Album Reviews – Page 244

A Formal Horse – Made In Chelsea [EP]

Atomic Rooster. Trojan Horse. Henry Cow. Er, Canned Goat? I may just have made that last one up but farmyard-related band names appear surprisingly thin on the ground. Bucking that trend (ahem…), please trot forward, in a genteel and decorous…

O.R.k. – Soul of an Octopus

Two years after their first album, Inflamed Rides, this rather thrilling gathering of enquiring musical like-minds return with Soul Of An Octopus, their first for the always interesting Rare Noise label, and it seems that no little development of their…

Once and Future Band - Once & Future Band

Once and Future Band – Once and Future Band

I forget now where I read about the Once and Future Band, but I was very interested in reviewing their self-titled album, released in January this year. The author made comparisons in the article, to Queen and ELO. OK, I…

Matheus Manente – Illusions Dimension [2017 remaster]

This new remaster of Illusions Dimension, Matheus Manente’s first solo release from 2014, has the dramatic feel of a film soundtrack. Some songs clearly stand on their own, while others seem to be intended as auditory backgrounds to theatrical developments.…

Beatrix Players – Magnified

Beatrix Players are a London-based female trio, comprising Amanda Alvarez, Jess Kennedy and Amy Birks. They have been described as combining elements of Folk, Jazz, Progressive and Classical music, citing influences as diverse as Michael Nyman and Regina Spector whilst…

Thinking Plague – Hoping Against Hope

It has been over four years since the relentlessly foreboding Decline and Fall, and Colorado state’s favourite avant rock collective, the marvellously uncompromising Thinking Plague, are back, this time dredging optimism from the depths of black despair at the perverse…