Excavating the alternative underground: Dino DiMuro finally unleashes ELMWOOD, a head-trippy avant-rock concept album pulled from the archives after 20 years of abandonment. Barrelly Ego tackles socio-geo-political chaos with cathartic allegorical wit, while Libel blends danceable synth-pop, David Lynch-ish vibe, and guitar theatrics on The Accumulation of Things. theJLM delivers a haunting 23-minute ambient score dissecting the American Dream, and Chris of Wilderness cruises through the apocalypse with paranoid electronics and burning poetics on War Horny.
“Layers of organs, synthesizers, fuzzed-out guitars, string instruments, and electronic noise, the soundscape slowly builds over the course of seven minutes, weaving contrasting melodies and pulsing...”
“‘Legion Of Defiance’, an industrial nü-metal battle cry against conformity and oppression!”
“A space rock/power pop jam about unrealistic expectations.”