It is not a rare event to immerse in a release of expansive and spellbinding imagination, to be taken out of the real world into a creative adventure for an hour or so. It is less often though that you… Read More ›
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Juggling Wolves – Mercury
Ahead of their debut album, UK rock band Juggling Wolves unveil first single Mercury to spice up a definite anticipation for its full-length source. A merger of alternative and progressive rock with experimental hues and striking ambient colours, the track… Read More ›
Halfling’s Leaf – Westover
After the irresistible bait put down by their excellent previous EPs, UK band Halfling’s Leaf has returned with not only a confirmation of their creative bedlam but a declaration of its new maturity and expansive schizophrenic ingenuity. The Stockport quartet… Read More ›
Pink Tatami – Chapter and Verse
It is with great thanks to the vocalist of Pink Tatami, Mike Marques that we can bask in one of the most invigorating and downright thrilling releases of the year so far. The frontman of the French band introduced himself… Read More ›
In Progress – North Atlantic Echoes
Bracing, seductive, and thoroughly captivating, the sound of US progressive/experimental rock band In Progress is an absorbing evocation which works on the imagination just as potently as ears and emotions. It is a proposition impossible to pin down but easy… Read More ›
The Vaya Project – Happybleak
Canadian band The Vaya Project is one of those presences which seem to remain a secret when so many less able and imaginative bands find a spotlight to shine on their work. This is not that the electro/industrial/ experimental project… Read More ›
Spiritwo – Primitive Twinship EP
Adventure, experimentation, and straight forward daring are always aspects of songwriting and performance which grab attention even if not always as successfully as intended. Spiritwo is one such band with these attributes in abundance within their debut EP Primitive Twinship,… Read More ›
Vom Fetisch der Unbeirrtheit – Vertilger
Extreme invention and imagination for extreme suffering might be the best way to describe Vertilger from experimental German duo Vom Fetisch der Unbeirrtheit, but that is just a chapter of the tale and experience which comes with its corrosively destructive… Read More ›
Bishop – Inside The Whale We Saw Ourselves EP
A band which lets their music do all the talking, UK noise manipulators Bishop have made a startling introduction with their debut EP Inside The Whale We Saw Ourselves. They are a quintet from Birmingham featuring ex- members of Ghostmaker,… Read More ›
firewheelbombfire – Square Peg In A Square Hole
I guess we often say releases capture the imagination but in the case of Square Peg In A Square Hole from firewheelbombfire it captures, inspires, ignites, and frames a myriad of thoughts, ideas, and imagery bred by its compelling body…. Read More ›