Reviews
Leaether Strip, “Spæctator”
Soft sounds hit hard on the new Leaether Strip record.
Veil Of Light, “Ursprung”
Coldwave gets loud on the second LP by Switzerland’s Veil Of Light.
Out Out, “Swan/Dive?”
Mark Alan Miller’s Out Out returns with a mixed bag of songs that hearkens back to the project’s history.
Orphx, “Pitch Black Mirror”
A rhythmic tour de force from Orphyx perfectly meshes the duo’s history with contemporary techno styles.
Observer: November 16th, 2016
Short form reviews of records by Haus Am Rand and Ganser.
Dead When I Found Her, “Eyes on Backwards”
Dead When I Found Her’s fourth LP is the project’s most abrasive effort, but still showcases Michael Arthur Holloway’s yen for exquisitely sculpted electro-industrial.
Covenant, “The Blinding Dark”
The veteran Swedes enter more obscure territory on their pensive, introspective new album.
Pure Ground, “Giftgarten”
Pure Ground vary the delivery of their grimy revisiting of minimal wave sounds without ever losing their menacing presence.
Urusai, “Unsettled”
Vancouver’s lo-fi IDM project finds emotion between the beats on sophomore LP.
KNK, “Dead Body Music 1+2”
Belgian duo KnK recall gritty early nineties dark electro on this compilation of their first two EPs.
Various Artists, “Nyarlathotep”
The Cryo Chamber label offers up its third in a series of collaborative Lovecraft-themed works, a whopping three-CD opus dedicated to the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep.
Observer: October 21st, 2016
Capsule reviews of new releases by Displacer, Gnawed, and Chris Randall.
