Tag Instrumental
It’s time to step into the time machine with Morlock and back into an analogue world where strange synths were bringing futuristic soundscapes into the musical cosmos and crossing over into various genres from new-wave to prog. We are in… Continue Reading →
The fatal flaw and the downfall: this is Hamartia. The epic Greek mythological tale of Tantalus is the story behind this album. Through 70 minutes of instrumental progressive music, Noorvik have the task of telling it. Having previously reviewed their… Continue Reading →
The plus point about instrumental bands is that they have to be vivid in order to create images in our mind in the absence of lyrical explanation. It wasn’t entirely helpful therefore to read that during the creation of this… Continue Reading →
This album is the work of Slovenian instrumentalists Shadow Universe, whose promised offer is of a contrast between simmering ambient soundscapes and heavy anxious darkness. There’s certainly plenty of the latter going round in the world at the moment. It… Continue Reading →
Nice artwork. I like this sort of thing. I didn’t know of Endless Dive before this came my way but it’s evident that they are of an artistic persuasion, speaking of visualising the music and managing the intensity of the… Continue Reading →
Blimey! Has it really been four whole years since I last reviewed some new Earthless? A quick click or two (see Ave Noctum passim) confirms that this is sadly the case, specifically their rather excellent ‘Black Heaven’. Now, what the… Continue Reading →
Whilst stoner rock is a sub-genre of music that could have been created for the sake of instrumental albums, I mean, who wants all the hassle of like remembering lyrics man, such acts are very much in a minority. There… Continue Reading →
One person projects are de rigeur these days. No time for band members when you got the vision and skills. Instrumental? Of course – don’t need no shouty egotists to take me where I want to go. But …. a one man… Continue Reading →
It’s been four years since I last reviewed an album by Germanic psychedelic trio The Spacelords, the esteemed editor having given judgement on their 2020 release (see Ave Noctum passim), so it will be interesting to discover how they have… Continue Reading →
In times when shows are still few and far between, a live album is a welcome change. I enjoyed listening to the album at hand, even though the music belongs to a genre I rarely get excited about nowadays. But… Continue Reading →
Coming from the same camp as sleepmakeswaves and We Lost the Sea, cinematically-inclined instrumental post-rock band clayhands – it’s all in the lower case – now enter the scene. I liked the symphonic start. With a patient build up, there… Continue Reading →
The folks at Birds Robe have been busy re-issuing their catalogue, meaning that gorgeous looking CD’s filled with big post rock sounds have been dropping through my letterbox. With each dull thud on the door mat comes another collection of songs by a band… Continue Reading →