archived brainwashed reviews
Volcano The Bear, “Commencing” (Miasmah, 2015)
I have to admit that I was quite a bit apprehensive about the idea of a Volcano The Bear boxed set, as few bands are less synonymous with consistency or […]
Philip Jeck, “Cardinal” (Touch, 2015 )
Turntable artist Philip Jeck has a long history of crafting rich and absorbing albums with a very distinctive style, so I was very much looking forward to hearing a new […]
Carter Tutti Void, “f(x)” (Industrial Records, 2015)
Four long years after their seismic performance at London’s Short Circuit Festival, Carter Tutti Void have finally returned with their first proper studio album. Equally noteworthy is that fact that […]
Drew McDowall, “Collapse” (Dais, 2015)
Somehow Drew McDowall has managed to be involved with the most interesting fringes of electronic and experimental music for over three decades without ever stepping into the spotlight himself, most […]
*AR, “Memorious Earth” (Corbel Stone Press/Aeolian, 2015)
Now thankfully available digitally (lavish packaging means lavish overseas postage rates), Memorious Earth is the film soundtrack from Richard Skelton and Autumn Richardson’s ambitious recent retrospective that involved a gallery […]
Natural Snow Buildings, “Terror’s Horns” (Ba Da Bing, 2015)
After an unusually lengthy period of relative silence, Natural Snow Buildings have returned with a significant departure from much of their previous work. Well, a departure in some ways, at […]
Flying Saucer Attack, “Instrumentals 2015” (Drag City, 2015)
After roughly a fifteen year hiatus, cult shoegaze/basement psychedelia visionary David Pearce has resurrected the Flying Saucer Attacker moniker, albeit in somewhat diluted form. Instrumentals 2015 is certainly sketch-like and […]
Helm, “Olympic Mess” (PAN, 2015)
I tend to enjoy just about everything Luke Younger releases, but he has always been a bit of a tough guy to pin down stylistically, as he has recently seemed […]