Track of the week: Modern Yuppies by Home Counties
January Album of the Month
Drunk Tank Pink By Shame
Release Date: 15/01/2021
2020 live gig of the year
Editors in Birmingham
You can be forgiven in thinking live music never happened in 2020, but it did and we here at Off the Hook Music witnessed Editors provide a flawless performance of there career spanning tour of Black Gold.
One of the worlds most amazing must see bands live, Editors sent us down memory lane to all of their wonderful breath taking record, proving their a band that will never get old.
2020 Album of the Year
In Waiting By Pillow Queens
It's unbelievable that In Waiting is Pillow Queens debut album, so accomplished with every element having a polished and mature sense of belonging, A perfect record to escape the crazy year of 2020, we can't tell you how much we love the raw and powerful song Liffey perfect in everyway.
Best Albums of 2020
2nd Best Album of 2020: ULTRA MONO by Idles
3rd Best Album of 2020: GOD IS A WOMAN by Indian Queens
3rd Best Album of 2020: GOD IS A WOMAN by Indian Queens
An album with a relentless beat and will of its own and lyrics which explains how a vast number of people feel, artfully displayed in a language we can all understand and believe in.
3rd Best Album of 2020: GOD IS A WOMAN by Indian Queens
3rd Best Album of 2020: GOD IS A WOMAN by Indian Queens
3rd Best Album of 2020: GOD IS A WOMAN by Indian Queens
For a debut album GOD IS A WOMAN is an amazing achievement which Indian Queens must feel so proud to of created, the textures within this album are intriguing and meaningful.
4th Best Album of the Year: Rut by Tugboat Captain
5th Best Album of 2020: So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife
5th Best Album of 2020: So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife
Tugboat Captain got every single one of the ten tracks on this album right in everyway, an fantastic album that deserves everyone's attention and we're telling you this album is a must listen,
5th Best Album of 2020: So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife
5th Best Album of 2020: So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife
5th Best Album of 2020: So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife
So When You Gonna..... has so many wonderful elements and layers within a collection of songs that deliver a powerful statement. There's no stopping Dream Wife and you have to be gob smacked with there ability to evolve with their music.
2020 EP of the Year
State of Serenity by All Smiles in Wonderland
All Smiles In Wonderland have a lot going for them. Their disarming and emotionally honest lyrics are delivered with great vocals and expertly delivered musicianship.
Best EP's of 2020
2nd Best EP of 2020: Naked by October Drift
3rd Best EP of 2020: Oppenheimer by Shattercones
3rd Best EP of 2020: Oppenheimer by Shattercones
Naked is a truly wonderful collection of 4 honest tracks, which show the beautiful side of October Drifts song writing and ability to continually change direction with their unique sound.
3rd Best EP of 2020: Oppenheimer by Shattercones
3rd Best EP of 2020: Oppenheimer by Shattercones
3rd Best EP of 2020: Oppenheimer by Shattercones
So much depth within the EP Oppenheimer, it answers questions about your love for music which you haven't asked before.
4th Best EP of 2020: Warring Elements by Disconnected Souls
4th Best EP of 2020: Warring Elements by Disconnected Souls
4th Best EP of 2020: Warring Elements by Disconnected Souls
A strong EP with so many elements which grab hold of your attention from for the first moment to the last.
5th Best EP of 2020: Memory Palace by James Humphrys
4th Best EP of 2020: Warring Elements by Disconnected Souls
4th Best EP of 2020: Warring Elements by Disconnected Souls
Fast rising songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Humphrys delivered such a great EP with Memory Palace which is well worth a place on your playlists.
2020 Single of the YEAR
Gorilla Man by Faux Pas
Haunting, disturbing but at the same time beautiful with heartfelt meaning. A modern classic and our best sound of 2020, if you haven’t listened to this track yet you need too. Your year is not complete till you have fallen in love with this track.
Best Singles of 2020
2nd Best Single of 2020 : Lonely Night by Ceev
3rd Best Single of 2020: Statue Still by China Bears
3rd Best Single of 2020: Statue Still by China Bears
What a wonderful vocal display from the rustic and raw voice of Northern Irelands best keep secret Ceev. Jade Bird watch out you have competition!
3rd Best Single of 2020: Statue Still by China Bears
3rd Best Single of 2020: Statue Still by China Bears
3rd Best Single of 2020: Statue Still by China Bears
Here at Off the Hook Music we’re big fans of China Bears and they reached another level of being fantastic with this release Statue Still.
4th Best Single of 2020: All I Hear by The Slow Readers Club
4th Best Single of 2020: All I Hear by The Slow Readers Club
4th Best Single of 2020: All I Hear by The Slow Readers Club
The Slow Readers Club are such a polished band with so many impressive layers of sounds to their back catalogue, All I Hear when released was all and the only record we wanted to hear for a long time.
5th Best Single of 2020: Holocene Heroine by Beefywink
4th Best Single of 2020: All I Hear by The Slow Readers Club
4th Best Single of 2020: All I Hear by The Slow Readers Club
Energy packed with such strong rock beats and guitar riffs ripping apart everything, we can’t wait to witness what Beefywink has to throw at us in the new year.
Venue of the Year 2019
Venue: Moles Club, Bath
With a rich history Moles Club is a Icon in the UK music scene, this year the venue has had an amazing year. Artist's have come far and wide to entertain the good people of the south west, they've all preformed for a very reasonable price.
For anyone who has been able to step inside Moles Club they get confronted with a Wall of Fame, this year artists like The Pale Whites, October Drift, Red Rum Club, Annabel Allum and Soeur have stated their claim to have their names inked on the walls next to Radiohead, Blur and Idles.
We can't wait for next year to see what new bands make their way to Bath and show us their musical talents.
2019 Festival Moment of the year
Artist: Idles
If there was ever a better time for people to give a message of hope, gratitude to our fellow humans some call them foreigners, the importance of the NHS and the need for openly talking about mental health and addiction then I don't know when better will be. But the beauty of the Idles is the way they deliver this message through a identifiable emotion which everyone can understand, as the language is in context with what we can all feel during our lives. So thank you
Stage: Park Stage at Glastonbury
2019 Gig of the year
Artist: October Drift
An unbelievable gig was delivered by October Drift in early May as part of the Thekla's birthday bash.
The atmosphere was electric in The Thekla as October Drift sold out the venue, October Drift delivers a full energy experience each and every time they step on stage. But on this night the energy was at a different level and it rippled through the crowd.
Watch out in January as this exciting band releases their debut Album Forever Whatever, if you haven't pre ordered the album yet we recommend you treat yourself.
Venue: Thekla, Bristol
Album of the Year
Artist: The Mute Group
The Mute Group met and live in Nashville, Tennessee, the band are made up of John Westberry, Ryan LaFave, Zachary Gresham, and Amy Gill. They have produced a sound which is so unusual and obscure, thats is nothing short of brilliant. They describe their sound as ‘music that skews less vintage than ancient, medieval geologic. These are songs that might just as easily ward off the evil eye as entertain.’ This is a band which you can share with your friends and they will marvel in your well rounded musical appreciation while thanking you in the process.
The Mute Group has done what many bands have failed to do, they have maintained their unique sound from the first track to the last and that is what makes you happy that you have been engulfed into the abstract world of The Mute Group and their album Sinister Hand