Interviews // Gavin Brick aka The Metamorph
Originally for Werra Foxma Sub Club Magazine 2023 From his earlier incarnation as Logan 5, Gavin Brick aka The Metamorph has been conjuring vistas of pulsing nebulae-like soundscapes for several …
Review // We’re All Aliens – Paranoia Club
“Releasing your debut album just before the whole world went into shutdown wasn’t the best start to the band’s existence” admits We’re All Aliens frontman and lyricist Jim ‘JJ’ Johnson. …
Review // Sferro – Emotion Engine
Eric Sferro is a product of the 80s; born towards the end of that most distinctive decade, he has taken the ethos from that period and fired it through a …
Review // Kieran Mahon – Eternal Return
Kieran Mahon is perhaps best known for his long form ambient drone compositions, but with his latest release, the album Eternal Return (Castles In Space), there is something familiar yet …
Review: Hyperlink Dream Sync – S/T
Lush, crystalline and deep, the new project from Phono Ghosts and Sferro, Hyperlink Dream Sync draws deep from the sound and aesthetics of the 1990s and gives us a tantalizing …
Review: Mugsmasher – Beelzebufo E.P.
Mugsmasher is a one-man hurricane of searing guitar, propulsive beats, and prowling menace. Liam Ashcroft (Mugsmasher head technician) can often be found creating horror-tinged synthwave with his Jean Michel Noir’s …
Review: Engineers – Pictobug
Follow me on Twitter / Read My Other Reviews Engineers haven’t released anything since 2014’s Always Returning which featured their signature lush, melodic, electronic-tinged shoegaze. Since then, they have been …
Review: Novelty Island – Suddenly On Sea
Some of you will already be familiar with Tom McConnell’s work through his previous psychedelic pop project TV ME, well he’s back with a new coat of many audio colours …
Review: Rykard – Explorers Vol. 2
Review by Mike Stanton / @DepartmentEss Rykard is back with the second installment of his Explorers cycle of EPs with the release of Explorers Vol.2 and like Vol.1 it is …
Review: We’re All Aliens – Get a Life
Review by Mike Stanton / @DepartmentEss There’s a buzz in town and I’m not referring to that mysterious hum emanating from the local quarry that nobody seems to return from. …