archived brainwashed reviews
Lea Bertucci, “The Oracle” (Cibachrome Editions, 2025)
This latest release from the New York-based composer saxophonist is a bold and deeply psychedelic departure from her usual terrain (aside from being partially recorded in a cave, of course). […]
Steve Hauschildt, “Aeropsia” (Simul, 2025)
This is the first new release from Emeralds’ former synth wizard in six years and marks a return to his DIY past with the unveiling of his new imprint Simul […]
Legendary Pink Dots, “Chemical Playschool 25” (Self-Released, 2025)
There is not a hell of a lot of background information about this latest installment of the Dots’ long-running Chemical Playschool series other than the fact that it was recorded […]
Weston Olencki, “Broadsides” (Outside Time, 2025)
This is the first solo album that I have heard from this Berlin-based composer, but I have previously enjoyed his collaborations with Tongue Depressor and Jules Reidy. Notably, the latter […]
OHYUNG, “You Are Always On My Mind” (NNA Tapes, 2025)
This is not my first exposure to this shapeshifting project from Brooklyn-based film composer Lia Ouyang Rusli, but it may as well be, as this inspired outsider pop album bears […]
Manslaughter 777, “God’s World” (Thrill Jockey, 2025)
I was a big fan of the 2021 debut from this duo of drummers Lee Buford (The Body) and Zac Jones (Braveyoung/MSC), but that definitely did not stop me from […]
Disinblud (Smugglers Way, 2025)
This is the debut full-length from the duo of Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, who previously collaborated on a single back in 2021. Notably, I was a big fan of […]
Lucrecia Dalt, “A Danger To Ourselves” (RVNG Intl., 2025)
I was admittedly a bit blindsided by Dalt’s seemingly effortless transformation into an outsider pop chanteuse on 2022’s excellent ¡Ay! album and I am amusingly blindsided yet again with this follow […]