Our Ceasing Voice - When The Headline Hit Home (2011)

Our Ceasing Voice
Lastfm

8.5

/Post-rock, Experimental rock, Instrumental rock, Epic, Ambient rock, Musique concrete, Modern classical, Ambient rock/

Comment: OCV is used to be one of my most favorite Austrian band near Radian and The Autistic Daughters. Though having released some of issues(EP`s) before it, indeed, When The Headline Hit Home is the quartet`s first proper full-length one. The title and the coverprint of the album reflects upon the arrogance of the human being, being masterfully supplemented by (omni)potent, at times exploding crescendos, densed guitar channelizations, blissful choir-backed progressions, remote echoes and endlessly perceived atmospheric plateaus. Mainly instrumental rock, though, the insertions of resigned vocal lines sometimes give it another pleasant touch. For ardent post-rock fans, anyway, the release is obligatory for you.

Computer Magic - Spectronic EP (2011)

Computer Magic

Lastfm

8.8

/Synth pop, Lo-fi, Bedroom pop, Glo-fi, DIY, Chillwave, Electronic pop/

Comment: This is a consistent appearance of nowadays grrrl power. Behind it is a young woman from New York named Danielle "Danz" Johnson who composes, sings and plays synths by herself. Having started off in 2010, she has already released handful of issues, intended to create her own sonority, being neither pure-sensed synth pop nor clear-cut glo-fi/chillwave phenomenon. Besides it she has got lots of listening times and obviously gained cult reputation during this short time interval.

Antonina - Pakike

The Womb - Britpop (2006)

The Womb/Danielle Records

9.0

/Britpop, Alternative pop/rock, Experimental indie, Psychedelic pop, Folk noir, Singer-songwriter, Electronic pop, Trip-hop, Big-beat, Alt-folk/
Comment: This album was publicized in 2006, in an era, when britpop has already been dead approximately 6-7 years, yet, the issue reflects exactly upon those tendencies being dominant throughout the 1993-2000 period while London and Manchester were swinging crazily. In fact, in the ending of 90`s Alan Driscoll aka the Womb leaded off with his musical ambitions. Once to get arrived at the title-based reference, indeed, the britpop was not only a movement of guitar-based groups it incorporates the acts of electronica, trip-hop, club dance/pop dance, big beat, atmospheric pop and (acidious) folk music too. So besides Suede, Pulp, Verve, Lightning Seeds, Blur, Primal Scream, Radiohead and other great indie rock acts else there were also Leftfield, Space, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Björk, Tricky, Asian Dub Foundation, Portishead, Super Furry Animals, Gorky`s Zygotic Mynci, Cornershop etc. Though it was a vast bunch of styles and groups, yet, there was a somehow close connection between all those occurrences and signs. This way I felt then and thinking now by the way. The Britpop is made in liasion with Chloë Reeves, who was singing alone of painfully personal songs here. Lots of hitting appearances can be found from within those 10 tracks (My Lover`s Blood; I Disown My Country; Other Lovers; The Dusty Groove, Nostalgia Town). A beautiful and heavily nostalgic appearance.

Syndrôm - Nomades En No Man's Land (2010)

Bypass
Archive.org
Lastfm

8.8

/Samplecore, Jungle, Drum and bass, Experimentalism, Breakbeat, Rhythmcore, Musique concrete, Folktronica, Crossover, Avant-garde/

Comment: Within those 20 tracks will have happened much in fact. Undoubtedly the whole release is trodden upon densely swinging-grooving beat combinations, mainly on jungle, breakbeats and its closest "step" genres. Yet, the whimsical pace mayhem is differentiated by another level which is constructed of concrete sounds, spoken word overthrows, ethnic drums, the first half of the 20`s century proto jazz, bunch of elaborated sounds, murky soundscape and much more else. By its ideology, idiosyncratical sonic mirror and sheer intellectuality, however, Syndrôm resembles the Italian artist IlKobra.

Boletes - Hunnibug EP/Kites Overhead - In the Shadow of the Mountain EP (2010/2011)

No-Source

Forest Records
Bandcamp
Lastfm
Lastfm

8.4

/Dark folk, Folk noir, Alt-folk, Ambient folk, Singer-songwriter, Experimental indie, Post-rock/

Comment: This is a split compiled of two EP`s. Boletes is Roy Cornall from Scotland who plays up slightly flavoured noir-hued folk. More concretely, this is mainly about middle tempod guitar strummings which are fringed with reverb effects and synthesized walls and lots of changes. Kites Overheas is Gene Kondusky from Canada who showcases his abilitis in the realm of of post-rock-infused indie/folk pop, wherein are presented frizzy guitar drives, reversed sonic effects, pace progressions and repetitive elements, all in all, demonstrating dynamical transitions from acoustic pop notches over to electrified and more technical pop occurrence.

Melophobia – Fukushima (11_04M) (2011)

Webbed Hand

8.6

/Soundscape, Dark ambient, Conceptual, Sound-art, Abstract, Electro-acoustic, Musique concrete, Dystopbient/

Comment: Actually it is amazing how fastly some musicians have already reacted to the horrendous events in Japan nearly one week ago releasing conceptual albums or dedicating the compilations. If to check the album title out Melophobia, a Greek project, is directly connected to it. For instance, (Otsuchi, population = 0), or (No.1 reactor + No.2 reactor + No.3 reactor etc), or (The Bank of Japan & 15 trillion yen). By its outer form the album seems to be filled in with really austere and minimal tunes, yet, by its inner core (or in translation) it comes more into impressive shape, reflecting exactly upon the feelings of despair and fear. Indeed, therein can be detected for creepy, at times almost invisible drone/hiss pulsatings, be a witness for weak echoes of human speech and the sounds of alarm signals and overflowing planes and bypassing trains.