Album Review of Black Honey – Written & Directed
BY NEAL MARTIN |
I have come perilously close to penning the obituary for UK “indie” music or “alt rock”. The lineage that can be traced back to The Buzzcocks’ “Spiral Scratch EP” through Joy Division and The Smiths, iconic labels such as Factory and 4AD, petered out after the Arctic Monkeys - the last guitar-based alternative group to break through into the mainstream. Musical tastes moved on. The electric guitar seemed redundant, passé. Indie had reached the end of the road and withered into a quaint musical form that your old folks listened to.
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I have been slightly obsessed with Brighton-based Black Honey for a while now. They have the whole package. Written & Directed is a step up from their impressive eponymous debut in 2018. Everything is bigger, louder and bolder.
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