Review: Qualchan. – The End of All Seasons.
Words: Iain (Ghost Signs / Transpacifica) Modern music production is akin to magic, it’s all a trick to fool us into thinking something that didn’t take place did. These musicians …
Review: Incentive – Happiness
Lush and dense electronic soundscaping from Ohio resident Incentive tackles personal trauma and depression. If an individual’s soul could be writ large in music then Incentive has achieved this with …
Review: Sewnshut – S/T
Sewnshut’s self titled release is one part lo fi techno, and one part introspective sound art, and a beautiful sounding record. The record opens with some bendy guitar (?) samples, …
Review: My Body, 'Tis of Thee Compilation
This excellent release from Nashville’s Centripetal Force brings together 10 diverse acts – the music here is definitely outsider material and covers genres from folk to electronica via cosmic psych …
Review: The Night Monitor – This House is Haunted
Resembling early 70s BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Night Monitor’s This House is Haunted is a genuinely unsettling listen. Based on one of the most famous poltergeist cases in the UK, …
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Review: Glacier – No Light Ever
So let’s just throw our cards on the table right now just so you know where we stand and if you want to read further. This is without a doubt …
Review: ShopLand World: Music for a Discovery Park of Miniature Supermarkets
This recent compilation by the Strategic Tape Reserve is a daunting release, so I decided to break it down track by track. Nicholas Langley – Prelude One Very pretty …
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Review: Lingua Ignota – Caligula
“Biblical” in the both senses of the word. This is an immense, inspiring, frightening, absorbing genre-defying meisterwerk (yep, I’m going down the rabbit hole, be warned). The traces of classical, …
Review: Sawak – Renunciant
Renunciant by Sawak is unlike any album I’ve ever heard before. The album opens up with some wonderful drone and melody, before descending into a bit of noise madness, then …
Review: Steep Leans – Naukeag
Naukeag has a comforting old school indie rock vibe to it. On his second album, Steep Leans (Jeffrey Gray Somers) creates a lovely atmosphere that brings to mind earlier Wilco …