Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week I’ve just returned from The Great Escape festival in Brighton, where I got the chance to see live performances by many of the acts I’ve featured here in Future Pop. Below are the top five that impressed me the most… Tove Lo… Continue reading Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014

Future Stars: Hudson Taylor (Polydor)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I hate criticising something for being too twee, because I love twee-pop when it's done well, but Hudson Taylor are an example of the most irritating tweeness. Although their single Cinematic Lifestyle is surprisingly listenable, their YouTube acoustic videos feature excruciatingly affected vocals. Originally known… Continue reading Future Stars: Hudson Taylor (Polydor)