Alarmist "Sequesterer"

Country: Ireland
Genre(s): Instrumental Math Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Label: Small Pond Recordings, Art As Catharsis 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 19, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. District Of Baddies
2. Boyfriend In The Sky
3. Lactic Tang
4. Life In Half Time
5. Helical
6. Expert Hygiene
7. Kalite Quest
8. Bronntanasaurus
9. Nvymr

Line-up: 
Neil Crowley
Elis Czerniak
Barry O’Halpin
   With
Osgar Dukes - Drums (1, 3)

Description/Reviews: 

The trio... draws upon backgrounds in post-rock, electronic, jazz and contemporary chamber music – foundations on which they build with an ever-increasing sense of freedom and adventure. Embracing the collision of frenetic percussion, clanging guitars and vaporous synths, they absorb faded relics of retro-futurism and bygone musical eras into their own new and twistingly melodic musical language.

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Alarmist "Sequesterer"

Country: Ireland
Genre(s): Instrumental Math Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Label: Small Pond Recordings, Art As Catharsis 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 19, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. District Of Baddies
2. Boyfriend In The Sky
3. Lactic Tang
4. Life In Half Time
5. Helical
6. Expert Hygiene
7. Kalite Quest
8. Bronntanasaurus
9. Nvymr

Line-up: 
Neil Crowley
Elis Czerniak
Barry O’Halpin
   With
Osgar Dukes - Drums (1, 3)

Description/Reviews: 

The trio... draws upon backgrounds in post-rock, electronic, jazz and contemporary chamber music – foundations on which they build with an ever-increasing sense of freedom and adventure. Embracing the collision of frenetic percussion, clanging guitars and vaporous synths, they absorb faded relics of retro-futurism and bygone musical eras into their own new and twistingly melodic musical language.

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Valerian Swing "Nights"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Post Rock, Math Rock
Label: Small Pond Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 12, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. A Leaf (5:33)
2. Two Ships (4:03)
3. Three Keys (2:30)
4. Four Horses (3:56)
5. Five Walls (4:20)
6. Six Feet (3:31)
7. Seven Cliffs (5:30)
8. Eight Dawns (6:21)

Total Time 35:44

Line-up: 
Stefano Villani: guitars, electronics, vocals
David Ferretti: drums
Francesco Giovanetti: baritone guitar, synths

Description/Reviews: 

Shedding the shackles of the ‘heavy’ bracket has proven a wise choice – as a band they sound leaner, the music more textured, the soundscapes more expansive and emotive than before. Unlike many of their contemporaries they never fall into the trap of utilising their impressive instrumentation incorrectly. Everything here is measured, sensible, tasteful – just the right amounts of grit, pathos and cold modernity rub shoulders with equal measures of lightness, malleability and analogue warmth.

Read the full review by Jamie Otsa at  drownedinsound.com

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Valerian Swing "Nights"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Post Rock, Math Rock
Label: Small Pond Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 12, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. A Leaf (5:33)
2. Two Ships (4:03)
3. Three Keys (2:30)
4. Four Horses (3:56)
5. Five Walls (4:20)
6. Six Feet (3:31)
7. Seven Cliffs (5:30)
8. Eight Dawns (6:21)

Total Time 35:44

Line-up: 
Stefano Villani: guitars, electronics, vocals
David Ferretti: drums
Francesco Giovanetti: baritone guitar, synths

Description/Reviews: 

Shedding the shackles of the ‘heavy’ bracket has proven a wise choice – as a band they sound leaner, the music more textured, the soundscapes more expansive and emotive than before. Unlike many of their contemporaries they never fall into the trap of utilising their impressive instrumentation incorrectly. Everything here is measured, sensible, tasteful – just the right amounts of grit, pathos and cold modernity rub shoulders with equal measures of lightness, malleability and analogue warmth.

Read the full review by Jamie Otsa at  drownedinsound.com

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Town Portal "The Occident"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Math Rock
Label: Subsuburban Recording Company, Small Pond Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 25, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Bonus Trigger 03:07
2. Eschaton 05:23
3. Deep Error 01:06
4. K. 06:07
5. Yes Golem 05:20
6. Dream Bureau 03:29
7. Moon Treaty 02:37
8. World Core and Peripheral Islands 05:14

Line-up: 
Malik Breuer Bistrup: Drums
Christian Henrik Ankerstjerne: Guitar
Morten Ogstrup Nielsen: Bass

Description/Reviews: 

The Occident is an eight track course, and names like ‘Eschaton’ (the end of the Divine world) and ‘K.’ (the ill-fated protagonist of Franz Kafka’s The Trial) bear some suggestion as to the unsettling territory Town Portal have intended to musically charter. The consistent balance between harmony and disharmony, a recurrent motif across their ouevre, is ever present here. In ‘Dream Bureau’ and ‘Moon Treaty’ tranquil major chord melodies quickly turn sour and sombre. In ‘World Core And Peripheral Islands’, sweeping guitar phrases are counterbalanced with deep, brooding bass lines. This delectably sweet but fiercely spicy taste on the tongue forms an essential corpuscle of Town Portal’s anatomy, one that has undergone little variation after three albums but has still held them afloat. As musicians Town Portal have, by and large, never compromised this distinct sound with excessive virtuosity or lavish digital effects but, rather, relied on the potency of the melodies and counter-melodies to narrate the stories they wish to tell.

 Read the full review by  Nikk Hunter at feckingbahamas.com

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