Close attention to records and other works: criticism with context, curiosity and room to disagree.
Scaled Alps: Let the Alpine Play
Haunted in the best possible way: Scaled Alps bring beautiful melodies, restless arrangements and a voice all their own to Let the Alpine Play.
Godflesh: Decay — heavy going, worth the trouble
Godflesh’s penultimate album finds something gripping in the grind, even when its longer songs ask a little too much of your patience.
Black Leather Birds: of Children and Their Sorceries — The Things We Let Stay
A.G. Syjuco’s five-track EP finds dread in familiar voices, broken melodies and old toys—and tenderness in the difficult business of letting go.
