Reviews / Album

If you want an unchallenging album that moves along with no surprises, then Welcome Home; you’ve found that record.

Country music has met its broken uncle.

Taken as a whole, Infinity is a frustrated promise.

It’s always nice to.find a gem of an album from a seemingly endless murky pool of mediocrity, but Out Of The Black is that gem. Efficient, accomplished and danceable.

This is just another instrument of torture in what’s a relentless iron maiden of taut aggression.

It’s a shame; there are moments to relish here, which is supremely frustrating, as there’s evidence of something more interesting lurking just beyond the album’s perimeter.

A short burst of old and new.

From start to finish, Urthboy’s Smokey’s Haunt takes you on a journey through the strain of light and darkness and is a triumphant release that is sure to set the bar extremely high for Australian hip hop releases in the future.

There is still that great mix of wistful storytelling and lonesome instrumentals, but ultimately Algiers is a bit like the dirty guy who got clean.