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ALBUM REVIEW: Dale Berning – ‘Horse Stories’: spacious, minimal and delightful art soundtrack
Dale Berning’s The Horse Stories is humble, in the very best way; it delights in the tiny and the everyday with a surreal wonder. It has eagle-eyed focus; it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s often as close as music can get to absolute quietude while still retaining a sense of melody and spatial wizardry. If you loved the Clicks + Cuts series of compilations, Ryoji Ikeda, Colleen or Jan Jelinek; The Boats, Alva.Noto, any of these artists who travel deep into the magical, miniaturised web of pure sound, then this record is so, so top of your shopping list. Bravo, Flau, for making it available again.
SEE: Francis of Delirium – ‘Let It All Go’: casting fate to the wind with punk pop fizz
I MEAN, we knew straight away that Francis of Delirium, the Canadian-American duo happy to call Luxembourg home, were probably not going to be shrinking violets; that much was certainly out there for all to see when they came howling out of the sky on a raft of righteous guitars on their debut single, “Quit …
Track: T. G. Shand’s new single ‘The Ease’ is a glorious, woozy, shoegaze delight
‘The Ease’, the new single from T.G. Shand, is an immersive and dreamy soundscape with a shoegaze sheen and a dream pop glimmer. It is absolutely fantastic. T.G. Shand is actually the solo work of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label). This …
Track: Sombria – Ballet Of Sadness
Melancholic dark metal band Sombria released a new music video Ballet of Sadness.The track is taken from their debut album ‘Chirographon Dei’ which was released in late 2020 by Inverse Records. The band comments: “‘Ballet of Sadness’ a song that portrays the struggle, the pain, the beauty and divinity behind art. Being an artist is something that words can hardly …
ALBUM REVIEW: The Weather Station – Ignorance
Building up on the career of an accomplished artist, Ignorance is no doubt one of the first “headline” albums of 2021. Full of lush and classy orchestrations, the album exudes music craftsmanship throughout its canonical ten tracks, evoking smoky, nocturnal, slightly alcoholic, Closing Time soulscapes. Following 4 years after the last installment in Tamara Lindelof’s …
Album Review: The Superceded Sounds Of…The New Obsolescents
A brand new deep space travelogue from the collective minds of DJ Food and Howlround from an Improvised live session at the Museum Of London in 2016. This album began life four years ago when the trio of Strictly Kev, Robin The Fog and Chris Weaver were tasked by Jonny Trunk with providing an all-night …
News: Terror To Release Trapped In A World LP On March 5th
As one of the innovators and prime successors of hardcore music as we know it today, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that Terror, giants of LA Hardcore, are still slamming around. Since their cultivation in2002, Terror has spread the juggernaut of simple yet blistering music with aggressive straightforward messages to which anyone could …
Track: Black Soul Horde release new EP and share track ‘The Frail And The Weak’
Greek heavy-metal trio Black Soul Horde have shared a music video for their acoustic version of ‘The Frail And The Weak’ featuring Johnny Thermos on piano and Katerina Garofallidi. This track is available on their newly-released EP ‘A Lonely Road’ featuring acoustic versions of two songs from their second album ‘Land of Demise’. Forceful and melodic piano and acoustic guitar lay down a …
Track: Manchester punks Deafdeafdeaf release new single, Nothingness
There appears to have been a surge within the waves of modern punk rock in that the constantly updated bouts in technology make professional sounding material more attainable and gives new bands ample leverage for bolstering their debut recordings. On the surface, taking advantage of such accessibility looks like draw back from punk’s long accrued …
Album Review: Coma World – Coma World
The London nu-jazz/electronic scene is one ecosystem that does more than sustain itself. From the Steamdown/Trinity/Deptford/Greenwich source point to the hubbub around Hackney’s Total Refreshment Centre to the outflow from vibrant labels like Walthamstow’s Byrd Out, it’s a community that continues to create through crossovers, connections and collaborations. Cue yet more evidence of the surge, …