archived brainwashed reviews
Ak’chamel, The Giver Of Illness, “Totemist” (Akuphone, 2021)
This singular album was released back in February 2020 right before the pandemic upended everything, so I sadly never got around to writing about it. I am attempting to right […]
Andrew Chalk, “Paradise Lost” (Faraway Press, 2021)
Newly reissued on vinyl (and digitally) with beautiful new artwork, Paradise Lost was originally released as a cassette back in 2019. As is the norm for many Chalk releases, additional […]
Thomas Ankersmit, “Perceptual Geography” (Shelter Press, 2021)
Three years after the mesmerizing Homage to Dick Raaijmakers, Thomas Ankersmit is back with yet another bombshell inspired by an underappreciated electronic music visionary. In this case, that visionary is […]
claire rousay, “a softer focus” (American Dreams, 2021)
This latest release from the prolific claire rousay has been deservedly getting quite a lot of attention, as it can reasonably be called a creative breakthrough of sorts. At the […]
Jeff Burch, “Samūm Suite” (Cassauna, 2021)
Important Records’ Cassauna imprint has quietly released some woefully underappreciated stunners over the years and the latest one to blindside me is this brief yet near-perfect tape from The Spring […]
Sun Stabbed, “In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni” (Doubtful Sounds, 2021)
It has been roughly a decade since this French duo of gnarled guitar enthusiasts last surfaced as Sun Stabbed and I have certainly missed them, though Thierry Monnier and Pierre […]
Amulets, “Blooming” (The Flenser, 2021)
No one can say that Randall Taylor is insufficiently committed to analog media, as the Portland-based tape wizard’s discography is teeming with cassettes released on a varied and international host […]
rootless, “docile cobras” (Flower Room, 2021)
This fascinating and inspired album is both the debut vinyl release from guitarist Jeremy Hurewitz and the first Flower Room album that is not a Matt Lajoie or Ash Brooks […]