‘New Ways of Living’, the second album from Dubliners The Winter Passing, dropped at the start of the month via Big Scary Monsters (UK) and Counter Intuitive Records (US). Formed by brother and sister Rob and Kate Flynn, and guitarist Jamie Collison in their hometown of Tipperary; the band have become known for their fiery DIY work ethic, pressing their own records and tapes and booking their own shows across the world. After 2017’s ‘Double Exposure’ EP, the five-piece pop-noisesters have developed their songwriting approaches to encompass their many influences, and create “a sound bigger, brighter and more ambitious than ever before.” The album opens with the solid, blocky chords of ‘Ghost Thing’. There’s some lovely vocal interplay, which ...