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Review: Klone ‘The Unseen’

24th December 202424th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Klone, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

On paper French art-rockers Klone have slowly evolved since 1999, but their genesis began some years earlier in 1995 when

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Review: envy ‘Eunoia’

29th November 202429th November 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden envy, Pelagic Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock

Japanese post-hardcore Legends envy are one of the most interesting heavy acts to emerge from the land of the Rising

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Review: i Häxa ‘i Häxa’

31st October 202431st October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

This has truly felt like Schrödinger’s year, simultaneously dragging on forever in the moment yet somehow here we are with

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Review: Sugar Horse ‘The Grand Scheme Of Things’

22nd October 202422nd October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Sugar Horse

Like the instinct to root for your hometown team, I always keep an eye out for bands with connections to

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Review: LizZard ‘Mesh’

2nd October 20242nd October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Lizzard, Pelagic Records

Pelagic Records have a mission statement to release twenty albums a year of high-quality post-rock from artists they like and

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Review: A Swarm Of The Sun ‘An Empire’

17th September 202417th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Swarm Of The Sun, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

I recently read a piece by Doctor of Audiology Sol Marghzar discussing the effects of sound on human emotion. Without

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Three’ EP

6th September 20246th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Personally, this year has passed with a surreal sense of time; on the one hand, it seems like an age

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Review: Norna ‘Norna’

30th August 202430th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Norna, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Named after the Norns, three Norse goddesses of fate who rule the destiny of mortals and immortals, post-hardcore power trio

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Review: And So I Watch You From Afar ‘Megafauna’

15th August 202415th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden And So I Watch You From Afar, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Northern Irish instrumental post-rock outfit And So I Watch You From Afar have been steadily releasing albums and consistently winning

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Review: Oh Hiroshima ‘All Things Shining’

26th July 202426th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Oh Hiroshima, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

The effects of music on the brain and why it can cause such a passionate response is a question that

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Review: Mono ‘Oath’

3rd July 20243rd July 2024 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Mono, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Life, it’s a journey we all face, and for some of us, we will be lucky enough to fill it

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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