Demob Happy

FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT
Back to the future
6/10
‘Your Ear Knows Future’ is the sophomore effort from Baikonour - aka Brighton’s French-born Jean-Emmanuel Kreiger - a veritable one-man band whose debut ‘For the Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos‘ was a heady blend of space rock and electronica. Where that first record was indebted [...]

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Rustin’ Men
8.5/10
Apparently recorded in old barns in remote parts of Canada, post-rockers Do Make Say Think’s ‘You You’re A History In Rust‘ should be considered as one of the Great Albums Recorded in a Wooden Outhouse (TM), along with My Morning Jacket’s ‘It Still Moves‘ (Grain Silo) and Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (Log [...]

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Shock waves
7/10
Minotaur Shock’s second full-length will surely raise his reputation to the level of some of his more overrated peers, namely Four Tet and Manitoba, both of whom seem to have been unjustly hogging the electronica limelight for the last couple of years. ‘Maritime’ take a naval theme as its core imagery but despite a [...]

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Middling product
6/10
Midwest Product’s ‘Specifics’ is a funky and rhythmic album that pitches live instrumentation against studio manipulations. Largely pitched as New Order-influenced electro, it is a clean, propulsive production but one that heralds few surprises. Think of Two Lone Swordsmen, then think of Out Hud, and imagine an act somewhere in the middle. The first [...]

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Decent album, terrible name for a record
7/10
Unfamiliar with Bark Psychosis’ apparently seminal debut ‘Hex’ I can provide a semi-objective review of this album. Lush instrumentation, enhanced with electronics, with hushed male and female (alternating) vocals - often distant in the mix - make for a rich listening experience that is brooding and languid in turns. [...]

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