Monday 20 March 2017

Temples - Volcano (Heavenly)


I reviewed Temples' second record Volcano for musicOMH. Read the full review here.

""The overall sound is a little too pat, too wipe-clean,” wrote The Observer’s Kitty Empire in 2015 of Tame Impala's heartbroken synthesiser symphony Currents, a record that demonstrated that phased guitars weren’t necessarily the key to creating colourful, state-altering music. If Currents was wipe-clean, then Temples' new album Volcano – which also features an increased reliance on shiny synths – has been sprayed with a hundred cans of Mr Sheen, wiped repeatedly and then buffed until in possession of a blinding glisten visible from the International Space Station. You’ve heard of space rock; this is seen-from-space pop."
 
 

Thundercat - Drunk (Brainfeeder)

I reviewed Thundercat's latest Drunk for musicOMH. Read the full review here. 

"At the core of the album are a selection of sumptuous, slightly warped soul-jazz numbers that would provide the perfect soundtrack if the Mad Hatter were ever to branch out into dinner parties. Yacht rock suffering from severe motion sickness."