..this record deserves to be judged on its own merits, and trying to place it in a wider historical context only serves up ammunition for detractors of the band.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -S/T
Ladyfinger(ne)- Dusk
Done well, there’s nothing finer than an out and out rock album. Done badly and contemplating major dental work begins to seem preferable to listening to the whole thing a second time.
The Veils – Sungangs
Sungangs, the third album from New Zealander via Blighty’s Finn Andrews and friends (and produced by Graham Sutton of BSP fame) could easily lose half its songs and be all the better for it.
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care
I like Junior Boys, even though at times they do go a bit soppy on your ass.
Charles Spearin – The Happiness Project
I love this record, it’s such a beautiful idea, and despite the fact that the whole thing’s cranky as hell, it is charm made music.
Beirut – March of the Zapotec and Real People: Holland
A curious one this, an album of two seemingly unrelated parts.
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone ‘vs Children’
Perhaps he’s lost the batteries, but the keyboards are mostly absent from this new release by Owen Ashworth
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Matthias Hellberg & the White Moose – Out of the Frying Pan Into the Woods
Even the sleeve offers no escape, as Mr H brazenly confronts us full length, nude save for a pair of garish lemon yellow boxers, multicoloured socks and a banana.
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Zu – Carboniferous
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Another great Southern record release… The Rome-based math rock act produce a fun, Shellac-esque rock out record, with hints of jazz and heavy metal in parts. The record flows nicely from track to track, despite the constant rhythmic breaks and weird mystical bridges (best heard in the evil-sounding Chthonian).
Porn – Merzbow – …and the devil makes three
Southern Records have yet again lived up to their growing reputation of offering excitingly challenging records.
Porn – Merzbow – …and the devil makes three
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