Demob Happy

Subtle, emotive electro-pop 8/10 You may find yourself slightly perplexed after the first listen of this album given the collective orgasm seemingly experienced by the music press about Last Exit. It is, however, a subtle, gentle grower. The missing link between Underworld, Talk Talk and New Order, it places delicate, slightly Indie vocal melodies over [...]

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Party Bag 7/10 Add N to X continue to make music that refuses to be categorised or pander to current trends. Driven by a punk ethos, Loud Like Nature sees them up the ante on previous effort, Add Insult to Injury, with further aural assaults lead by analogue sythesisers, live drums and bizarre futurist vocals. [...]

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Mixed bag 7/10 Pedro’s (aka James Rutledge) debut album is part ‘folktronica’ (see Four Tet) part DJ Shadow. This is not to say the style is an amalgam of both these genres and artists but rather that he flicks between these two spheres of influence. ‘Intro’ and ‘Outro’ are essentially one track split into two, [...]

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