Wordy, literate, and just twisted enough to warrant an afternoon's therapy, it's a hugely ambitious album, hampered by too many cooks in the kitchen, perhaps, but joyfully bereft of all the forced rioting of Ricky Wilson and his chums.   Full text...

Second album own-label release for a band whose string-soaked melodies are well worth a spin.  Full text...

On Fire, With Love is by definition a ‘rock’ album, and therefore works best when you’re ‘on the go’. It’s definitely not for everyone, but for those wanting a musical companion for those lonely winter mornings: Seachange’s sophomore effort might well be worth a look.  Full text...

Certainly a progression in the songwriting of Seachange, On Fire, With Love is a testament to the ability of independent artists to write anthemic songs from a perspective outside of major labels.  Full text...

A couple of weakly strummed numbers successfully kill the mood—here the group could pass for any number of British indie nobodies—but the album is sequenced so that they more often act as breathers rather than serious blights.  Full text...