Honeyglaze
Real Deal
Release Date: Sep 20, 2024
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
Record label: Fat Possum Records
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Album Review: Real Deal by Honeyglaze
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7/10
Their self-titled debut felt teetering between adolescence and adulthood, not yet fully able to creatively appreciate and capitalize on their quirks and differences. On their follow-up, Real Deal, Honeyglaze blur the lines between the perfect and the imperfect, exploring stylistic themes that embrace noise and chaos while still honing the soft-spoken sound that earned them an audience of festival-goers and 6 Music dads. The album opener, "Hide", interrupts the silence with a blend of beauty and dissonance.
Opinion: Fantastic
Hailing from the depths of South London, Honeyglaze took the music industry by storm with their self-titled debut back in 2022. Fraught with pent-up emotion, vocalist Anouska Sokolow composed sincere coming-of-age tales which, when brought to life by Tim Curtis and Yuri Shibuichi, quickly established the band as one to watch. With the aid of cult label Speedy Wunderground , the trio emerged victorious from the throes of the pandemic, armed for whatever life had to throw at them.
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