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Experimental composer Sarah Davachi resists the impulse to compete by slowing down and listening.
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ISSUE 21: REVIEWS
There’s no way around it: critics thrust meaning from their subjective presents on persisting work they’re trying to understand.
Basque - Pain Without Hope of Healing
In blending raw noise with careful structure, Basque crafts an album that refuses easy categorization.
Scions - To Cry Out In The Wilderness
When you combine minimalistic jazz with robust and soul-shaking drone-hymns the result stretches and penetrates far beyond the sum of its components.
worrywart - hail mary baby
worrywart twist punk, noiserock, and artpop into a liturgy of chaos on hail mary baby.