Dec 18, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“Alan “DrAlien” Smith has worked for over fifteen years behind the mixing and mastering desks of his Bergerk! Studio in Perth, Australia, cooperating with many bands in the field of post rock, doom, sludge and shoegaze. This time he performs everything in first...
Sep 18, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“This heavy, atmospheric piece of instrumental work takes the best elements from doom, shoegaze, sludge and post-rock and morphs it all together with thick guitar riffs, distorted bass and haunting synths. Opener, Underslung builds towards a plateau of...
Sep 3, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“An EP out of Perth, Australia this time. Under Songs is some heavy instrumental post-rock. DrAlienSmith (nice name by the way) makes a very epic soundscape that runs from sludgy stoner rock to light, ambient-esque shoegaze stuff. These are songs that are...
Aug 13, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“After producing and mixing albums for the likes of the Devil Rides Out, Miles Away, Extortion, Drowning Horse, Abbe May and hundreds of others Dr Alien Smith has gone out on his own to produce his debut EP The EP features four melodic and atmospheric...
Aug 13, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“Under Songs is the debut EP from Perth based musician DrAlienSmith, who combines several different styles and makes a style of music that’s all his own. Slow, fuzzed out sludgy guitars open up the EP with Underslung, the slow,repetitive nature of the riffs...
Aug 13, 2014 | DrAlienSmith Reviews, Reviews
“It probably has something to do with how many bands they hear: when pro recording engineers make their own records, they’re often really interesting (not to mention well produced). DrAlienSmith slips into some tenderising doom / shoegaze / post rock. The...
