ALBUM REVIEW – BIBI CLUB: AMARO

There is a strong thread of death running through Quebec duo Bibi Club’s third album. Rather than a self-indulgent, goth teenage wallowing in mortality, it is a heartfelt response to the passing of two loved ones in the past year. It is a recurrent theme throughout ‘Amaro’, many of the eleven songs including variations on […]
As an exclamation, ‘Uh Oh’ sounds mild, a restrained, almost child-like anticipation of trouble rather than a full-blooded, sweary response to an immediate problem. However, there is nothing half-hearted or childish about Patrick Watson’s ‘Uh Oh’, a sophisticated set of eleven compositions that feel magically alive. The album and its title were inspired by a […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PATRICK WATSON: UH OH