Within the first minute, you know this is going to be an interesting listen, as the opening number of Áuryn’s debut album, Antes de Cerrar los Ojos, flits between prog metal and jazz fusion. The contrasts almost clash, and yet…
View More Áuryn – Antes de Cerrar los OjosAuthor: Nick Hudson
Adenine – Adenine | Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders
For some months I had been waiting for the release of an experimental series of rich, multi-layered soundscapes created on a harp. Post-classical, ambient melodies with a watery theme evoking nature and nostalgia. An ode to the past and to…
View More Adenine – Adenine | Mary Lattimore – Silver LaddersCut Off Your Hands – HLLH
New Zealand band Cut Off Your Hands is one I’ve followed without great enthusiasm. With a bunch of EPs under their belt, their debut album was accompanied by a lot of hype. Possibly not undeserved, either, as it is a…
View More Cut Off Your Hands – HLLHLogoS – Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta
Even if I did not already have great interest in a new LogoS album, the title and artwork would have settled it for me. Without knowing Italian, it’s clear enough that this is an album that references Sasaki Sadako and…
View More LogoS – Sadako e le Mille Gru di CartaDomes – [Title TBA]
One of the most intriguing things over the last year has been watching New Zealand band Domes build their debut release. A self confessed experiment, rather than be released all at once, each track has been released individually. A test…
View More Domes – [Title TBA]Koert Wegman – Pull Down the Sun
2020 seems to have been a banner year for New Zealand music with a progressive bent. The long-awaited City of Souls debut finally arrived. Coridian released the penultimate chapter of their Elements series, and it’s the longest and most impressive…
View More Koert Wegman – Pull Down the SunPull Down the Sun – Of Valleys And Mountains
Sometimes you hear an album and it just sweeps you away. New Zealand band Pull Down the Sun’s Of Valleys and Mountains is the latest album to fall into my lap for review, and so there’s no way I should…
View More Pull Down the Sun – Of Valleys And MountainsA Different Aspect #44
In this update we feature: • The Osiris Club – Blazing Worlds: Live at Roadburn & Twicefold Of Kind • Dušan Jevtovic – If You See Me • Slomosa – Slomosa • Boris – NO • Taskaha – Taskaha •…
View More A Different Aspect #44Pencarrow – Growth In The Absence Of Light
Wow! Talk about growth! I enjoyed Pencarrow’s debut four years ago, but I wouldn’t say I raved about it. It was a solid album, with a lot going for it, and I don’t think I ever read a negative review…
View More Pencarrow – Growth In The Absence Of LightPie Are Squared – Con Calma
Con Calma, Mohammed Asraf’s second release of the year in his guise as Pie Are Squared, is well named. A calm sense of detachment and escapism pervades the serene and contemplative sounds of this album. It’s an album to lose…
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