Album Reviews
Album Review: Moxxy Jones – Unnoticed
Synth-pop duo Moxxy Jones has finally unveiled their highly anticipated debut album, ‘Unnoticed’. Over the past two years, the US-based pair has steadily released singles from this 11-track offering, culminating in a colourful collection of genre-blending songs that evoke a sense of nostalgia. Opening with ‘This Time’, the album quickly introduces you to the duo’s …
Album Review: Jaws The Shark – Wasteland
Jaws The Shark’s debut album ‘Wasteland’ spans ten tracks written entirely by Olly Bailey, the man behind Jaws The Shark, and was produced by previous collaborator George Perks at VADA Recording Studios. Not only were the 11 tracks written by Bailey, but they were also performed by him, with help from bassist Brendan O’Boyle and …
Album Review : Harvestman –‘Triptych Part Two’ : A pulsating second album in Steve Von Till’s ambitious, post-metal trilogy.
Officially released on 21st July to coincide with the Buck Moon, Steve Von Till (aka Harvestman) delivers ‘Part Two’ of his ambitious ‘Triptych’ album cycle (‘Part One’ coincided with April’s Pink Moon and was reviewed in BSM HERE). Von Till may be a prolific musician, whose output as lynch pin of post metal pioneers Neurosis …
Album Review: Introducing Meanjin/Brisbane’s DIAL, Their Self-Titled Debut EP and Upcoming Show!
Meanjin/Brisbane-based band DIAL, comprising Elijah, Matt, Bobby, and Taylor, along with former member Hugh who contributed to the debut album, has made a compelling entrance into the world with their self-titled EP. Bonding over a shared love for bands like The Verve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Replacements, DIAL’s influences are discernible throughout …
EP Review: Victory Lap – Torch Songs
Sometimes, an act comes along that does things their way instead of following the crowd. Victory Lap is such a band, and their noir-infused genre seems like a breath of fresh air from a band that goes alone when it comes to songcraft. Even their name has an older-world feel and a stiff-upper-lip English world, …
Album Review: Bird – Wider Than The Sky (Original motion Picture Soundtrack)
‘Wider Than The Sky‘ is the soundtrack album to the multi-award winning short film by Renowned multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter, BIRD. Known for her use of a diverse musical palette and exceptional ability to blend genres seamlessly, BIRD’s latest offering showcases elements of atmospheric electronic dream-pop and contemporary folk, again solidifying her reputation as an …
Album Review: Olivier Cong –‘Tropical Church’: a significant ambient hymn to the heart of a city.
Hot town, summer in the city“, The Lovin’ Spoonful’s immortal sixties pop hit may not be a song that will immediately ping into mind when listening to ‘Tropical Church’, the new album by musician, sound artist and composer Olivier Cong. Yet Cong’s graphic soundtrack for his own city, Hong Kong, puts the listener as closely …
Album Review: Colin Fisher – Suns of the Heart : Spectacular sound sculptures with an internal energy.
“Distinctly gifted musician”, “Canadian mainstay”, “master sonic storyteller” are all quotable snippets which journos have rustled up for multi-instrumentalist and composer Colin Fisher. But as you dig into his sprawling catalogue you begin to realise that for once these aren’t empty words, if anything they’re an understatement. Here is a musician who’s been energising the …
Album Review : Hypnodrone Ensemble – ‘The Problem Is in the Sender – Do Not Tamper with the Receiver’: An epic drone-rock statement from the Berlin-based collective.
So here’s the real sound of the psychedelic underground filtering through once more. Beyond retro, pastiche or nostalgia, forward thinking, lifeblood music that connects the pathways of cosmic rock, kosmische, trance and improv, part of the essential root system that feeds so many derivatives. Experimental guitarists Aidan Baker and Eric Quach have been injecting their …
Album Review: Àbáse –‘Awakening’: Stunning spiritual jazz and beyond from the prolific producer/instrumentalist.
It doesn’t seem that long since Hungarian keyboarding producer whizz Szabolcs Bognár was premiering his ambitious Àbáse project with the extensive, celebratory ‘Laroyê’. Released at the end of 2021, it was assembled from jams recorded in collaborators’ lounges and apartments during a lengthy musical sabbatical in Brazil. Stoked with Bognár’s unflappable positivity, ‘Laroyê’ somehow came …