Genre(s): Instrumental Math Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Bird’s Robe Records, Dunk Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 14, 2025 (CD, digital), January 31, 2026 (vinyl)
Tracklist
1. Double Standards (1:42)
2. Chaos Within A Construct (4:22)
3. Forever The Optimist (5:58)
4. Flowing Upstream (4:31)
5. Preoccupations (6:00)
6. Abandonment Is Expected (3:57)
7. My Memories Retain Nothing (4:29)
8. End's Tether (5:04)
9. A Moment Never Returned (2:43)
Total Time 38:46
Credits
Simeon Bartholomew - guitars, basses, bass VI, piano, synth, vocals
Chris Allison - drums
Sam Sheumack - slide guitar (5, 6)
Mark Owen - guitar solo (8)
Nataliya Lukich - violins
Monique Turner - violas
Peter Hollo - cellos
Tom Botting - double basses
Paul Murchison - trumpets, flugelhorns
Luke Bartley - tuba, sousaphone
Produced by Simeon Bartholomew
Music and lyrics composed by Simeon Bartholomew
Drums arranged by Chris Allison
Recorded and engineered by Tim Carr at Rancom St Studios, Botany NSW
Additional recording at Across From Harry's Bathroom, Forest Lodge NSW
Mixed by Alex Wilson
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer - Costanza Tinti
Lack of Guidance cover artwork by Simeon Bartholomew
Lack of Inhibition insert cover artwork by Montagne Bartholomew + Simeon Bartholomew
‘Chaos Within A Construct’ and its respective interlude ‘Double Standards’ more or less establishes this from the record’s offset, its thunderous post rock brimming with confidence as it flows to and from the jazz inclined math rock sequences that bind the track. However, it’s the proceeding ‘Forever The Optimist’ that serves as the record’s first big, standout moment. Towering and beautifully composed, the track’s optimistic metropolitan post rock harkens And So I Watch You From Afar’s sense of imagination and amazement, something that becomes a defining sensibility that only grows across V’s runtime.
Read the full review by Dan Hillier at noizze.co.uk
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