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GOLD: melancholic synthpop at its most nostalgic from RIKI

December 17, 2021

Gold, the second album from Riki, seees the self-identifying New Romantic leave behind the darkwave of her debut for 80s synthpop.

THE NATIONAL’s Dessner brothers create sweet music for CYRANO soundtrack

December 17, 2021

Future versions of Cyrano are unlikely to have a soundtrack as seductive and slick as what The National’s Dessner brothers have created.

JEFF PARKER transcends genre in soulful experiment, FORFOLKS

December 17, 2021

Following the tangents Jeff Parker takes on new album Forfolks is never anything besides compelling.

SYSTEM RESET return with more politically potent punk in MANY HANDS MAKE LIES WORK

December 17, 2021

System Reset are back with Many Hands Make Lies Work and, unfortunately, its themes are as timely as their debut album.

Region: South Wales

LIVE IN BRIGHTON 1975: CAN’s musical hotpot doesn’t quite hit the spot

December 10, 2021

On Can's Live In Brighton 1975 – the second in an apparently ongoing album series – the flavour is somewhat muddied.

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING collaborator EERA flies free on SPEAK

December 10, 2021

New album Speak is the sound of the Norwegian EERA seizing her solo opportunity in the spotlight with both hands.

NEW FLESH: too few sparks in LOVE OBJECT’s Russian spin on electro-pop

December 10, 2021

Is electroclash back? Did it never end in Russia? Love Object's New Flesh poses many questions but provides few fresh answers.

OLD HABITS takes TREETOP FLYERS back to British rock’s stylish 70s

December 10, 2021

Old Habits, the fourth album from Treetop Flyers, takes inspiration from 70s British rock - and there's a lot to like.

Dreamy Americana drifts through TOWN CALLED NOTHING by LAURA-MARY CARTER

December 3, 2021

Taking a road trip deep into Americana-land, Laura-Mary Carter's Town Called Nothing is filled with dreamy vistas but lacks narrative punch.

LEO ABRAHAMS returns with more hypnotic soundscapes on SCENE MEMORY 2

December 3, 2021

Leo Abrahams' Scene Memory 2 is an adventurously made selection of soundscapes, racked in a hypnotic kind of spellbinding beauty.

RIVAL CONSOLES’ sonic social commentary fails to take off on OVERFLOW

December 3, 2021

Overflow, Ryan Lee West’s seventh album as Rival Consoles, doesn't manage to make sweet music out of toxic web practices.

NOOSE ALMIGHTY from SWAMP COFFIN is UK sludge at its thickest

December 3, 2021

From the dreary confines of Rotherham come yet another miserable sludge contender in Swamp Coffin, with Noose Almighty.

GOLD: melancholic synthpop at its most nostalgic from RIKI

THE NATIONAL’s Dessner brothers create sweet music for CYRANO soundtrack

JEFF PARKER transcends genre in soulful experiment, FORFOLKS

SYSTEM RESET return with more politically potent punk in MANY HANDS MAKE LIES WORK

LIVE IN BRIGHTON 1975: CAN’s musical hotpot doesn’t quite hit the spot

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING collaborator EERA flies free on SPEAK

NEW FLESH: too few sparks in LOVE OBJECT’s Russian spin on electro-pop

OLD HABITS takes TREETOP FLYERS back to British rock’s stylish 70s

Dreamy Americana drifts through TOWN CALLED NOTHING by LAURA-MARY CARTER

LEO ABRAHAMS returns with more hypnotic soundscapes on SCENE MEMORY 2

RIVAL CONSOLES’ sonic social commentary fails to take off on OVERFLOW

NOOSE ALMIGHTY from SWAMP COFFIN is UK sludge at its thickest

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