archived brainwashed reviews
Sarah Davachi, “Let Night Come On Bells End The Day” (Recital, 2018)
Sarah Davachi’s first album for Sean McCann’s Recital Program imprint marks yet another intriguing stage in the evolution of her expanding vision, beautifully blurring the lines between drone, psychedelia, and […]
Grouper, “Grid of Points” (Kranky, 2018)
Liz Harris’s Grouper project has taken on quite an unusual and fascinating trajectory over the last several years, transforming into something that feels like a slowly unfolding series of poetic […]
Belong, “October Language” (Carpark (2006)/Spectrum Spools (2018))
Originally released in Carpark back in 2006, Belong’s debut album has quietly become a something of an enduring underground shoegaze classic. This latest reissue from Spectrum Spools was actually the […]
Kyle Bobby Dunn/Wayne Robert Thomas, “The Searchers/Voyevoda” (Whited Sepulchre, 2018)
It has been roughly four years since Dunn last surfaced with his sprawling Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness triple LP and he clearly spent some of that long […]
Clarice Jensen, “For This From That Will Be Filled” (Miasmah, 2018)
I can think of few other artists who have amassed a body of work as impressive as Clarice Jensen before releasing their debut album, as she is the artistic director […]
Oren Ambarchi, “Grapes From The Estate” (Touch (2004)/Black Truffle (2018))
Newly reissued on his own Black Truffle imprint, this 2004 album (originally released on Touch) stands as one of the most enduring and transcendent gems in Ambarchi’s lengthy discography. Obviously, […]
Roberto Opalio, “Once you’ll touch the sky you will never return to dust” (Elliptical Noise, 2018)
Seemingly birthed from the same fascination with vinyl surface noise as The Sky With Broken Arms, Roberto Opalio’s solo companion piece is perhaps even more unique and consciousness-expanding than its […]
Bruce Gilbert, “Ex Nihilo” (Editions Mego, 2018)
Remarkably, this is the first Bruce Gilbert solo album that I have ever heard in its entirety and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it is radically different from […]