The Stone Roses - All For One

The Stone Roses - All For One

New Single

Twenty two years on from the release of Second Coming, Manchester's The Stone Roses have returned, and the relieving news is, the song is excellent.

While the lyrics may get a bit repetitive with a mantra of "All for one / One for all," whatever is lacking lyrically is more than made up for in Squire's guitar riff. A heavily late 60s inspired tune, the song is a new direction for The Stone Roses, but retains their Madchester roots. Catchy and uplifting, The Roses have produced a song that could potentially soundtrack this summer.

Was the song worth the two decade wait? For that guitar riff, arguably yes.

Feel free to judge for yourself:

The band play Marlay Park 9th July 2016

Radiohead - Burn The Witch

Radiohead - Burn The Witch

New Single

After two days of fading websites, deleted tweets, creepy postcards being sent to fans and all the internet hype you could want, Radiohead have finally put forward a new single.

Burn The Witch is the latest single from the Oxford band, being the first off their ninth album, Dawn Chorus. A haunting orchestral piece that seems uplifting, but with eerie undertones, Burn The Witch is a four minute epic, building to an unsettling climactic ending.

This is no ode to a tree, instead Radiohead have returned to their old ways of playing on our paranoia, with such uplifting lyrics such as "Avoid all eye contact / Do not react / Shoot the messenger". Tense pizzicato strings highlight that this is "a low flying panic attack."

The video is a cheery cross between Wallace & Gromit and The Wicker Man (the 1973 original that is - not the Nicholas Cage remake). With pretty pastel colours and gallows, the video is as essential as the song it compliments.

Do your soul a favour and listen to this song below