This release is a re-mastering of a 2003 collaboration between Neurosis and singer-songwriter, Jarboe La Salle Devereaux, AKA Jarboe. I’m pitching it at people who have never heard the album. Aside from my only comparison, between the MP3s I’m reviewing…
View More Neurosis & Jarboe – Neurosis & Jarboe [Remastered]Author: Phil Lively
Mediæval Bæbes – A Pocketful of Posies
The ninth studio album by Mediæval Bæbes, A Pocketful of Posies has been five years in the making for musical director, Katharine Blake. Recorded against a backdrop of tremendous loss, Katharine continued the work she started with her partner Nick…
View More Mediæval Bæbes – A Pocketful of PosiesThe Mercury Tree – Spidermilk
[Warning: This review may contain some utter bollocks based on a limited understanding of musical theory. Strap yourself in, I may turn this thing over.] “… synthetic sounds, and a newly expanded line-up, we’ve tried to craft something that’s beautiful…
View More The Mercury Tree – SpidermilkFirefly Burning – Breathe Shallow
I first became aware of Firefly Burning when they appeared as the Sunday morning “Wildcard Act” during Chepstow’s 12th Summer’s End Prog Festival in 2016: “I heard sounds that were unlike those made by all the other bands – and…
View More Firefly Burning – Breathe ShallowRhys Marsh – October After All
Further to Rhys Marsh’s late 2018 announcement that he has signed to Karisma Records, I’m pleased to be able to take on this review. His last album, The Black Sun Shining, was spontaneous, visceral music. Rhys returns to a more…
View More Rhys Marsh – October After AllBreidablik – Nhoohr
I remember when short-sighted observers portrayed synthesisers as the end of musicianship. I dare say back in the 1840s musos were saying the same about the saxophone. 37,000 years ago, people were speared by their hunter gatherer peers for playing…
View More Breidablik – NhoohrSimon Godfrey – Black Bag Archive Volume IV
The story so far… In November 2015 I reviewed Simon Godfrey’s Black Bag Archive, Volume I, a collection of salvaged tracks from unfinished projects. In February 2017 I reviewed Simon Godfrey’s Black Bag Archive, Volume II, a mixed-black-bag of old…
View More Simon Godfrey – Black Bag Archive Volume IVFar Corner – Risk
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is home to a plethora of musical artists from a surprising variety of genres. This interesting list includes – but is in no way limited to – The Violent Femmes, Steve (The Joker) Miller, the ubiquitous bass supremo…
View More Far Corner – RiskSaul Blease – The Great War
Saul Blease announced this project a while ago now, as documented in m’colleague Jez Rowden’s review of his 2015 album, Daybreak. Since Daybreak, Saul seems to have morphed into a completely new musician! His obviously piano based songs have now…
View More Saul Blease – The Great WarTiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers, Part Two
A little over three years has elapsed since Tiger Moth Tales released the album Story Tellers, Part One. During this time Peter Jones has been a very busy man as a jobbing musician in his own right and as his…
View More Tiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers, Part Two