Nov 25, 2016 | Glanko & Daniel Bailey Reviews, Glanko Reviews, Reviews
Scarcely a dry eye or a glum face in the gaff by the time this completed its visitation cycle, a perfect ‘before everyone gets up’ moment of sweet solitude. This is from a debut EP by duo glanko and daniel bailey, a track by the name ‘adiaphora’ – a beautifully set shy eyed lovely offering a masterclass in the use of space, poise and timing, a frail and fragile ghost light whose hypnotic lull comes teasingly shimmered in a sparse sleepy headed detailing that softly unfurls, stretches and thaws into fully formed view with demurring desire. One for the kranky old guard.
Nov 25, 2016 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
Gila Man” by Todd Tobias is an almost instrumental album. On some songs the British Chloe March lent her voice, but she does in wordless sounds. The compositions awaken the desire to return to the days of cowboys and Indians. The covering letter calls for creating your own stories, and that is what we will do. You can every few days, expect a chapter of the story that we hear in this music. The wild west of Todd Tobias and the Gila Man calls us.
Nov 25, 2016 | Memorybell Reviews, Reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve visited the archives of Australian Hidden Shoal label. And, as usual with any label taking curation seriously, it’s easy to pick up the catalog and return to where one’s left off. This time, the imprint releases an album by a classically trained pianist, Grant Hazard Outerbridge, a 40-minute exploration of minimalism, caught in between the ringing out notes. It is this nearly simplistic study of reductionist pianism that has me interested in listening to Obsolete over and over again – after all, I’ve been creating such pieces myself.
Nov 25, 2016 | Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
This latest collection of emotional post-rock miniatures from Drew Sullivan aka Slow Dancing Society is by turns cinematic, tender and edgy. Sullivan continues to prod and explore the boundaries of his art and The Wagers Of Love finds his music as seductive as ever.
Nov 14, 2016 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Welcome return of one of hidden shoal’s best kept secrets, the utterly adorable Apricot Rail herewith a new track entitled ‘scarecrow’. This twinkle toed gem snoozes, stretches and delicately rises whittling out an affectionately woodcrafted spring sprayed serenade whose dainty demur somewhat shyly plays hide and seek in the early morn twilight mists showering all in a gorgeously hazy rustic vintage that’s much reminiscent of that cosily cute recent Littlebow set for second language.
Nov 10, 2016 | Joe Sampson Reviews, Reviews
“This is 13 ephemeral minutes, five songs reminiscent of F.M. Cornog/East River Pipe that left me intrigued and hungry for much more. If you relish the sadder side of Sarah Records or early, 4AD/Crepuscule songwriter albums, Denver’s Sampson is worth your time....
