appreciated.

When This Is Over Make Sure You Go To Gigs
Are you one of those people who often say they will attend a DIY gig and then don't go? When the COVID-19 pandemic is finished and we can go do the things we love again, make sure you get out and support the bands and venues that you're a fan of. It's very easy to take this wonderful scene we're lucky enough to have for granted. Things like COVID-19 have proven that these things can easily be taken away from us so it's important to go out and support the scene. The venues are also going to need some big turnouts over the first couple of months they're allowed to re-open again to try and make back some of the money they've lost during this disaster. Big bar sales will help that. Plus, won't it be lovely to see all your friends again? Personally, I can't wait for the big NXI party at the end of this.

Thanks for reading this. Stay safe, stay indoors.

This top ten was written by Colin Clark.

Album Review: Dirt Mall by Aerial Salad

Aerial Salad are without a doubt one of the most exciting young bands, not just in the UK but the whole world of punk rock. The Manchester based three-piece have made huge strides since forming in 2016 and playing what many have said is the worst set in the history of The Fest. Their debut album Roach was extremely well received when it was released in 2017. Since then the band have played shows here, there and everywhere – getting better with each set. Over the past year, they've been working hard on the release of their second album, Dirt Mall, which was released on the 27th of March on Plasterer Records as well as Aerial Salad’s new label Roach Industries. I was excited to hear some new material from the boys.

Dirt Mall kicks off with the song Virtue. After a brief intro with some buzzing guitars, it's not long before Jamie Munro's distinctive vocals make an appearance. Passionate, urgent and containing that thick Northern accent, this is an energetic opening for the album. Virtue gives Aerial Salad a grungier edge to their melodic pop punk style and shows the direction that they're heading on Dirt Mall. The next song, Romance?, was released as a single as a warm up for Dirt Mall. It was the perfect choice. The song starts out pretty slowly and shows much more restraint that I'm perhaps used to from Salad. Munro's vocals carry a certain amount of swagger in that opening verse. When the chorus comes in, it's pretty hard not to find yourself singing along. It's one of those brilliantly simple choruses that will get stuck in your head for days. Romance? is about wanting to have sex with someone that's in a relationship that isn't going anywhere and them also wanting to be with you but they can't because of their current status. How complicated. The third song is titled Fever Dream. Another of Aerial Salad's more restrained and, dare I say more, mature sounding efforts. This really is such a great example of the band’s growth over the past couple of years. When Roach was released I could never imagine the band writing a song like this and it being really good.

Temp sees the band pick the tempo back up for a little while. The track begins in quite a loud and brash fashion before soon shifting into a more regimented style. This switch during the song is a very striking method that keeps you listening to the track throughout. Such A Pity starts with a fun walking bass part from Mike Wimbleton. This bass line really carries the opening portion of the track whilst Jamie sings over the top of it. This is without a doubt one of the poppier songs on Dirt Mall and shows that, even though the band have developed, they haven't forgotten their roots. The way the song builds to its chorus is superb, as soon as Jamie yells "tell me, is this a horror film" I'm itching to sing along. I can't wait to see this song performed live. State O'Yer strikes me as one of those songs that gets better and better each time you listen to it. I think the best way of describing the overall sound of the song is by saying if you take the sound of every Teenage Bottlerocket song and add a whole lot of Northern intensity, this is what you’d get. This is where Aerial Salad really excel. Jamie sounds really pissed off as he storms through the track which seems to take aim at the posers in the music scene.

Track seven is the album's title track, Dirt Mall. I read in another review of Dirt Mall that if the reviewer was going to pick one track to sum up the overall sound of the album they would pick Dirt Mall. I would definitely agree with that statement. It's got a bit of everything you expect from the band – passion, energy, angst, cohesiveness, grungey punk rock and a big chorus. It's clear that, despite their relative youth, Jamie, Mike and drummer Matt Mills have been playing together for a good while and play to each other's strengths brilliantly. The penultimate song is named Lazy. This slower track could serve as a bit of an anthem for the band. It has a massive chorus of "I'm so lazy, I don't even feel like moving at all" that I can see crowds at DIY venues all around the UK shouting loudly back at the band. The final track on Dirt Mall is Stressed. This was a great choice of song to finish the album. It's a powerful plodder of a song. It never really hits any massive heights but is also impossible to ignore. This is in part down to a stabby guitar riff and a simple but effective drum beat. It paints a grim but truthful picture of what life is like for most working class, young twenty something people in the UK and how people try and get through it. I laughed when I first heard the lyric "live your own life, the best you can and love your mam". That is such a Jamie Munro lyric.

