ALBUM REVIEW: HUMANIST – HUMANIST (FEAT. MARK LANEGAN, DAVE GAHAN, JOHN ROBB AND MORE)

There are many old sayings about perseverance – ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try try again’, ‘everyone loves a trier’ – at least one of these must have been lodged in the head of Rob Marshall. guitarist and songwriter for Humanist. After being in Exit Calm for nine years, when they disbanded in […]
– THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER – If a sign was needed that Exit Calm were gathering a bit of momentum, the crowd that greets me at The Roadhouse is it. It’s certainly a welcome sight – vindication of my faith in this young band from South Yorkshire. The previous time I saw them, I could have […]

LIVE: EXIT CALM – 01/10/2010

ALBUM: Exit Calm – Exit Calm

‘They don’t feel,’ Exit Calm’s Nicky Smith calls out at the emotional climax of their eponymous debut album’s ‘Hearts and Minds’ — something that could never be said about his band. Indeed, their soaring first full-length is a work of undeniable majesty. It’s best to get mention of the overtones of The Verve out of […]