Author: Areej Akhtar

Following the 2023 release of Cracker Island, my obsession with Gorillaz waned a little bit. To me, the album felt quite lacklustre: I enjoyed the hype around the new music and looked over the more disagreeable aspects of its rollout, but with hindsight there wasn’t anything in the album that made it stick for me. So when The Mountain was announced last summer, I brought this skepticism forward.  Luckily, this one is quite different. Starting with the eponymous track The Mountain, listeners are eased so beautifully into the rest of the album, especially with its transition into The Moon Cave …

With making music becoming increasingly accessible each year, music, as a whole, becomes better. To experience this for myself, one of my resolutions this year is to discover as many new albums as possible. Naturally, there are already some key albums that I’m looking out for this year, so let me share my top few. First of all, February is seeing some major new releases from Gorillaz and Mitski, with albums from both dropping on the 27th. Gorillaz’ most recent release Cracker Island felt a bit lacklustre to me: sure there were some hits but the album holistically felt a…

In the two years since the first Five Nights at Freddy’s film was released in cinemas, reception to this new on-screen adaptation has varied. Criticism that, for a horror film, there was a lack of truly frightening moments. Confusion on how the lore had been changed to fit this new medium. As the weeks drew closer before the new film, it was agonising anticipating what was in store. In preparation for the sequel, I rewatched the original film and found myself sitting in a similar area. However – whether it be Scott Cawthon (the game’s creator) being the film’s main…