Dirt Mall definitely delivers on the promise Aerial Salad have as a band. Of all the bands in the UK's ever growing DIY scene, they seem like the most likely to break out into getting some more mainstream attention. Could Aerial Salad become the voice of their generation? How would I know? But it certainly wouldn't surprise me. I can't wait to see them on Sunday Brunch in the future.

Stream and download Dirt Mall on Bandcamp here.

Like Aerial Salad on Facebook here.

This review was written by Colin Clark.

Album Review: Born & Bored by Guilhem (by Lee Morton)

Guilhem is a singer/songwriter hailing from Montreal in Canada who clearly doesn’t like sitting still. As well as this, his first full length solo album, he has also released a couple of solo EPs, albums with his band, the excellent Lost Love, and is one of the team behind the successful Pouzza punk festival held in Montreal every year. In fact, it was back at Pouzza 2016 that I first encountered Guilhem, playing his folksy punk during one of the many early acoustic shows that were the perfect pick me up from the debauchery of the previous night.

If you’re familiar with Lost Love then this solo record is exactly as you’d expect, a stripped-down version, with dollops of their darkly quirky humour, often downbeat themes over upbeat music. It’s a very simple format but that means that there’s nothing to hide behind and it has to stand on the strength of the songwriting which shines through, not always brightly but enough to illuminate the path over the journey of the album. When I say journey, that doesn’t mean to say this is a concept album but there are recurring themes that crop up across the record.

The album starts with the delicate intro of “Just A Little Bit Above The Bottom”, which has a simple nursery rhyme quality to it. At just over a minute, half of which is instrumental, it eases you into the album proper with “Jurasticly”, an upbeat folky punk number packed with an infectious charm that worms its way into your ear and gives your heart a massive hug.

One of the main themes of the record is the stress and reality of growing up and this is perfectly captured on “5tr3sss”. With hints of Weezer at their best, this is another catchy number that shines a light on the pressures of modern life and, whilst the subject matter can sound depressing, it’s delivered in such an upbeat, positive way that you are quickly humming along.

What makes this album so accessible is the simplicity to the songs, which is not to take anything away or meant in any derogatory way. “Sober Realism” is a great example of this, a simple song structure that is instantly familiar and captures your attention. “Downward Spiral” follows and has that easy-on-the-ear sound, although with a bit of the alt-folk-rock vibe of a band like The Eels.

One of my favourite tracks here, “Happy On Paper” is up next and addresses anxiety and depression and how although things look like you should be happy, if you scratch underneath the surface things aren’t always as they seem. Depressing? No, this quirky track will still manage to make you smile with some upbeat brass parping in.

The mining of dark and depressing topics, and turning them into musical gold continues on “Heart (Attack) Of Gold” which in the chorus asks “how will you die” and continues to list ways to die during the verses. It’s darkly comic but retains a sense of light relief, especially during the spoken word fade out where the voiceover talks about what a great life they had, until they died.

Penultimate song, “Slow Song”, is exactly what you would expect from the title – slowed down verses that once again are simple to sing along to but then increases in volume over the chorus. It’s another that has a real familiarity to it and the choir-like backing vocals provide an extra layer of depth to it.

The album ends with a real highlight for me. Slightly rockier than the rest of the album, “The Needs” hits the sweet spot between folk and rock. Almost the flip side to “Happy On Paper” this addresses what you need, or don’t need, to be happy and is more upbeat in both tempo and volume, although the extended fade out of weird ambient noises perhaps goes on for longer than necessary.

Overall, this is a well-made album that has its finger on the pulse of the modern world but doesn’t take itself too seriously. Catchy, melodic and relevant, this is a great listen that reveals more depth every time you listen to it.

Stream and download Born & Bored on Bandcamp here.

Like Guilhem on Facebook here.

This review was written by Lee Morton.

