Frost*: ‘Life in the Wires’ Review
A combination of scarcity and quality means that each new Frost* album feels like an event in the progressive scene, even for listeners like myself who are familiar with the band’s work but are...
Category: 💿 Album Reviews
Geordie Greep: ‘The New Sound’ Review
The disbandment of a group can be a tough pill to swallow, especially if their time is short-lived. Such is the case with black midi. Hailing from London, they put out three incredible albums...
Sylosis: ‘The Path’ Review
Sylosis have gone from strength to strength since their return in 2019. Last year’s A Sign of Things to Come was a rare example of a band delivering on the promise of their heaviest...
Pure Reason Revolution: ‘Coming Up To Consciousness’ Review
I’m a bit of an odd one when it comes to music – sometimes I like to be challenged and have my face ripped off, sometimes I like to be carried blissfully and calmly...
Meer: ‘Wheels Within Wheels’ Review
In 2021, the prog scene witnessed a relative rarity. An actually new breakthrough act that came in the form of Norwegian octet Meer. They’ve been on the minds of many prog rock enjoyers since Playing...
Leprous: ‘Melodies of Atonement’ Review
Leprous are back, again. And I think by this point if you follow even a slither of the modern progressive music scene, you know who we’re talking about here. A song, a record, seen...
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard: ‘Flight b741’ Review
Another year, another album by the Australian collective King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Last year I reviewed their albums PetroDragonic Apocalypse, and The Silver Cord, both being in the metal and electronic genres...
The Pineapple Thief: ‘It Leads to This’ Review
You can always be assured of quality when a release bears Bruce Soord’s name in its credits but sometimes it can be lacking that special ingredient that elevates it to the level of excellence....
Hail Spirit Noir: ‘Fossil Gardens’ Review
When bands that aren’t the unfathomable Callous Daoboys say things like “This is our heaviest yet, we really matured our sound with this song, and we think this is gonna be a gamechanger for the genre” that spun tale is rarely...
Mdou Moctar: ‘Funeral for Justice’ Review
In parts of North Africa, the movement of Tishoumaren music, or the ‘desert blues’, is given huge reverance, albeit with little western coverage or crossover. A napkin summary of the style: the Tuareg people,...
