Eko_Fisk - Solid State (2012)

BFW Recordings

8.7

/Ambient techno, Psybient, Experimental electronica, New Age/

Comment: glacial glow-alike ambient propulsions have popped out to dominate on this 7-piece release. On the other side it is a little trance tinged or now and then embellished with blissful electronic looming or New Age and Morricone-esque soundtrack frames.

Sofia - Toe to Toe (2004)

Goodbye Cruel World

8.9

/Lo-fi, DIY, Weird pop, Anti-folk, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: there are up 3 tracks spreaded out over 7-8 minutes. It is built on the DIY aesthetics and lo-fi drenched compositions, which more concretely consist of pitchbent guitar layers, melancholic motives, lopsided electronica, and odd sonic effects. Something like Beta Band or Penguin Cafe Orchestra bent heavily and profoundly. This ghost from the past chirps truly intriguing and exciting.

Collapse - A Mano Armata (2011)

Jamendo

8.8

/Hardcore, Math rock, Hard rock, Punk/

Comment: just 4 notches, which used to be a blend of thick, abrasive guitar layers or gliding guitar riffs, shouting vocals and heavy, at times machine-alike drumming, thereby drifting somewhere in between hardcore, punk, math and hard rock. Straightforwardly striking by the musical group originating from Italy. Solid punch.

[Teaser of the day] Death And Vanilla - The Unseeing Eye

Paradise Surfers - Ocean Dreams

Badass Yuki - Cherry Tree Bonanza (2012)

Bandcamp
Soundcloud
Mediafire

9.5

/Madchester, Leftfield, Indie dance, Electronic pop, Acid rock, Art rock, Experimental rock, Alternative pop/rock, Alternative dance, Experimental indie/

Comment: one of the shipheads of nowadays Estonian indie rock movement Badass Yuki is back with a pair of brand new tracks. Mart Avi, Paul Sild, and Aigar Vals together have always produced very good sound (including their side project Stones & Holes, though, without Vals), though, they have never chimed so mesmerizing way. The opening track Cherry Tree Bonanza takes on eddying grooves made up of the elements of Madchester, aching indie pop, and some honky-tonk piano gears as if Happy Mondays were met with Dallas, the indie juggernaut throughout the 90`s from Tallinn). White Glove Theme is a more obscure one due to its throbbing layers and fluttering and clockwork effects which is built on gloomy synth progressions and gong strikes.

Hydropneumothorax / Surgical Infection - Split (2010)

Dis-Organ-Ized

9.1

/Grindcore, Hardcore punk, Noise rock, Death metal, Crossover/

Comment: I am experiencing these two musical projects for the first time. They have hammered down 20 short-running tracks with the assistance massive, brutal guitar attacks, heavily punching percussion and suggestive moaning. Furthermore, the titles of their notches are worth to be checked out alluding to amputation, medical malpractice, chronic and malignant diseases etc. Stylistically and by its main accents the whole could be categorized as an instance of misanthropic grindcore-ish (hardcore) punk which involves the aspects of death metal and off-kilter samples (some orchestrated snippets, spoken word bits, silence). Though, fortunately I have not heard about medical malpractices here in Estonia, all what regards the soundscape of the split it is highly convincing and not ridiculous at all.