All by Sean Coffey

Ofeliadorme - 'Bloodroot'

With often the ultimate blend of guiding bass, soothing guitar melodies and spacey drums, combined with that reverbed voice of beauty, this is probably going to sneak into being one of my favourite releases of the year so far.

Palma Violets - '180'

Palma Violets have only been kicking around for a couple of years, and the London quartet’s first release, 180, is definitely one worth hearing. The band have seemingly meshed grungy, washed out guitar, punk-style drums, plodding surf bass, 80’s post-punk vocals and both modern and classic keyboard to create an aural experiment that has paid off!

University: A Survival Guide

No matter what avenue to take you’ll always hear really annoying things like “The change is massive”, “… such a big change”, blah blah I could go on; but you’ve heard it already. 
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Foals - 'Holy Fire'

There is probably nothing more agitating in an album than one that can showcase a song that could potentially be one of your favourites for the year, and then only minutes later deliver something that you actually despise.