Enigmatic and at times darkly poignant, Lamedd’s EP ‘Permit’ vibrates with complex, emerging sonic milieus, offering an alternative paradigm of reality.
Shot through with myriad suffusions of diaphanous surfaces capped by the cashmere voice of Scott Goldbaum, ‘Protector’ is grandly wrought.
Suffused with both soft and ardent vocals and hefty, rolling rhythms, ‘BEFORE THE ALBUM’ (604 Records) allows Mauvey to strut his talent.
Quebec deathcore veterans Despised Icon revisit their genre-bludgeoning back catalogue to rework five classics for new EP ‘DÉTERRÉ.’
‘325’ (Cursed Blessings Records) is the third EP from St. Catharine’s, Ontario outfit The Holdouts. It’s punk, it’s hair metal, it’s rock n’ roll, whatever: it’s good.
UK genre-smashers Sugar Horse team up with a collection of friends for the brilliant new EP, ‘Waterloo Teeth,’ out via Small Pond Records.
Pervaded by a subtle sadness, Matthew Squires & the Learning Disorders’ EP ‘The Electric River’ conveys the essential human condition of needing to find and the complementary need to be found.
Easy to listen to, The Higher’s ‘Elvis In Wonderland’ (Secret Friends Music) certainly marks a welcome return from hiatus for the three-piece.
For those who long for snotty punk coupled with dissonant guitars and driving rhythm, the MVLL CRIMES EP ‘YOU EMBRVASS ME’ (Cursed Blessings Records) is your first stop.
Atlanta progressive death metal group Irist follow up their debut with ‘Gloria,’ a short but stunning collection. Read our review here.
Perth extreme metal outfit Xenobiotic delivers twenty minutes of progressive savagery on the new EP, ‘Hate Monolith.’ Read our thoughts here…
As appealing is the music on ‘Hold My Love,’ it’s the lissome, wickedly sexy voice of Sofia Karlberg that pulls listeners into her sonic web.
Shot through with a myriad of scintillating points of luminescence travelling on cashmere soundscapes, ‘Everything Must Change’ is marvellously exquisite.