roves: that thursday night single review and interview

Those though provoking and sublime roves guys from Reading recently sent me a copy of their then upcoming single that thursday night. I knew immediately what to do; wait til after work on the anointed day, crack open a beer, grab the cat and take my sounds to the garden while the heat of the summer day was […]

EP Review: roves – a strung out pilot

How better to follow four class 2018 single releases but with a first EP to cement their sound? Reading based roves follow in their daring push-the-boundaries style with their fresh new EP a strung out pilot. While I tend to post reviews only about tracks I enjoy, there are some current artists that truly stand […]

Single Review: roves – beneath my skin

Reading based roves are exactly the reason why my long quest for the perfect sound will never be at an end. Just when I think I’ve finally found it, along come along a band like roves luring me onto the choppy dangerous, but exciting rocks of the ocean with their sweeping, soaring tunes. While my […]

Single Review: Roves – All We Came To Know

roves are one of the bands I’ve been really excited about discovering this year; their music and attitude are exactly what I still enjoy searching for. I particularly admire the way roves have been fully focused on their own sound; a deliciously atmospheric, ambient, slightly sad and intelligent vibe. It feels like this band have […]

roves // i fear the water

Reading based roves are a band I tipped earlier in the year after falling in love with their sweeping and strong first release always. This young band have now managed to pull off another impressive coup with their second released track i fear the water. What strikes me is how roves are so confident in […]

roves // Always

It’s of course amazingly easy for any wannabe music reviewer to throw a few verbal grenades while sheltering safely behind a laptop. However, one broad criticism I have of many new and emerging bands is that in their anxiety not to “mess it up”, their first few tracks do just that by playing it too […]