GOLD BABY – 500/1
This is just a bad dream… When a band takes its name from one of Sylvia Plath’s most famous poems, it can only be a good thing. Such is the case with Siân Alex’s indie-pop combo Gold Baby, who return … Read More
OOBERFUSE – Call My Name
Bittersweet breezy pop Following a busy period of live performances, the east-meets-west electronic duo of Ooberfuse have returned with the release of a new single titled ‘Call My Name’. Hal St John and Cherrie Anderson first popped up on our … Read More
SPRAY – Failure Is Inevitable
Where the wonder goes… This year has been a busy year for electronic music with a deluge of new releases on an almost weekly basis. While the quality of many of those releases has been high, occasionally something comes along … Read More
MARINA – Love + Fear
When love is lost it’s only fear in disguise Having detached herself from her earlier title as Marina And The Diamonds (settling instead for a straightforward ‘Marina’) Welsh musician and songwriter Marina Diamandis has returned after a lengthy break with … Read More
WILL BURNS & HANNAH PEEL – Chalk Hill Blue
Here are the fragments… As a musician, Hannah Peel has always been keen to expand her musical boundaries and explore ever-more esoteric outings. Take her 2010 EP Rebox for instance which featured music box covers of classic synth-pop tunes, including … Read More
TR/ST – The Destroyer Part One
Life and all its lows “The giant agaves outside my home only bloom every 20 or 30 years years” muses Robert Alfons, “Being around that was a powerful lesson in slowness. And in tenacity.” The latest album from TR/ST certainly … Read More
A VOID – Awkward And Devastated
Such things can’t last forever From the opening moments of this album with the tumbling percussive tones of ‘Bodies Are Dumb’, it’s clear that 3-piece outfit A Void are keen to present a raw guitar-driven sound topped out with plenty … Read More
SYMBION PROJECT – Backscatter
Haunting electronica The gossamer compositions that made up 2017 album Gishiki (see our sister site The Electricity Club’s review) presented a contemplative piece of work that drew Japanese influences cast against ambient electronica. That album was part of an ongoing … Read More
PIROSHKA – Brickbat
Do we accept our fate? The revival of Lush back in 2015 Was a welcome breath of fresh air – and also a reminder that the 1990s had actually produced some amazing bands, rather than the worst excesses of Britpop … Read More
FRAGRANCE. – Now That I’m Real
Gravity & Grace Back in 2017, our sister site The Electricity Club explored the dusty synth worlds of Paris-based musician Matthieu Roche. Through the Dust & Disorders EP, they unveiled a dark and brooding electronic soundscape, that nonetheless had a … Read More