Album Review: Le Feu Et Le Sable by Airstream Futures (by Chris Bishton)

It doesn't seem very long since Chicago's alt-punks Airstream Futures released their debut album Spirale Inferale. In fact, it's been over two years. So, it's actually about right that they should release the follow up now, another with a French title – Le Feu Et Le Sable – and on one of my favourite labels, Sunderland's Little Rocket Records.

Unfortunately, language skills were not my strong point at school and having failed to pass GCSE French it means I'm forced to Google the translation – 'Fire and Sand.' I'm not sure why both their albums have these French titles, but hey, there were a lot of things at school that weren't my strong point. (Spirale Inferale translates to Infernal Spiral in case you're wondering – I'm sure you weren't.)

Cemetery Sparrow is the opening track and is also the lead single from the new album. A fast and seemingly upbeat track, the song actually addresses mental health, anxiety and depression, whilst set in an old cemetery.

It's a subject that we've written about and held dear at CPRW (if you haven't already, check out CPRW's release for the mental health charity MIND to discover some new favourite bands) and huge credit should go to Airstream Futures for opening the album with this song.

It's also a subject that the band have written about before. Their previous 7" single, If I & PR Nightmares, addressed depression but is a banger. I've listened to Cemetery Sparrow repeatedly now, and it too is a cracking track. It's my favourite on the album and is both a great way to kick off the record and set it up for the rest of the record.

The following 11 songs all knit together very neatly. Listened back to back, I do find they merge from one to another, but that isn't meant as a criticism; rather it feels as if the album flows really well.

The guitars are all fast and Devon's vocals are really strong throughout. I find they're kind of haunting, but extremely melodic. She's a great singer. Brighter Blue, the penultimate song on side one, is one of the tracks that really brings this home. Soaring vocals that fit majestically with the rhythm and guitars.

This new album is definitely a progression from their first. But that's not to say it's markedly *better* because Spirale Inferale was a fine debut. It does feel that the band members work together in a more coherent way though.

Even though Airstream Futures are relatively new as a band, the members have pedigree having been in some of my other favourites including The Methadones, The Bomb and the hugely underrated Noise By Numbers.

It's produced by Rodrigo Palma of Saves The Day and Derek Grant of Alkaline Trio and, to top it all, the godlike genius Frankie Stubbs even sings backing vocals… so let's face facts, I was always going to enjoy this album.

Stream and download Le Feu Et Le Sable on Bandcamp here.

Like Airstream Futures on Facebook here.

This review was written by Chris Bishton.

Making A Case For NOFX (by Lee Morton and Brett Coomer)

Here's part three of our new series – Making A Case For. In this series, two of the CPRW team take a classic punk rock band and put forward their argument as to why their choice of album is the band’s best. Today, Lee and Brett nominate the best NOFX album.

Making A Case For Punk In Drublic (Lee Morton)

Cast your mind back to 1994, the grunge era is on its last legs and nu-metal is just taking off. Both Green Day and The Offspring have broken punk into the mainstream conscious with the release of “Dookie” and “Smash” respectively and DIY punks NOFX released their fifth, and still their most successful album to date, “Punk In Drublic”.

Against the introverted grunge scene and toxic masculinity of nu-metal, the juvenile humour mixed with short, sharp hook laden tracks that make up “Punk In Drublic” was a much needed adrenaline shot in the arm of the DIY punk scene. Streamlining the more hardcore punk of their earlier releases, this album, more than any others since, truly captures the spirit of NOFX and laid the template for all their future albums.

With sales in excess of 1 million copies worldwide, despite limited radio play or music TV coverage, it is one of the most successful independent album releases of all-time and effectively saved Epitaph Records as well as ensuring the growth of Fat Wreak Chords, with both labels becoming synonymous with mid-90s punk.

If the numbers aren’t enough to justify this as their greatest release, then what about the songs? One look at the track-listing and it reads like a greatest hits set, which in effect is what it is. Fan favourites such as “Linoleum”, “Leave It Alone” and “The Brews” are live constants and almost perfect punk songs, but dig deeper and there’s plenty of meat to get your teeth into with racism in their sights on “Don’t Call Me White” and “The Brews” whilst politics get shot down too with “Perfect Government”.

In fact, “Perfect Government” paved the way for NOFX to become more political with future releases, such as “The Decline” which Brett will wax lyrically about but the fact is, would they have even made that record without the foundations laid down in “Punk In Drublic”?

