Album review: HIMALAYAS – BAD STAR

Album review: HIMALAYAS – BAD STAR

Anyone can write a catchy hook. But few can channel the power of The Riff into something that feels genuinely fresh and urgent in 2025. In the case of Cardiff quartet HIMALAYAS, the latter has become their bread and butter – propelled onward by their massive breakout single Thank God I’m Not You, which currently sits pretty at 51 million Spotify streams. “My bugbear with rock at the minute is that sometimes people shy away from being bold,” fron…

HIMALAYAS – BAD STAR

Since bursting out of Cardiff in 2015, HIMALAYAS have set about creating a legacy as big as their name warrants. It’s a remit they look likely to fill with their sophomore album BAD STAR. Featuring ten tracks which find the band looking beyond the indie-rock of their debut album (2023’s From Hell To Here) to deliver an album far greater in scope, and with a sound that’s big enough to match their ambition. While there’s been no radical overhaul i…