Towards the West is Rhys Marsh’s fourth solo album. Being an album of seemingly simple songs (in itself, no bad thing), it was in production for quite some time. But this is misleading. The music reflects Rhys’s personal experiences relating…
View More Rhys Marsh – Towards the WestAuthor: Phil Lively
Sproingg – Hirnkäse
Welcome to another stream of consciousness masquerading as an album review. Recently I’ve been listening to Hirnkäse by Sproingg. I think Sproingg are having a laugh. Not the cockney pre-brawl “did you spill my pint” type of having a laugh…
View More Sproingg – HirnkäseLost Crowns / Kavus Torabi / Michael Woodman
The Victoria, London Thursday, 19th January 2023 Sounds Beamed In From Another Dimension… And Why You Need To See These Artists… I had the absolute pleasure of spending a good portion of 19th January 2023 in That London with author…
View More Lost Crowns / Kavus Torabi / Michael WoodmanThe Bob Lazar Story – The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Pt.1 : Foodstool Resurrection
The Bob Lazar Story is Matt Deacon. You may remember him from such albums (and reviews) as Ghost of Foodstool (2014, reviewed by Jez Rowden), Self-Loathing Joe EP (2015, reviewed by Jez Rowden), Baritonia (2017, reviewed by Jez Rowden [I’m…
View More The Bob Lazar Story – The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Pt.1 : Foodstool ResurrectionSilje Marsh – Whispers
Here’s some music that’s worthy of your attention. It’s by Silje Marsh — formerly known as Silje Leirvik. Although Aware, shown in the above video, was apparently on YouTube back in 2020, the song appears on Whispers – Silje’s third…
View More Silje Marsh – WhispersBinary Order – Messages From The Deep
“Dreams are messages from the deep” – Dune, 2021 London based Benjamin Blank started Binary Order in 2008. He makes no secret of deriving inspiration from Sci-fi and cyberpunk. In the press release, “Dune, Akira, Blade Runner, Total Recall, Deus…
View More Binary Order – Messages From The DeepCKRAFT – Epic Discordant Vision
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Frenchman walk into a pub… Englishers are famously a reserved lot. Some learn to play musical instruments but hide themselves away, worried that someone might hear them before they become competent and smash their…
View More CKRAFT – Epic Discordant VisionPorcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation
In an unusual move for TPA, here we offer a selection of views on the forthcoming and fervently anticipated (by many) new album from a reanimated Porcupine Tree, due in one month from… Now. Magnus Moar Porcupine Tree finally return…
View More Porcupine Tree – Closure/ContinuationBizirik – Revelaciones del Fin del Mundo
“Music without predefined structures or scores, built on improvisations in one take with Chapman Stick and loops, a minimalist journey of sonic experimentation through the events that are born from this telluric land at the end of the world.” The…
View More Bizirik – Revelaciones del Fin del MundoJo Berger Myhre – Unheimlich Manoeuvre
Well, what do we have here, then? Being a musical ignoramus, I started with the metadata, which tells me that this album is Ambient. This useful tag gives a common frame of reference that not only helps us to build…
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