"...like taking the drums and vocals out of the Velvet Underground at their darkest and leaving the remains to float in bilge water" - Ian Maleney on Sarin Smoke's Vent.
'This record is powerful because of the way it brings not just the sounds into this performative space, but invites the listener in as well.' Ian Maleney on the new LP from Japanese/Norwegian quintet, Koboku Senju.
'It’s all beauty in song drifting on the river between joy and fear' – MacDara Conroy on Áine O’Dwyer’s Music for Church Cleaners Vol I & II
Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo 'crystallises the Hey Colossus sound into a stronger, more precious commodity' says MacDara Conroy
"Minimalism is the order of the day here, but minimal doesn't have to mean weak or devoid of character." - MacDara's take on Chord's latest, Gmaj7.
"It is no easy album to parse, to sum up with a quick line and a full stop. The stories in the album, and around it, resist that on all sides." - Ian Maleney on Pelt's Effigy.