Issue #016 · October 2026

Johnny Foreigner

Forwards!

Label: Alcopop! Records
Released: 2026
Genre: emo, math-rock, indie-rock

A concept album about the history of Birmingham from one of the UK's best bands of the last twenty years. Frenetic emo-math-pop — chaotic, beautiful, sarcastic and sincere all at once.

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