Echelon Effect - Debris

Pumps - Pin in the Map (2011)

Death To False Hope
Bandcamp

8.2

/Happy punk, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Easycore/

Comment: Pumps is a quintet from Brooklyn, Big Apple, pumping up the grids of pop punk and hardcore punk all of that mixed up together. More concretely, just shouting verses in chorus are flung out backed up by the hum of lots of noodling guitars. Very straightforward and without any surprises and compliments (except one man desperately crying "f.ck you" at City of the Damned).

United Consumer Fuckers - Prepare For Revolution (2011)

Anonymous Archives
EnoughRecords
Lastfm

9.0

/Mash-up, Plunderphonics, Cut and paste, Sound collage, Conceptual/

Comment: a challenging political manifesto by an unknown artist who is intended to step against the worsening situation pertaining of economical and moral situation and political decisions in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The album functions to create a cutting mix of diverse artists and albums, all of that is managed to create fifteen short-running tracks. It veers away golden age disco, post-punk, electronic pop, hip-hop, and even hair rock-ish noodling. The timespan of recycled tracks extends from 1968 to 2009. By the way, this is the first record issued on the EnoughRecords`s sublabel Anonymous Archives.

Puffin On My Side - Lech-Lecha (2011)

Inglorious Ocean

9.4

/Post-rock, Epic, Instrumental rock, Ambient, Ambient rock, Chamber rock/

Comment: Puffin On My Side is a solo project of the Rome-based Alessio Mecozzi who is known as a member of the rock group Mokadelic. In fact, similarly to Mokadelic this album of 5 tracks consists mainly of the elements of instrumental post-rock interwoven with atmospheric plateaus, amusing spoken word interludes and attaining its objective with dream-charged milieus. All I can say about it is just amazing. The album is a dignified sequel to the issue Early Morning (2009). In addition to Inglorious Ocean I recommend listen to artists released on such labels as Futurerecordings, Dedicated, and Wise Owl.

Transhuman Apocalypse - Ambient Anonymous (2011)

Silent Strikes - 27/Infinit (2011)

Bad Panda

9.0

/Post-rock, Downtempo, Crososver, Organic electronica/

Comment: Silent Strike is a combo from Bucharest, Romania conveying to us just a pair of notches - 27, and Infinit, respectively. It is a silentful ride along the paths of downtempo, post-rock, balmily buzzing synths, and providing a little glacial ambience strewed over the structures of picturesque scaffolds. However, Silent Strikes` kindred souls extend from Sigur Ros, and Mank to Orange Crush, and aAirial.

Saåad - It Was LP (2010)

Bandcamp

9.2

/Dark ambient, Dark wave, Sound art, Minimal, Ambient noise/

Comment: the Frenchman Romain Barbot`s sound is placed on hold somewhere inbetween ambient, dark wave, noisy ambient and sound-art-like aspirations (those sublimely undulating hiss doses around the main intentions of the record). Here are set up 7 tracks which are loftily stuttering ones with epic orchestration-afforded reverberations. Throughout the course it seems to be minimal, murky, and slightly threatening.