Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by Bob Fish
One of the most intriguing albums to come out this year, the nine tracks of Wet and Unlucky leave us wanting far more from Tiger Saw and The Reasons Why. Who’d have ever thought that sadcore and country would merge so successfully?
by Seuras Og
“On Our Way”, the latest release from I See Hawks in L.A., is a spectacular offering that occupies a timeless space where ideas and influences jostle freely, unrestrained by fashion or fortune, contributing together a potent message for the moment.
by Seuras Og
Inspired by Andrew Wasylyk’s morning walks in a Dundee park, the music of “Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia” offers a deep sense of place, filling spaces of the mind and awakening the senses; it adds textures and tangency to discovering all the things you never notice during a busy day.
by Ben Garland
In keeping with the theme of subconscious exploration, Karima Walker’s ‘Waking the Dreaming Body’ provides a beautifully hypnotic experience. Content in the duality of her music and not afraid to experiment, with this album, Walker has created her best work to date.
by Billy Rough
Tré Burt’s You, Yeah, You is characterised by an honest and compassionate set of tales, rich with stories of humanity, its beauty and faults, of Burt’s American homeland; a philosopher in jeans and a persuasive new presence on the American folk scene.
by Mike Davies
When James McMurtry released his debut back in 1989, he was hailed as a blazing new talent with the ability to capture a wealth of meaning and emotion in just a few words. Thirty-two years later, he’s burning brighter and fiercer than ever.
by David Pratt
Life and the Land is a magnificent debut. Ben Walker and Kirsty Merryn have set the bar high by delivering a masterclass in how to successfully place old jewels in new settings.
by David Pratt
Sincerely honest, lacking in pretension or hyperbole, qualities it seems that are sadly lacking in many quarters today, Steve Jinski’s Hope Street is an album that does exactly what it says on the tin. It is as good a salve and riposte to the seemingly all-pervasive negativity currently around as you could wish for.
by Ben Garland
Cots, the new project from Steph Yates, represents a more personal style for the Montreal-based artist and ‘Disturbing Body’, is her most intimate and emotionally complex work to date, that invites the listener to impart their own experiences onto its dream-like vocals and velvety instrumentals.
by Bob Fish
Recording as Chorusing, Matthew O’Connell has created a piece of music that manages to create new language and meaning by meticulously crafting the sounds and lyrics that make Half Mirror something totally unique.