The influence that this record has made on other bands is without question, having inspired many good, and not so good bands, to pick up instruments but by also incorporating ska and reggae into their sound they helped keep the flames of these genres burning during some lean years.

Now, if none of this helps convince you that this was their finest hour then I shall leave the last word to guitarist El Hefe, who told the Associated Press in 2014 that “to me, that was our best album” so if he thinks that then it must be true.

Making A Case For The Decline (Brett Coomer)

In 1999, NOFX was one of the biggest punk bands on the planet that wasn’t being played on mainstream radio or TV and had been together for over 15 years. So one would expect the band to release an album with more of the same short, fast, snotty punk songs that built their establishment. Instead, according to the band they had “done enough short songs, time for a long one” and at 18-and-a-bit minutes ‘The Decline’ is definitely the longest song in the band’s catalogue and one of the longest punk songs ever recorded.

‘The Decline’ is only one song, but it has more dynamics and musical nuance than a lot of albums made up of 9 or more 2-plus minute songs. The song starts off as any normal NOFX song would, with some bass chords ringing out over a fast hi-hat beat, and very quickly makes you think of a typical punk rock song. But, with the help of some seamless key and time signature changes throughout its 18 minutes, ‘The Decline’ takes the listener on a journey through what can only be described as movements, each with its own distinct feel, while still contributing to and staying consistent with the theme. It never shies too far away from the NOFX sound though, featuring all of the characteristics you’d expect on any NOFX album: blazingly fast drum beats, frantic but fluent bass lines, awesome yelling backing vocals from Eric Melvin, and a number of guitar solos from El Hefe. Much like the music, the lyrics tell a few different stories and offer a range of attacks, both metaphorical and blatant, on the state of the American government, policies and the general decline of society. All themes that are mostly still valid today.

Choosing a single favourite album from a band like NOFX with such a large catalogue of music is always going to be a challenge. I’m almost positive that if you surveyed everyone at a NOFX concert you’d get a bunch of votes for each of their albums (maybe with the exception of Liberal Animation) with perhaps two or three outliers like Punk In Drublic, Wolves in Wolves Clothing, and So Long And Thanks for All The Shoes, which are all really great albums and worthy of the praise but they all still have one flaw in common: filler.

The question may be asked: Is it a song? Is it a punk rock opera? Is it an EP? Is it an album? Who cares. Whichever label you’d like to place on ‘The Decline’ by NOFX, it takes nothing away from the fact that it is an impressive piece of music released by one of the most prolific, divisive, and infamous bands of modern punk rock and remains an achievement of epic proportions even 21 years after it was first released.

P.S. The vinyl is more than just one song, as the B-side features a demo version of a more traditional length and sounding NOFX song, perhaps to remind everyone that the band hadn’t completely lost touch with their short fast punk roots.

This feature was written by Lee Morton and Brett Coomer.

Album Review: Cause A Stir by Charmpit (by Emma Prew)

London via California DIY pop(star) punk band Charmpit are gearing up to release their much anticipated debut full-length on the 3rd of April. Titled Cause A Stir, the album is being released by the always excellent Specialist Subject Records and follows on from Charmpit’s previous releases on Keroleen Records and Everything Sucks. Since those releases, original members Anne Marie, Rhianydd and Alex have been joined by Estella (who also plays in Big Joanie) and have further perfected their sound.

We saw Charmpit support RVIVR in London a couple of years ago and I remember being impressed by their feisty yet, well, charming songs and live performance. So, when the wonderful Erica over at Specialist Subject sent over an early stream of Cause A Stir, I was understandably keen to check it out.

Cause A Stir kicks off with Do It Together. The song has nothing to do with the Fest we helped to host at the New Cross Inn earlier this year but it does sound like it could have been our theme tune. Opening first with drums and then some bass, Charmpit talk us through how you can easily start a band if you do it with your friends (and friends of friends) – it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes because you’re doing it together. Charmpit played their first show in 2016 at DIY Space For London’s ‘First Timers’ project and this song feels like a homage to that and their DIY roots in general. It’s also a brilliant albeit short and sweet album opener. Bridges Go Burn is up next and this song is as insanely catchy as it is uplifting. Released as a single late last year, Bridges Go Burn is about is about cutting someone out of your life because they’re not worth your time, making you doubt yourself and your ability to just live your life the way you want to. It’s pretty empowering stuff and I’m sure others will be able to relate. It’s really catchy too, did I mention that? ‘You’re stepping on my tongue now, Getting in my head, Make me doubt myself now, Leaving it unsaid…’

