Igorrr - Spirituality and Distortion

A truly progressive mix of drum & bass, baroque, extreme metal, and by the sounds of it whatever else was lying around the studio.  Igorrr has been chipping away at this unique sound for a few albums now and somehow keeps finding ways to make it more interesting.

Some tracks sound like Squarepusher playing death metal, others like Diamanda Galás has gotten into a fight with a Nintendo Entertainment System, and all of it sounds absolutely immense.

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Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

Most of what I put on this blog are recent or new releases that I've enjoyed and don't want to forget, this album is from 1988 but where has it been all my life?   I was under the impression that Talk Talk were just like all the other 80s pop acts that have one or two songs that I really like but probably not worth much further inspection in 2020.

Turns out Spirit of Eden is a huge, sprawling, minimalist, psychedelic, jazzy, pop-rock masterpiece with not a single single in sight.   I fucking loved it.

Caїna - Gentle Illness

Caїna have been a firm favourite of mine for a few albums and this latest didn't disappoint. Ostensibly a black metal act but mostly not, the key BM atmosphere is there but it's not a destination arrived at by a well trodden path as there are all manner of jazzy, noisy, confusing, exciting, diversions to take along the way and it's all the better a journey for it.

Frankly harrowing in places but always fascinating, I'd hugely recommend this album as well as a dive into the large and varied Caїna back catalogue.

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Other Caїna stuff to listen to here, here, or here.