“Second LP from Sheffield's Tinned Meats! Comparisons to Zappa/The Mothers, Cardiacs and The Fall abound.”
Where scorched-earth electronics meet arty prog fury: Annicka den trolösa by Song for a Gorgeous Blonde fuses dense keyboards with spiky, inventive guitar figures, while Anja delivers a hard-rocking electronica showcase for drummer Anja Blomgren. Lithium and a Lollipop by Chris of Wilderness is a mutant bluesy electronic trip recorded deep in the Sonoran Desert, and Kidnappers in Their Sleep explores interstitial zones with genre-defying synths and real poetic backbone. White Swami injects pharmaceutical-grade hip-hop beats and paranoid psychedelia, while Hand Me Down by Padded Waltz gives shame and insecurity their own haunting narrator's voice.
“Second LP from Sheffield's Tinned Meats! Comparisons to Zappa/The Mothers, Cardiacs and The Fall abound.”
“A guitar and synth driven musing about the drive to create even when others don't see the value in it.”
“In English that's Scattershot Brainwaves, which about sums it up. Experimental and long!”
“'A Favor (The Cell)' is an electric, prog-rock tour-de-force, that takes the listener on a journey from killer riff to killer riff with a theatrical edge, all while telling the story of a man who h...”
“A solo performance by The Shining Tongues' Daniel Knowler, recorded live at CLUB GEOFF on 14th November 2025.”
“Crazy keys, chunky guitars and tumbling tubs create a musical celebration of the mountains.”