This week I have been listening to Entangled Routes by Pye Corner Audio, Quivering in Time by Eris Drew, Methodrone by The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Make Me Know You Sweet by Pendant.
21/01/2022 This week I have been mostly listening to…
Tag: Synth
Nation of Language – A Way Forward (2021) – Album Review
Despite its throwback nature, a predilection for 80s synth pop is not a requirement for enjoying ‘A Way Forward’. The song-writing is so assured and the production so meticulous production, that anyone who takes pleasure in unashamed, life-affirming pop music will find much to savour here.
Snapped Ankles – Forest of Your Problems (2021) – Album Review
Forest of Your Problems maintains a high energy level throughout, with the band not missing a beat as they transition from post-punk, to wigged out synth jams to the funky, ‘The Prince is Back’.
Tobacco – Fucked up Friends 3 (2021)
There are certain circles of alternative music in which vintage analogue synths will forever be cool, and where a certain shiny sound that briefly pervaded pop music is perpetually recreated, celebrated and fetishised.
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms (2018)
Panic Blooms finds all of Black Moth Super Rainbow's most distinctive qualities maximised to deliver something that, as well being both seductive and addictive, is deeply unsettling.
TVAM – Psychic Data (2018)
On Psychic Data, TVAM (aka Joe Oxley) combines shoegaze, electro, krautrock, industrial and a truckload of analogue synths to produce a sound that's unique but instantly familiar.
20/03/2020 This week I have been mostly listening to
Bogdan Raczynski - Rave Till You Cry (2019). I’d pretty much given up hope on hearing anything more from Bogdan Raczynski (one time renegade Drill’n’bass maverick shock disc-jock extraordinaire) after reading some years ago that he had officially retired from releasing music. And to be fair this album is not new material, so I don’t … Continue reading 20/03/2020 This week I have been mostly listening to
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