Perfume Genius – Too Bright
October 9th, 2014 | by Lee Gorman
Mike Hadreas’ third Perfume Genius album marks a sea change for the Seattle-based singer-songwriter. The grungy outfits, introverted lyrics and …
Author Archives: Lee Gorman
Classic Album: Bark Psychosis – Hex
February 14th, 2014 | by Lee Gorman
You’re familiar with post-rock, right? Long, usually instrumental tracks that start off quiet and pretty, build slowly then BOOM – …
Pelican – Forever Becoming
October 22nd, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Woah. It’s apparent from the gargantuan opening thuds of ‘Terminal’ that Chicago riffmongers Pelican have undergone some major surgery in …
Jesu – Everyday I Get Closer to the Light From Which I Came
October 8th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Justin Broadrick has long been a progressive influence in heavy music, from his pioneering work in industrial legends Godflesh to …
Drenge – Drenge
September 9th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
As introductions to the national consciousness go, it was truly surreal. Amid alleged underhand shenanigans over candidate selection, Labour election …
Washed Out – Paracosm
August 27th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
“Nothing like this sound I make that only lasts the season and is only heard by bedroom kids who buy …
Swim Deep – Where The Heaven Are We
July 23rd, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Back in the early nineties, when grunge was king and the Britpop cloud had yet to cast its boorish …
Lemuria – The Distance Is So Big
July 8th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Given the mercurial nature of Lemuria’s sound, the fact that the group take their name from a mythical lost island …
Tunng – Turbines
June 24th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Tunng have been sighing out gorgeous folktronica for a decade now, and on fifth full-length Turbines, it really shows. There’s …
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
June 17th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
It’s been an unfortunate quirk of Jon Hopkins’ career to date that his own fine solo work has been largely …
12
