Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW – POM POKO – CHEATER.
Pom Poko were first brought to Backseat Mafia’s attention early last year when they released their single “Praise” from their debut album Birthday released in 2019. Since then, they’ve been one of the bands from Bella Union’s spectrum of talent that have been a regular feature on the website and the release of “Like A …
ALBUM REVIEW – FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY – MECHANICAL SOUL
My Spotify Wrapped for 2020 showed that I listened to a lot of Fear Factory throughout the year. A lot – an obscene amount. What’s always been fascinating about the industrial metal band isn’t just the frenzied drumming or the harmonic-to-death-grown vocals but the ambience on both Demanufacture and Obsolete. Those mechanized effects, the haunting …
ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Mueller – ‘Family Secret’: an immersive drone palimpsest
Family Secret is a journey of deep interiority: it’s implicit that it be served fresh, after dark, suitably lit with no distractions. Clever, eerie and beautiful, it’s an album that will continue to reward you
EP Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – The Helm of Sorrow
Dark folk singer’s collaboration with Louisiana sludge metallers bears yet more fruit.
EP REVIEW: Frank Iero and the Future Violence – ‘Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place’
Heaven is A Place, This Is a Place does its intended job; short and sweet, a furious kick to the jugular
Album Review: Casper Clausen – Better Way
For a musician who usually takes a studious approach to making records, Casper Clausen’s new album ‘Better Way’ (available via City Slang from January 9th) could almost be seen as a rush release. As one of the core members of Efterklang, the Danish experimental pop explorers, he was last heard just over a year ago …
ALBUM REVIEW: Sleaford Mods – ‘Spare Ribs’: one of their best to date
Spare Ribs is one of Sleaford Mods’ strongest albums to date and serves as a reminder that they’re more unique, more interesting and more exciting than any of the groups that followed in their path
EP: Mylow – Voyager
Founded by the Berlin band Jazzanova, the Sonar Kollectiv label has been steadily releasing enticing music of the nu-jazz/dance/electronica blend for over 20 years now. So any new name that they sign is always worth a sneak. Cue Milo Tomasovic (a.k.a Mylow) a young DJ, producer and electronic musician from Amsterdam who releases his EP …
EP: External- Stillness
Forged from the uncertainty surrounding early 2020, Finnish metal band External have released a brand-new EP entitled ‘Stillness.’
ALBUM REVIEW: Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns
Canadian garage-rock record and release a new record in a pandemic year, while signing with Sub Pop