Jimnastics is a straight-up indie punk banger. With mid-tempo verses featuring vocals that seemingly come from everywhere – Charmpit sure know how to pack the harmonies into their songs – and a more fast-paced chorus, Jimnastics is littered with twinkly guitar melodies and is just generally a whole lot of fun. Fourth song, Princess Video, is a slower paced number that really allows Charmpit’s vocalists, Anne Marie and Rhianydd, to shine – what incredible voices this band has. Princess Video feels like a very nostalgic song, reminiscing on simpler times when every second of life wasn’t recorded on a mobile phone. The highlight of the song has to be the bridge when two different vocal parts are sung at the same time. The passion that each vocalist puts in is so heartening. Sophomore Year begins slowly before cranking up the volume and putting the punk into femme-punk – by which I mean there is a certain venom to those otherwise sugary sweet vocals. This contrasts really wonderfully with the softer, more melodic parts of the song. There’s a lot of variety on offer throughout Sophomore Year, keeping the listener on their toes and showing that Charmpit don’t intend to stick to one defined sound. Of course, I love the song’s ending as Charmpit yell ‘Viva Anarachy!’.

Picking the pace back up as soon as it gets going, Kissing You is a cheery, jangly pop song about being excited to meet up with your crush. The song is as much about the anticipation of the date as the actual date itself – how your heart races just at the thought of seeing that special someone… and kissing them. It’s a short, light-hearted and genuine tune that really puts a smile on your face. Wild Wild Westfield is the name of track number seven. It’s a song that I hope you’re familiar with since it was released as a single in February. That, plus it’s absolutely brilliant. This is possibly the catchiest song on Cause A Stir – although I might be bias because I’ve listened to this one track a lot. Wild Wild Westfield is an irresistible love letter to the shopping mall and the fun that can be had there, as well as historically being a place designed for women – a safe space if you will. It’s certainly given me a different view of shopping centre. ‘This mall is your land, this mall is my land, no femme is a fashion island!’. Muffy Plays Poker is kick-ass tune about feeling like you’re only just starting to live your life while those around you, including your past loves, seem to be growing up, getting married and doing other adult things. Life can feel like it’s going too fast sometimes. There’s some particularly brilliant guitar work on this song – Estella sure can shred.

The puntastically titled Dyed And Gone To Hairven feels darker in tone than much of the album so far with a deep, chunky bass line to open the song. Charmpit start by singing of shaving your hair and/or dying it green as a form of self-expression or therapy. At face value, it could seem almost self-centred or superficial but a new haircut can feel like a total transformation and can sometimes be just what you need to make you feel yourself again. I really admire Charmpit for writing songs about such a wide variety of topics and making me think about things I’ve never really considered before. I guess that’s the sign of a great songwriter. Here For The View (Santa Cruz) is the penultimate song on Cause A Stir. Sweetly melodic and upbeat, Here For The View is similar to Muffy Plays Poker in that it seems to be about growing up and feeling like there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything you want to do – ‘Here for the view, So little time so much to do, 24 hours to spend with you.’ (Plus, I’m almost certain that ‘Muffy’ gets a mention at the end of the first verse). It’s a carefree tune that feels super summery – perhaps because I’m thinking of California and it’s always sunny there, right? As track number ten fades out, we come to the album’s closing song. Baby Needs A Breeze takes yet another musical direction as Charmpit deliver what it the most laid-back, yet feel-good song on Cause A Stir. It feels like the band are soothing the listener as they collectively sing ‘Breeze, You’re a diamond in my world, Making it all possible, Breeze, Open up and find a pearl, So beautiful…’. I know they’re singing ‘breeze’ but it feels like they could be saying ‘breathe’. I often say how I like an album to end with a bang but it’s also lovely to have an album end with a feeling of calm.

I feel like everything is going to be okay. Thank you, Charmpit!

You can stream the two singles from Cause A Stir on Bandcamp here, as well as pre-ordering the album. You can also like Charmpit on Facebook.

This review was written by Emma Prew.