Apr 8, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Mostly instrumental, the record has more in common with the likes of Do Make Say Think and Grails than it does with the hoards of quiet-loud merchants. They’re not afraid to lift the pace higher than the usual stately plod, either. Album highlight...
Mar 25, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “HC-B employ a myriad of instrumentation to create an impassioned, often bombastic sound. There’s an air of King Crimson-esque authority to a number of tracks… The five core members of this band collaborate with string sections and brass...
Mar 17, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “opening track ‘A Dusty Book, A City Of Lights’ sets an elegant standard, with its dreamy, jazz-like beginning that builds up to a crescendo of heavy bass, celebrating horns, frantic drums and an insisting guitar. And as many of the other...
Mar 11, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt (translated from the Italian): “on this superb Soundcheck For A Missing Movie, snapshots become animated, slides find colours: the wild tramping of a bull herd towards a boiling arena (‘Hot Afternoon In The Bulls’ Square’), a book covered with dust, but...
Mar 5, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “In a very precise manner: these guys rock… The CD’s opening track, sounds akin to something that would be on the Fight Club soundtrack; if the Dust Brothers weren’t in control. Maybe not so much Fight Club, but like, any good movie in which...
Feb 23, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “it occurs to me this excellent instrumental, a taster of the forthcoming album, is like nothing so much as the exceptional band Morphine. Different too, of course. More jazz, baby. No vocals. But the smoky smack basement is evident in the almost...
