Welcome to The Espresso Machine - a new column I’m starting to cover some of the releases I didn’t have a chance to do a full review for. For this first issue, I took a look at some of the releases from the Burnt Coffee Promos desk, as well as my own personal Bandcamp and … Continue reading The Espresso Machine – 2021 Issue 1
Dogs - the furry friends so nice, ya gotta sing about them twice! That’s what Southend-on-Sea alt/indie trio in earnest have done anyways with their latest double single “your dog / good boy”. The tracks are dedicated to two separate dogs - Murphy and Doug respectively. "your dog" asks Murphy the questions all dog owners … Continue reading The Espresso: A Quick Review of in earnest’s New Singles “your dog” and “good boy”
The Espresso - a quick review of Calibre's new single "...From the Abyss" After releasing their debut The Storm Inside in 2019, Iran's Calibre are back, but in a different form. Not only have they undergone some lineup changes, but they've also gone further down the melodic direction of their brand of melodic metalcore with … Continue reading The Espresso: Calibre – “… From the Abyss”
The Espresso - a quick review of in earnest's new single "29" It's everyone's favorite sporadically recurring segment - The Espresso! We're back and revisiting the subject of a previous Espresso, in earnest. Last time I reviewed the Southend-on-Sea indie band's debut single "Put Me Under" and gave it a glowing review. This time I'll … Continue reading The Espresso: in earnest – “29”
The Espresso: a quick review of Oenos' new single "Nebukadnesar" https://youtu.be/uhGrpHt-KYM A second edition of The Espresso this week you say? How about I double down and discuss a single from another one-man project? Meet me with your order in the next paragraph! Oenos is a one-man Finnish post-metal project that draws inspiration from creator … Continue reading The Espresso: Oenos
The Espresso: a quick review of Waxing Crescent's new single "Theogony" https://youtu.be/AjAPTMm-yRU Ok I'll admit, I'm pretty late on this one. I think another *waxing crescent* phase passed between when I was supposed to post this review and now. If you weren't already clued in by the review title or that bad joke, this latest … Continue reading The Espresso: Waxing Crescent
The Espresso: a quick review of Unverkalt's debut single "The Boundary" I have to give credit to fellow reviewer The Noise Blog for getting me to check out Greek post-rock/metallers Unverkalt. Being a new band, the group only released their debut single "The Boundary" a few weeks ago, and wow what a super impressive song … Continue reading The Espresso: Unverkalt
The Espresso: a quick review of Bitch Falcon's new single "Gaslight" Irish dream-grunge trio Bitch Falcon have just released a new single! If that string of words piqued your interest as much as it did mine when I came across this in Burnt Coffee Inc.'s virtual mailroom, then you're in for a treat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdfnhNhseY0 I … Continue reading The Espresso: Bitch Falcon
One thing that I've really enjoyed about operating Burnt Coffee HQ is the amount of stellar debuts we've seen come across the desks of our caffeinated enterprise. If it weren't for this site, I may have missed out on several great new bands. The latest comes in the form of a debut single from In … Continue reading The Espresso – a quick review of In Earnest’s debut single “Put Me Under”
Despite the name, The Keystones are not from Pennsylvania, rather, they're a garage rock band from Waukesha, Wisconsin. They're preparing for a Spring EP list, and have a new single "WLVS" coming out February 24th.The song's main riff is killer. You could almost mistake it for a Rage Against the Machine riff, but it's used … Continue reading The Espresso: a quick review of The Keystones’ new single “WLVS”
