Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by David Weir
Inviting you in to take shelter from the storm, Joan Shelley’s simple meditations strike at the heart of what really matters. There’s wisdom at play on Like The River Loves The Sea, which returns you once more to the peace of wild things.
by Mike Davies
Amy Speace, one of the great contemporary Americana singer-songwriters, returns with yet another masterpiece, songs about the clash between dreams and reality, of trials and triumphs and trying to make sense of life with its swings and roundabouts. Her best yet.
by David Pratt
To describe the album as sounding effortless is intended as the highest compliment. Unorthodox it may be, however, with “Before”, Boo has triumphed in having simultaneously managed not only to evoke the past but to do so with great originality.
by Danny Neill
‘I’ve finally made the album I wanted to make’, says Vera Van Heeringen on ‘Won’t Be Broken’. We fully concur with her sense of achievement. It makes for a strong set so don’t be surprised if your first instinct is to go straight back to the start and play this mature, rich song cycle over and over again.
by Mike Davies
On ‘Is It The Kiss’, Ana Egge says that the songs emerged from the sense of unease and a deeper need for connection in the world and that people are listening more than they ever have before. This album would be a very good place for you to start.
by Mike Davies
Rachel Harrington returns with her first new album in eight years. Hush The Wild Horses fills in the gaps of those intervening years which include finding new love as well as dealing with loss and ghosts of the past.
by Peter Shaw
Saskia and her band re-present familiar material in an inspirational and contemporary way and for those new to these extraordinary and timeless songs, it may well be the start of a rewarding musical journey.