archived brainwashed reviews
Puce Mary, “The Drought” (PAN, 2018)
Frederikke Hoffmeier has been a prominent and distinctive voice in the harsh noise scene for the last several years, releasing a steady stream of viscerally throbbing nightmares primarily on Denmark’s […]
Current 93, “The Light Is Leaving Us All” (The Spheres, 2018)
This long-gestating new release from David Tibet and his shifting orbit of collaborators is an unexpected late-career throwback to the dazzling and immersive epics of Current 93’s golden age. In […]
Sean McCann, “Fountains” (Round Bale Recordings/Roll Over Rover, 2018)
Sean McCann’s output has greatly slowed in recent years, as he has become increasing focused on running the fine Recital Program imprint, yet he was easily one of the most […]
Orphax, “Saxophone Studies” (Moving Furniture, 2018)
While this is improbably the first Orphax release to be covered on Brainwashed, Amsterdam’s Sietse van Erve has been a significant figure in experimental music circles for nearly two decades, […]
Tim Hecker, “Konoyo” (Kranky, 2018)
While he has long been one of my favorite artists, Tim Hecker has truly blossomed into a creative supernova over the last several years, as each fresh album seems to […]
Klara Lewis and Simon Fisher Turner, “Care” (Editions Mego, 2018)
The news of this intriguing collaboration delighted me, as Klara Lewis has carved out quite a wonderfully idiosyncratic and incredibly constrained niche over the last few years by largely avoiding […]
Raime, “Tooth” (Blackest Ever Black, 2018)
Four long years ago, Raime released an absolute monster of a debut album with Quarter Turns Over a Living Line. Since then, I periodically found myself wondering when Raime was […]
Sarah Davachi, “Gave In Rest” (Ba Da Bing, 2018)
This latest album, Davachi’s second of the year, continues the compelling and accelerating evolution of her distinctive vision. In fact, Gave in Rest features some of her most experimental and […]