Blog: Goodnight Believer

Somehow in all their years of existence, I'd never heard a Mendoza Line song - and I'd laboured under the impression that they were emo. I wonder why? They're kind of country rock, if anything. Now they've broken up, mainly due to the marital split of frontpeople Tim Bracy and Shannon McArdle. From what I've read, Tim was the one who walked out - so Shannon recorded an album all about what a shitty year she's had. It's a harrowing listen, as break-up albums that aren't Fleetwood Mac generally are, but it's intriguing and gritty and [...]

• Shannon McArdle - He Was Gone
• Shannon McArdle - Poison My Cup