Sound Exposure

  • Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Review

    The stylistic, narrative and emotionally arresting nature of Nick Cave’s late-career output is something to behold. In a career that many consider being among the most intriguing and engaging in post-punk evolution, the trio of albums in the 2010s form a particular awe-inspiring stage in The Bad Seeds rich catalog, with two of them being…

  • Discovery by Daft Punk – Essentiality Review

    The context for this review has changed dramatically. I first drafted it just one day before Daft Punk announced their separation after a 28 year career, 4 studio albums, 2 live albums and a film score. The news of course was widley covered by the music press and commented by fans all over the world.…

  • Ignorance by The Weather Station – Review

    ‘Robber’ was an inflection point for my 2020. There was a before and an after. Only a few songs have the ability to shapeshift an entire flow of events with one listen. ‘Robber’ is one of them. Released as a standalone single and later revealed as the first track of the fifth record by The…

  • Vertigo Days by The Notwist – Review

    There was a period of time around 2009 that was very formative for me when it came to discovering and establishing my music interests and leanings. Severely dominated by alternative rock, every discovery I added to my iPod came by way of friendly recommendations, alternative music blogs and movies. However, additional to the Bon Ivers,…

  • 12 great unheard albums from the past.

    We all had plans, we all expected something, we all thought everything was going to turn out very differently. One of my discarded plans of 2020, that was more influenced by the psychological unbalance created by the lockdown than the actual restrictions, was a plan of reviewing albums that had significant anniversaries. Yes, I did…

  • The silver lining in 2020: My favorite albums of the year.

    In any subject, cultural representation, art form, or even place, writing a retrospective article of the year will inevitably share whatever focus it has with one thing: the global pandemic. The relentless nature of the COVID-19 changed our ways of dealing with social issues, judge our governments and institutions, and our actual lives. The virus…

  • The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens – Review

    Despite releasing proper LP’s every 5 years since 2005, Sufjan Stevens never stops. He puts out many music in the period between albums, and the last five years weren’t the exception. This fact makes you wonder how he creates a piece of work as coherent and accomplished as his past records, while working in many…

  • Shore by Fleet Foxes – Review

    Although relating the music of an artist directly to a particular season would greatly undermine its inherent value, there’s no denying that there are songs and albums that can be enjoyed differently whether it’s hot or cold outside. There’s a reason summer playlists exist. Fleet Foxes for me have always been a perfect fall/winter season…

  • Kid A by Radiohead – Essentiality Review

    Succintly is not a way someone could describe Radiohead’s career; one of the most succesful and well-renowned bands of the 21st century. Trying to do it with Kid A certainly isn’t an easy task either. Anyway, I’ll try: The fourth album of the Oxford quintet is the one left-turn of an already beloved rock band…

  • Kid-ays: ‘It’s not like the movies…’

    ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’ is an ending song. The track sends-off Kid A with quite the opposite of a bang, however it is still quite a grand finale with its mellow organs, awe-inspiring harps and overall sorrowful atmosphere. The song is inherently sad but it’s a different kind of deep and beating emotion. The one that…

  • Kid-ays: ‘Everybody wants to be a friend…’

    ‘Morning Bell’ has a unique place in Kid A. Coming just after the most recognizable track in the album and before the sweeping closer. It is also the only song that was presented in a different form in Amnesiac, an album composed mostly of Kid A‘s outtakes despite being released as its successor. The song…

  • Kid-ays: ‘Throw it in the fire…’

    If there’s a clear meaning for the definitive composition of Kid A is: utter paranoia. ‘Idioteque’ is the quintessential track of the album. A song that fully embraces the beat-driven, synth drenched electronics and also dwells in the fear-inducing realities in our war-leaning and technology-flooding world. The paradox here is that Thom Yorke’s voice is…

  • Gold Record by Bill Callahan – Review

    Few solo music careers go back 30 years. In any other context, this would’ve been a remarkable feat, but in 2020 it reaches god-like proportions. Who would actually have the energy, after 20 albums released, to keep making music at the twilight of a decade filled with social turmoil and a year that has strengthen…

  • Kid-ays: ‘This beautiful world…’

    ‘In Limbo’ despite being sonically wider, sounds more like an interlude than ‘Treefingers’. It treads the same territory that ‘Faust Arp’ would, 7 years later on ‘In Rainbows’. That specific trait may have something to do with the fact that the song lands between the two most recognized songs in Kid A. I once read…

  • Kid-ays: ‘Float around on a prison ship…’

    After a compelling start, Kid A reaches a more straightforward approach in the middle. That’s not to say it gets boring, quite the opposite, the next two songs check even more boxes when it come to adding sounds to the album. However they way they do it is uniquely simple. ‘Treefingers’ is the outlier amongst…