Soul Rot is a testament to untangling yourself from the deepest, most horrifying parts of your psyche, finding life at the very wake of your own spirit, and holding onto the core of what makes you, you, even when the world around you is falling lifelessly to the ground. 

‘Don’t Tell the Dog’ by Brighton-based creator turned musician, James Marriott, has been a huge success for the artist, bringing him into the limelight accompanied by an impressive UK + EU tour, selling out almost all dates, among which were two nights at London’s Roundhouse.

On Everyone’s a Star!, 5 Seconds of Summer enters their sixth studio album, but not as the same band the world met over a decade ago – they do so as artists who have lived through reinvention, burnout, reconciliation, and growth.

Vibrant, expressive and full of life, this record promises to be both the soundtrack to catharsis and the companion for quiet introspection. It feels like not just a new chapter for the band but a statement of who they have become.

Pacifica’s In Your Face is scintillating. True to its title, the Argentine rock duo delivers one of the most authentic manifestations of youth in recent memory.

Mayday Parade may have been at it for two decades now, but Sad doesn’t feel like a band stuck in the past, it feels like they’ve nailed the art of turning nostalgia into something that really hits.