archived brainwashed reviews
Nate Scheible, “Fairfax” (Warm Winters, Ltd., 2022)
Originally released on cassette back in 2017 on London’s seemingly now defunct ACR label, this absolutely brilliant album failed to reach enough ears to make much of an impact the […]
Kate Moore, “Revolver” (Unsounds, 2022)
This is my first exposure to Netherlands-based composer Kate Moore, but I probably would have encountered her much sooner if I paid more attention to the modern classical music scene, […]
Colpitts, “Music from the Accident” (Thrill Jockey, 2022)
This is the first album that drummer John Colpitts has released under his own name, but he has been a familiar and almost ubiquitous figure in underground music for years […]
My Cat is an Alien, “Music for Phantoms (IV)” (Elliptical Noise/Opax, 2022)
The Opalio brothers have been reliably surprising me with adventurous detours and evolutions for years, but this latest album is a creative leap into even more unexpected territory than usual. […]
Svarte Greiner, “Devolving Trust” (Miasmah, 2022)
This latest release from Erik K. Skodvin’s long-running solo project is billed as “zen music for disturbed souls.” Recorded back in 2018 in the bunkers of the “bombed out” Schneider […]
Carmen Villain, “Only Love From Now On” (Smalltown Supersound, 2022)
This latest release from “US-born, Norwegian-Mexican artist and producer” Carmen Hillestad finds her back on her usual label (Smalltown Supersound), but it otherwise feels like the logical successor to last […]
Shane Parish, “Liverpool” (Dear Life, 2022)
Somehow I have managed to remain largely unfamiliar with Shane Parish’s work until now, which nicely set the stage for me to be properly blindsided by this latest release. That […]
Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy, “Occam XXV” (Organ Reframed, 2022)
This is the debut album for Claire M. Singer’s Organ Reframed imprint, which will now enable home listeners to experience a bit of her singular music festival of the same […]