Brendan Telford, Journalist

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Clinic - Free Reign

It comes off like a smudged carbon copy or a half-forgotten dream – somewhat familiar, yet disappointing due to lack of clarity.

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Tamaryn - Tender New Signs

As a whole it has a dazed splendour, but its repetitiveness tarnishes the sheen these tracks have when taken out of context.

Features / Music

"It’s an album of sheet music, which is designed so that you have to play the music yourself... It’s an experiment really, on what the conception of an album or the process of putting out music can be."

Features / Music

No Longer Alone

"I’d like to explore the idea that I’m not the only lead singer, to get others to open up... I might not even be in The Dark Horses in twelve months’ time, they might carry on without me, imagine that?"

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Moon Duo - Circles

Overall though, Circles falls into the trap of being too familiar – but maybe that’s the point?

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Album Review: Children Of The Wave - The Electric Sounds Of Far Away Choirs

The energy and verve the duo brings to these songs helps them to transcend the potential tropes of instrumental music and field recordings, instead helping to craft a constellation of sounds that hypnotise and enthral.

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Album Review: Menomena - Moms

Moms corrals a myriad of ideas into a rigid pop song structure and delivers a statement that sometimes less is more.

Features / Music

Amorphous Holidays

"I am fascinated with making noise and random sounds... Reverb felt rediscovered and new five years ago – the same with synths."

Features / Music

"There’s been a conscious effort not to water the Tumbleweed sound down – if anything I think we’ve heavied it up a bit.

Reviews / Album

Album Review: The Datsuns - Death Rattle Boogie

Death Rattle Boogie comes off as more of a pastiche of times gone by, with some post-millennial touchstones rather than anything of lasting merit.

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Album Review: Money For Rope - Money For Rope

It’s a hell of a lot of fun, and at the end of the day that’s the important thing.

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Dick Nasty - Heaven’s Filling Up

t’s a ruthless display of wanton aggression and gnashing of teeth, with a few winks and nudges along the way.

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