Future Disguises – Alma Mystic Society (Reverb Worship)
Alma Mystic Society is a dense fever dream of a tapestry of a record; a blend of adventurous post-rock and disorienting sound collage. You will be transported. Imagine: it is … Continue reading
Soundtracks Of Our Lifestyles: Heathered Pearl – Body Complex (Ghostly International) review
Featureless white plastic columns in an Ionic style; “a stunningly bleak, uncharted landscape of man-made cement and artificial foliage.” the air smells of soap and perfume. A soundtrack for architectural … Continue reading
The Melancholic Meditative Minimalism of Alessandro Cortini’s Risveglio
There is a particular kind of machine trance that comes from listening to sequencer-based music. It’s a hypnotic psychedelia in the arthouse minimalist tradition – a lead solder vein … Continue reading
Once More, Autumn – Once More, Autumn
Once More, Autumn is the spectral debut from the St. Paul, Minnesota duo of Evan Walton and Brady Lorenzen. It is a bare, sparse, slight record, shivering and eye-blinking in … Continue reading
The Bevis Frond – Bevis Through The Looking Glass (reissue, Cherry Red)
Can you believe there was a time when there was such a thing as too much Bevis Frond music? Bevis Through The Looking Glass is The Bevis Frond’s third record, … Continue reading
Palace Of Swords – La Belle Epoque (2010 – 2014) (Reverb Worship)
La Belle Epoque (2010 – 2014) is an Atlantean opium dream – a sub-aquatic star portal to extradimensional space. La Belle Epoque is what it might sound like if Arthur … Continue reading
Unheimlich Folk: The Hare And The Moon – Wood Witch (Reverb Worship) album review
You step into the dusty parlour of the heritage museum, of the little nowhere town – a tiny silver bell tinkling over the creaking wooden door. The timbers groan beneath … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Cat’s Eyes – The Duke Of Burgundy OST
Cat’s Eyes score for Peter Strickland’s The Duke Of Burgundy is pure psychotropic orchestral pop grandeur, that will put fans of Broadcast and Stereolab into paroxysms of pleasure! … Continue reading
Cassio Figueiredo – Dias
Have you ever encountered a poorly encoded 128K mp3? The kind that sounds like some decade old Real Media Player file, or maybe a rip of some old ragtime 78s? … Continue reading
Tod Dockstader – Electronic vol. 2 (Mordant Music)
On Feb. 27th, we lost two legends of science fiction. The first, obviously, and most nototoriously, was the passing of Leonard Nimoy, as Spock headed for the Final Frontier. The … Continue reading
