Working form home has had me rethinking my entire office listening set up. One group that I constantly return to during these long hours of staring a screen is 1 Mile North. The duo comprised of John Hills and Mark Bajuk create that perfectly paced post-rock that recalls the best of bands like Tortoise and …
The last we heard from Danish composer Frans Bak was his collaboration with guitarist Jans Rordam on their composition “For No Reason at All”. On Bak’s latest single we hear the composer most well-known for his scores for The Killing, Conspiracy of Silence and Lilyhammer, settle into a composition, that while not meant for film …
“Word of the Day” by Through Flames – a recording project between musician and poet Brad Hamers and filmmaker and performance artist jdaugh – was “borne from exquisite corpses, radical participatory theatre, spoken word, and love in Portland, Oregon.” A multi-part and divergent slice of “Sorrow-Pop”, spoken word poetry, choral arrangements, sound collage and slow-burning …
“Soar” by the Chicago based artist TALsounds begins with a grounded, almost ominous bass line improvisation that functions as a jumping off point for Natalie Chami to ask existential questions about her relationship. The track builds as synth-line upon synth-line and Chami’s airy vocals layer atop each other until they reach an apex when they …
On May 8th, the Bradford, UK based band will release their 7th album Time Lapse on n5md. “Dawn” is a 4 minute ambient edit of that album track minus the deep 808 kicks and instead draws the focus to Gavin Miller’s spectral guitar work that spreads and grows covering the entire audio field with deep …
A relatively short and sweet interlude for looped guitar, this beautiful slice of experimentation by Logan Child glows with an inner light that seeps out at the corner. Full of reverb and delay, “Frank’s Interlude” sounds is a comforting and familiar composition named after a stray cat that made itself at home during its recording. …
Drifting in and out of ambient-tinged shoegaze, TARA’S “Oceans” sounds and sweet tonal center push and pull like ocean waves. Featuring the spectral shimmer of bands like Slowdive and Blankenberge, TARA’s guitar lines are a paradox of being crushingly heavy and completely weightless. A gulf stream on reverb heavy air that delivers on every return …
Fuck yes. I love Campo-Formio so much. The Puerto-Rican power trio have cranked out some of the most compelling and unhinged post-punk of the last few years. “LA Chopper” is their first single from their upcoming album Plan Maestro and it rips. Settling into a bass-heavy stomp with vocals that frequently drift into goth baritone, …
“As if Mogwai scored a Castlevania game, Hearts Are Low treads the narrow road between hope and despair.” Tape Studies are a post-rock band from Orlando, FL that feature the prominent use of the cello to create urgent yet hopeful post-rock that recall The Ascent of Everest or perhaps Rachel’s at their most bombastic. The …
Ian Chang’s latest album 属 Belonging is full of these sensory percussion / experimental electronic arrangements that break the brain when we try and pick them apart and put them back together. Chang is best known for his work as the drummer for Son Lux and Landlady, but as a solo percussionst he creates composition …