Tag: Album Reviews
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Disconections by AV Sunset Album Review
AV Sunset are a 4 piece Instrumental post-rock outfit from Northampton, UK. Their debut album ‘Disconnections‘ was released in December 2023. The soundscaping work is excellent – Radar Invisible is like an atherieal dream, with mind sirens calmly whirring. While tldl is wide and tranquil – cautiously rising toward and energetic horizon. Often kick-starting adrift…
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People Like People Like Them EP Review
L.O.E are a Post-Rock Group from Halifax, YorkshirePeople Like People Like Them Released 19.08.2022 After leading us into a wide landscape of fluid guitars and aptly chosen retro vocal samples, explosive breaks and optimistic hooks crash in over heavy drums. Intricate yet subtle guitar layers return as an ethereal mid section bursts into an emotive uplift,…
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Yndi Halda –
Enjoy Eternal Bliss Review Yndi Halda is a progressive post-rock band from Kent, UK Over a period of over 15 years, they have gained a strong following in both post-rock and alt-folk circuits. Described as “the kind of music which could soundtrack a modern-day love story as easily as it could a mid-century war”…Enjoy Eternal…
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Album Review: Only Ever – Only Ever
Only Ever: Marfa – Melancholy, Turbulence, and Hope The self-titled album by the band Only Ever, released in February 2024, is the first full-length material from the group consisting of Bill Hamilton, Ivan Beltrán, Kent Evans, Ray Herbert, and Andrew Czornyj. The album contains 6 songs with a total duration of 48 minutes and 8 seconds.…
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Maestro’s Monster – We’ll Fight Till Our Guns Are Empty’
Single Review – Maestro’s Monster – “We’ll Fight Till Our Guns Are Empty’ Maestro’s Monster is a multi-instrumentalist Post-Rock artist hailing from South East London “We’ll fight till our Guns run empty” was released June 2024. Eerie and dissonant tremolo keys lead us in paired with a pulsing synth bass …. watery and spacious synth…
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Gravity Thieves – Voiceless Infinity
a review of Voiceless Infinity by Gravity Thieves Sunrise opens this album up on a bitter note. The moodiness of the guitar and even the gritty texture of its tone suggest this dawn is one of reckoning. The song itself is quite repetitive, as is the entire album, but somehow makes this an asset. There’s a…
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The Mantra Discord – The Lost Widow
The Lost Widow wastes no time in establishing what they’re all about. The opening title track’s somber guitars saturated with reverb set the mood. The crushing weight of sorrow is felt in an epic distortion-filled outro, accompanied by a feeling of acceptance that fades into the more reserved and contemplative Reach. Delay in abundance, soaring shimmering overtones,…
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Novere – ‘Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight’
Novere – ‘Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight‘ Novere is a Post-Metal band from London, UK The opening track ‘Hydra‘ hammers in with a chugging riff, heavy growling vocals, well harmonized guitars and a hefty drum beat hall us into this Doom laden, haunting opening track. Tribal-like vocals shape a tense atmosphere as steadily rising rolling…
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Alex Henry Foster – ‘The Power of the Heart’ Review
Alex Henry Foster (AHF) is a Canadian musician, singer, producer, and composer, best known as the frontman of Juno Awards nominee band Your Favorite Enemies. In November 2018, Foster released a first solo album “Windows in the Sky” (Hopeful Tragedy Records) With shades of: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fugazi, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Mars Volta,…
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Mountainscape – ‘Iridescent’ Single Review
Mountainscape are a Post-Metal Instrumental group from Reading, UK . Their new single ‘Iridescent‘ (with album of the same name) is out now on all streaming platforms! The track floats in with subtle soundscaping and a light wandering guitar riff before the sledgehammer is dropped with the crunching main riff and thunderous drums. Returning to…