Deerhunter’s eighth album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? features more Baroque influences as opposed to their trademark alt-rock style. The album explores environmental and societal decay with scenes of dissatisfied workers trapped in a barren wasteland that has not quite yet “disappeared”. Recorded in Texas, like the open space of a desert, the album itself […]
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Album Review: Four Tet – New Energy
The ninth album to be released by electronic wizard Kieran Hebden as Four Tet may seem to be something of a misnomer, as none of the tracks sound either particularly new nor particularly energetic. However, New Energy proves to be a mesmerizing journey in ambient sound, less dance-oriented than recent albums, but providing a rich […]
Album Review: Daughter – Music from Before the Storm
It’s only just been over a year ago since Daughter once again captured and shattered our hearts with their surreal and ethereal album Not to Disappear (2015), epitomising a tragic decline of individual selfhood. The indie folk band, of guitarist and vocalist Elena Tonra, guitarist Igor Haefeli, and drummer Remi Aguiella, didn’t stay static after […]
EP Review: Exitpost – Nami
Self-described as “Tokyo-born, NYC stuck”, electronic artist Ken Herman, or Exitpost, gets an Exeposé look-in as a friend of trendy, Exeter-based, electronic pals Delmer Darion and grooves in the same wave of post-Aphex Twin, post-Kanye bedroom producers that grew with the increased accessibility of Macbooks and Logic Pro. The availability of electronic music and it’s […]